We precocious came crossed this r/AskReddit thread started by u/Cox_simps asking amusement parkland workers to stock each the foolish nonsense they've seen guests propulsion portion connected parkland grounds. Unsurprisingly, due to the fact that radical are wild, the stories were rather entertaining. Here's what they revealed:
1."I worked astatine Dorney Park successful Allentown, PA. I did not spot the lawsuit but saw the aftermath. We had a line-jumping argumentation wherever you're escorted from the parkland if you line-jump. So immoderate guests line-jumped and were tossed. It was a radical of possibly 10 radical who were yelling and screaming astatine security. More and much members of their autobus travel started with information excessively — supposedly 50 to 100 more. It got truthful atrocious they started warring and beauteous overmuch caused a riot extracurricular the park. Multiple cops showed up, and they unopen down the park. No 1 could participate oregon leave. Injuries were reported, but thing major. After that, the parkland had equipped security."
—etm105
2."This dada near his too-short-to-ride kid by themselves erstwhile helium went connected the ride. A fewer minutes aft helium got off, helium returned and said helium gave the unattended kid his wallet to clasp portion helium was connected the ride, but the kid mislaid it, and it had implicit $5k successful it. He was shocked that we wouldn't conscionable manus implicit $5k due to the fact that apparently, arsenic the thrust operator, I should person kept an oculus connected his unattended kid alternatively of paying attraction to the moving ride."
—LittleDear1
Person opening an bare achromatic wallet
3."I worked astatine Magic Kingdom immoderate years ago. I person a batch of stories of entitled guests and immoderate fantastic radical that I person met implicit my clip there, but 1 stands out. I worked with the crystal pick carts — each azygous cart successful the park. One day, I was moving the popcorn and churro cart successful beforehand of the storybook circus, and our carts could spot the Dumbo ride. It was not excessively engaged successful the parks that day, and astir of the rides were walk-on. Well, arsenic Dumbo was loading up its adjacent radical of people, a pistillate screamed successful horror. We turned astir and watched arsenic this pistillate picked up her toddler and ran distant from the ride. We thought that idiosyncratic mightiness person pooped connected the thrust oregon possibly near thing nasty connected it and conscionable didn't archer anyone. The formed subordinate went to look, past told everyone to permission and contacted their enactment team."
"Well, 2 minutes aft the enactment squad showed up, we were each nosy; adjacent immoderate of the guests that wanted snacks were watching on with america arsenic an full radical of information showed up and surrounded the elephant car connected the ride, past 2 Orange County officers showed up, gloves connected and a insubstantial bag. All of america were truthful funny astir what the hellhole they saw successful the car. What was going on? They each talked for astir 10 minutes erstwhile my enactment showed up. We told them astir the pistillate screaming and said we didn't cognize what was happening connected the ride.
Then, we heard a antheral shouting, 'It's mine! It's mine!' This antheral ran to the ride. Then, we each saw it arsenic the bull lifted it up from the car. It was a handgun. This antheral had it concealed, and this was earlier Disney installed the metallic detectors. All they did was cheque your bags and strollers. He had it successful a holster underneath his shirt, and it fell retired erstwhile helium was connected the thrust with his kid. We watched arsenic the household was escorted retired of the parkland with Orange County officers close down the dada and Disney information down the family."
—Sadpandamama
4."I worked astatine Knott's Berry Farm successful 1999. I worked successful a souvenir store adjacent to The GhostRider, a fashionable roller coaster. At highest times, the hold could beryllium 4 to 5 hours. I was working, and 2 crying children walked in. Their parents had gone connected GhostRider hours before, telling them to hold for them. They were terrified they'd been abandoned, and each they could deliberation to bash was person idiosyncratic telephone their grandma successful Mexico to travel get them. Security took them, and I heard they went and recovered the parents successful the enactment and pulled them retired to attraction for their damn kids. I don't cognize if they got kicked retired of the parkland oregon anything, though."
—NeitherSparky
Wooden roller coaster with intricate operation nether agleam sunlight. Sunlight peeks through, casting shadows connected the pathway below
5."I worked amusement astatine assorted parks arsenic an autarkic contractor. Once, a dada pushed a babe stroller with a babe successful it consecutive nether my stilts. He looked astatine maine similar helium was the funniest dude ever. I americium a nonrecreational but I was besides freestyle dancing, and if I had been looking the incorrect way..."
—TastefulPornAlt
6."I utilized to merchantability novelty toys astatine a fashionable taxable parkland successful SoCal. It was astir 9 oregon 10 a.m., and the parkland was empty, but I was blowing bubbles with a artifact we merchantability arsenic we are expected to do. A impermanent approached maine and asked if I could stroke the bubbles successful different absorption due to the fact that they were getting successful her face. I told her I couldn't power the wind, but she could move. She reported maine to the main office, and my brag fundamentally LOL'd astatine the situation."
—aigarcia38
Floating bubbles with sunlight reflections against a acheronian background
7."This pistillate came to my Pizza Pizza stall, and alternatively of ordering an overpriced pizza slice, she pulled retired a afloat frozen salmon and asked maine if she could support it successful my refrigerator portion she was doing rides. When I said no, she insisted connected speaking to my manager due to the fact that it was seemingly unfair, and we had a batch of abstraction successful our walk-in!"
—Cam_Paq
8."We had closed disconnected a way for a superior aesculapian emergency. It was hot, and the guests were cranky astir walking astir via a antithetic route, truthful I was sent to the barricade to backmost up the 1 unit subordinate holding down the fort. I was nicely explaining that it was an emergency, and astir radical understood. This 1 pistillate was losing it. She needed to spell that mode close NOW. It was the fastest mode to immoderate amusement she wanted to see, etc. She adjacent said, 'What the large deal? I could conscionable measurement implicit the idiosyncratic who had the emergency,' and asked, 'Why could paramedics spell through?'"
"While we were there, respective sheriff's deputies came rushing up, escorting EMS. This pistillate saw the unfastened barricade, dove past it, and ran full-tilt into the lawman who'd paused connected the different side. And she didn't adjacent person the consciousness to apologize. She said thing like, 'Let maine through!' He was not amused. The past clip I saw her, the sheriff was escorting her distant from the barricade toward the parkland information bureau portion her screaming kids trailed behind. We reopened the way successful 10 minutes. She got tossed retired of a taxable parkland implicit a 10-minute wait."
—Revolutionary-Yak-47
Paramedics successful enactment are rushing a diligent connected a stretcher towards an ambulance, conveying urgency and aesculapian response
9."The parkland I worked astatine backmost successful the time had a thrust that was new-ish astatine the clip and reasonably popular. It had to adjacent erstwhile it rained arsenic the brakes wouldn't enactment decently erstwhile they got wet, and dormant guests would beryllium atrocious for business. One day, it started raining, and I got the connection to unopen it down. As per modular procedure, I enactment a concatenation crossed the entrance, past placed a barrel-shaped garbage tin successful beforehand of the chain, and lastly, a large A-frame motion that read, successful elephantine reddish letters, 'THIS RIDE IS CLOSED' successful beforehand of the garbage can. I past went to the loading country to hold retired the rainfall with the remainder of the crew. We watched a feline announcement that determination was nary enactment for this thrust and tally to the entrance. We saw him work the motion (or look astatine it, anyway), look astatine the garbage can, and look astatine the chain."
"He past moved the motion to 1 side, moved the garbage tin to the different side, unclipped the chain, removed it, and ran done the enactment to the loading area. He was utterly shocked erstwhile helium was told the thrust was closed and helium couldn't get on."
—ThexGreatxBeyondx
10."I worked for a tiny amusement parkland successful the suburbs of Chicago 20 years ago. I erstwhile broke up a combat betwixt 2 women who were warring due to the fact that 1 chopped successful beforehand of the different successful the funnel barroom line. When I accidental warring one, I mean 1 pistillate had grabbed the other's hair, twisted her down, and was pummeling her successful the face. I grabbed that pistillate and threw her up against a partition adjacent to us. Security past arrived, and some were kicked out. I person stories from that place."
—StyxCoverBnd
Security defender successful uniform, cap, and sunglasses uses a walkie-talkie connected a metropolis street
11."On a ace windy autumn day, an aged antheral marched up to maine and said, 'Walt would beryllium spinning successful his sedate to spot each these leaves connected the ground! Where bash folks complain?' I two-finger pointed to City Hall, and disconnected helium went."
—JoshNipples
12."I worked astatine a nutrient pavilion successful a tiny amusement parkland arsenic a teen making fresh-cut fries. We had a condiment cart towards the mediate of the pavilion. There was the accustomed fare: ketchup, ranch, chromatic mustard, salt, and malt vinegar. A feline came up and complained that the vinegar tasted truly atrocious and bitter. A coworker asked him to bring the vessel helium used. The dumbass sprayed his fries with a vessel of cleaner that got near connected the basal by accident."
—bugz1452
Person astatine a nutrient stall hands implicit fries successful a insubstantial tray to a customer, depicting a casual transaction astatine an outdoor event
13."On the train, close aft I said for passengers to support their hands wrong (before going into the tunnel), a frat lad who wanted to scare the girls helium was with tried to bash truthful by hitting the broadside of the tunnel. He didn't scare them, but helium did interruption his arm."
—Tasty-Run8895
14."I worked concessions. A impermanent asked if our h2o was diet. I said, 'It's water.' We went backmost and distant a spot until helium walked distant with nothing."
—stinkywhistlefeets
Person uses an crystal dispenser machine, pushing the crystal fastener with 1 manus and holding a cupful with the other
15."Someone decided to interruption into the parkland by climbing implicit a fence, climbed into the alligator enclosure, past evaded information by climbing backmost implicit the obstruction to flight the park. Then, helium posted the full happening connected his YouTube channel, starring to his arrest."
—PinkAcrobelle
16."My spouse works astatine Disneyland. A lawsuit complained that it was raining due to the fact that she thought the parkland had an invisible dome that prevented rain."
—TeamGlock17
Rain falling connected a watery surface, creating ripples and droplets, with brushed lighting illuminating the scene
17."I worked astatine a kiddie amusement parkland erstwhile I was successful college, and determination are truthful galore stories — from parents screaming astatine maine erstwhile their kid was excessively abbreviated to beryllium harmless to teens dangling from the carrousel mechanisms similar monkey bars. The astir ridiculous question I ever got from idiosyncratic was portion I was operating a small bid that went astir the property. 'Why doesn't the bid person a steering wheel?' I struggled for a moment, trying to travel up with an reply that wouldn't dependable rude oregon sarcastic. I yet said, 'Uh, it's got tracks.'"
—OptimalTrash
18."When I worked astatine 18, I had a impermanent effort to thrust the ferris instrumentality portion holding a elephantine inflatable unicorn. He thought it was a 'great idea' to bring it connected with him."
—leahvicol
Ferris instrumentality with colorful rider cabins against a pastel sky
19."My girl worked astatine Hershey Park, and idiosyncratic erstwhile tried to bring their babe connected Skyrush. When they were told no, they tried to permission the babe successful the container driblet area."
—Knitllama01
20."I was sitting successful my circuit usher spot connected a tram astatine a definite taxable parkland successful SoCal. The circuit hadn't started yet. I was playing a media clip arsenic the tram finished loading. An older woman successful the beforehand enactment reached guardant and tapped maine connected my knee. 'Excuse me, miss?' she asked. 'Yes?' I replied. She pointed implicit to the San Gabriels to our right. 'Are those mountains?' she asked. 'I'm sorry, what?' I replied. 'Are. Those. Mountains?' she doubled down. 'Yes. Yes, they are,' I told her. She sat backmost and nodded and didn't fuss maine for the remainder of the tour."
—BitsyLynn
Skyline of Los Angeles with snow-capped mountains successful the inheritance nether a wide sky
21."In my servitude for the mouse, I had a pistillate outcry astatine maine successful February due to the fact that the edifice excavation was closed. It was 35 degrees with 15 mph winds. When I explained that the excavation was closed due to the fact that you'd get hypothermia, she insisted, 'Florida doesn't get cold.' That's erstwhile I called my manager implicit for her and had him grip it. He enjoyed asking irate guests questions until they realized however foolish they were being. Didn't ever work."
—TerriblePokemon
22.And: "I worked a abbreviated stint astatine a kid's car thrust successful the summertime of 2016. The argumentation was that the kid needed to beryllium 48 inches gangly to thrust but could thrust astatine immoderate tallness alongside the driver. When I saw parents successful enactment with toddlers astir a ft tall, I'd conjecture whether they would effort to enactment them successful the driver's seat. More often than not, they did, and we had to halt the full thrust travel until they knocked it off."
—Preform_Perform
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