Is there any past and present theme park workers ?

All I can say is there has been many nights, that I have stayed at the park ALL NIGHT doing special ride cleanup projects like pressure washing ride platforms and queues after working a double shift starting at 9 AM and being told we couldn't work the next day even though we were needed. Also, ride ops have the worst problems with guests, because one complaint can turn into ten in a moment's notice. If you are on a coaster platform and a guest starts complaining and won't leave the platform, the ride gets held up and the guests in line start in also.

I wasn't implying that any one dept worked harder or was better than anyone else, it just irks me that ignorant people thank all we do is tap a lap bar and hold up our thumbs half arsed. I hate those people, because it diminishes hard work and dedication to the safety of my guests. I am well aware of and appreicate the work that the other departments do, and realize that food service employees do more than make cheese fries and ring people up on the registers.

Exactly. In no way am I saying that food services isn't a hard job. It just disappoints and furiates me at the same time when people think that a monkey could do the job we do. I do not know how your parks do it, but at my park being a Ride Op is both an honor and a burden that I gladly take. You want hard? Try dispatching 2 train operation with minimum staffing, night shift that shows up 30 minutes late, dealing with day shift that wants to leave, checking lap bars, getting water for the crew, checking the cleanup status on the seat u roped off to dry 5 trains ago, checking each gate area for unauthorized personnel in the ride area, filling out that hours paperwork while also fixing the past 3 hours where another in-charge has miscalculated the throughput of the ride, and signing time slips while pressing the button with your elbow and your free hand b/c your not allowed to have a stool and you don't have another in-charge (or lead as some of you call them) other than yourself to help. Yes I have done all this at once. This is what I am trying to point out. Ride Ops are by no means thumbs up button down only positions.

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Acrophobia-"So who up there is scared(everybody screams)? I want everyone who is scared to hold their hands out..."DROP

*** This post was edited by Chris the Coaster Freak on 1/7/2003. ***