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cementing my legacy
Aug. 18th, 2023 06:46 pmWorked the morning train wirth Anna Ho-Ho-Ho. No one showed up for kiddie boats so she and I had to do that as well. Do a train ride, then whomever was on the back had go unlock the boats, scan the tickets and do the ride. Upon it's completion, lock the gates, go back and do the train. A monster pain-in-the-ass. This kept Anna Storytime to a minumum, dammit. I put up a sign that says "Kiddie boats will run after each train ride". Yet I had to explain, repeatedly, why the kiddie boats were operating at a reduced schedule.
As I was locking the entrance an asian family came up. So did a woman, her mom and 4 noisy ass little shits. They all stood in front of me as I tried to explain the situation. The asian fam bowed & nodded a I spoke/acted out the arrangement. I am certain they did not understand a single word of english but I got the point across. They walked towards the train. The mom of the other group stood there. "What?" I asked. "So when the next ride be?" I was flabbergasted. "Really? Did you not listen when I explained it to those guys?" "I didn't know you was talking to me." I locked up the kiddie boats and bolted to the train. Anna was scanning the tickets of this chuckleheaded family. I grabbed my water bottle and took a gulp as the dimwit mom walked into the tunnel. She walked to the very first seat of the very first passenger car and asked me the single dumbest question I have ever gotten at Da Park.
"Is this the front? My kids wanna be sittin' in the front." I looked around to see if Ashton Kutcher was on the train because clearly I was getting Punk'd. (I know...it's a dated reference!!) There is no effing way this fully grown adult human being could be this empty headed. "Yeah. You can tell it's the front because of all those other seats behind it."
"Oh, okay." Then Anna tells her the ticket does not have enough for everyone to ride. "I bought 6 tickets. We went to the carousel so they should be 5 left." Her argument was that by buying 6 tickets her entire family should be admitted to 6 rides. I explained to the the concept of 1 ticket for 1 ride for 1 person. It was like trying to explain quantum physics to a duck, though i think the duck would have a better grasp of the discussion. I told her to get more tickets. Thankfully she didn't return to the train or kiddie boats.
Eventually the shift ended and I got in my car to leave. As I was driving through the parking lot I saw a crowd of people gathered in front of one of the giant oak trees. Seems some dumbass drove through the parking space, over the barrier and hit the tree. Not a horrific accident but enough to crumple the hood. Sitting the grass next to the tree were mom, grammy and the 4 little shits. Somehow I was not at all surprised.
As I was locking the entrance an asian family came up. So did a woman, her mom and 4 noisy ass little shits. They all stood in front of me as I tried to explain the situation. The asian fam bowed & nodded a I spoke/acted out the arrangement. I am certain they did not understand a single word of english but I got the point across. They walked towards the train. The mom of the other group stood there. "What?" I asked. "So when the next ride be?" I was flabbergasted. "Really? Did you not listen when I explained it to those guys?" "I didn't know you was talking to me." I locked up the kiddie boats and bolted to the train. Anna was scanning the tickets of this chuckleheaded family. I grabbed my water bottle and took a gulp as the dimwit mom walked into the tunnel. She walked to the very first seat of the very first passenger car and asked me the single dumbest question I have ever gotten at Da Park.
"Is this the front? My kids wanna be sittin' in the front." I looked around to see if Ashton Kutcher was on the train because clearly I was getting Punk'd. (I know...it's a dated reference!!) There is no effing way this fully grown adult human being could be this empty headed. "Yeah. You can tell it's the front because of all those other seats behind it."
"Oh, okay." Then Anna tells her the ticket does not have enough for everyone to ride. "I bought 6 tickets. We went to the carousel so they should be 5 left." Her argument was that by buying 6 tickets her entire family should be admitted to 6 rides. I explained to the the concept of 1 ticket for 1 ride for 1 person. It was like trying to explain quantum physics to a duck, though i think the duck would have a better grasp of the discussion. I told her to get more tickets. Thankfully she didn't return to the train or kiddie boats.
Eventually the shift ended and I got in my car to leave. As I was driving through the parking lot I saw a crowd of people gathered in front of one of the giant oak trees. Seems some dumbass drove through the parking space, over the barrier and hit the tree. Not a horrific accident but enough to crumple the hood. Sitting the grass next to the tree were mom, grammy and the 4 little shits. Somehow I was not at all surprised.