This summer, I'm working at an amusement park at the shore. This is my second summer working there, which means I've had a good amount of experiences with the impatient public. It's a fairly decent job until you have to deal with angry (for no reason) shoobies. If you work at the shore or even in a public place, you may relate.

1. Customer: "Do I have to pay to go on with my kid?"

Me: "Yes."

Customer: "That’s dumb, they usually let me on for free blah blah blah."

2. Customer: "Can I ride again?"

Me: "Yes, just give me tickets."

Customer: "What, I have to pay AGAIN?"

3. Me: "I'm sorry, those tickets are for the other amusement park at the other end of the boardwalk."

Customer: "What? They said we can use them here."

4. "DON'T OPEN THE GATE WHILE THE RIDE IS RUNNING, I'LL OPEN IT FOR YOU WHEN I LET THESE PEOPLE OFF AND IT'S YOUR TURN."

5. Me: "Please don’t let your kids climb the gate, sir."

6. Me: "Did you not hear the announcement that was playing 20 times over and over, saying, 'Please stay seated until the ride operator tells you to get up'?"

7. Me: "I know they’re called the swings, but you CAN'T twist the swing or swing into other kids because it’ll snap the chain or someone will get hurt."

8. Me: "Sorry sir but your child is too short. Yes, she’s still too short even if she rides with you. Read the height thing on the sign."

9. Customer: “How many tickets for this ride?”

Me: "Dude, there’s a sign right behind you telling you that it’s three tickets. You just have to turn like 90 degrees."

10. Me: *waits 10 minutes to see if there are any more customers coming to ride the ride*

“Okay, no more people. I can finally start the ride.” *starts the ride* *A man and his children appear.*

11. "Sorry, but your child can’t sit on your lap. He needs to sit in his own seat." *Customer gets mad.*

12. Me: "No, ma’am, I won’t buckle your kid into the seat. I’ll let him just hold on for dear life and fly around."


13. Customer: “My child has special needs, so I should be let on for free.”

Me: "I’m not allowed to just let you on. I need tickets. The ticket booth is right there, so you can talk to the lady there to give you a wristband or whatever."

*Gets the whole family involved and they’re all ganging up on me.*

Customer: “I shouldn’t have to pay. I’m reporting you.”

Me: "The ticket booth...is two feet away..."

14. *Measuring a kid to see if they’re tall enough.* Me: “Sorry sir, your kid isn’t tall enough to ride.”

Customer: "Johnny, stand on your tippy toes."

Me: "SiR, hE’s StIlL tOo ShOrT."

15. Customer: "Where's the bathroom?"

Me: "...right behind you..."

16. Me: *Starts the ride with a small child on that I know will get scared.*

*Small child starts crying.*

Me: *Stops the ride.*

Customer: "My child is crying, can you stop the ride?"

Me: "Yes, I am in the middle of stopping it. It takes a little bit to fully stop."

Customer: "STOP THE RIDE."