Random Theme Park Workers Share Most Disturbing Things They've Ever Experienced On Job (19 items)

• (#16) Parents Leave Their Kid Tied To A Pole For Hours

  From Redditor /u/fishandchips20:

  Not me, but my friend used to work at Disney in Florida. He was standing at the entrance for the line and had to tell a family that their child was too short to ride the ride. They could switch off and ride the ride if they wanted, but one of them would have to stay with the child. They say ok, and walk away.

  Well, the child was young enough to be wearing one of those leashes that you can put on your kid. And maybe 20 minutes later, he saw the kid a little ways away. By himself. Tied up to a light pole. So my friend, we'll call him Rob, resolves to wait a minute before calling it in. Maybe they're in the bathroom? Not that it makes it okay. Anywho 15 minutes later, the kid's still tied up and he calls security.

  It takes security maybe another 10 to 15 minutes to get there, so the kid has been tied up for at least the better part of an hour now. They come and see the kid and say, "Hey! Wanna come with us? We're gonna take you somewhere fun!" 

  And the kid is excited and goes with them. Rob's shift doesn't end for another three hours, and he doesn't see the family come back. Well, the next guy who comes and replaces Rob sees them come back later and freak out. By the time the parents got back and found a manager and found out what happened, their child was already with social services. They were from out of state. They had to go back without their child and return at a later date for a court hearing.
• (#19) A Guy Does Drugs At A Water Park And Has Convulsions

  From Redditor /u/dax80:

  Used to work graduation parties at a water park. This one kid had the bright idea to do a ton of drugs (don't know what kind) behind the putt-putt windmill. A short while later, a hypnotist came as part of the entertainment for the school's all-night party. This kid happened to get hypnotized and was simultaneously on a ton of drugs.

  I'm not an expert on hypnotism, but it takes a pretty heavy toll on your brain. Shortly into his hypnotic state, he went nuts, shaking, convulsions, looked like a f*cking zombie movie. Scary as sh*t. Blacked out. Out cold, went to the hospital, and apparently was in critical condition for a few days. Happened in front of the whole school.
• (#9) A Parent Pulls A Knife On A Worker

  From Redditor /u/okiewxchaser:

  Operated rides for four years. Two moments stand out. The scariest moment I had was when lightning struck a utility pole below me (my position on the ride was about 50 feet up) knocking out power to my ride, and forcing me and my supervisors to unload the ride in the middle of a lightning storm.

  The second was a guy who was very upset that I wouldn't let his kid who was a foot under the height requirement ride. I told him no early in the day, but one of my coworkers let the kid ride while I was on break. The family comes up later and the father who was noticeably drunk, jumps two gates and over the tracks to threaten me with a knife. I called security and he ran.
• (#6) One Passenger Gets Beheaded

  From Redditor /u/M1n10nD4v3:

  Guy lost his hat on a suspended roller coaster and decided to climb the fence to get it back afterwards. Quite literally had his head kicked off by a lady on the ride as it went by, which also shattered her leg.
• (#18) A Kid Poops His Pants And The Bodily Waste Gets Everywhere

  From Redditor /u/melocatones:

  I've been a lifeguard at an Ohio water park for the last three summers. Pretty steady, solid job - by the time this happened, we were all well into the flow of the season.

  It was near the end of the operating day, about 6 pm, and I was working a slide in this complex designed for kids. There was water gushing everywhere in the thing, and about 15 slides scattered throughout it for kids to go on. I was working the top slide.

  Being near the end of the day, most of the park had emptied out, and it reached the point where you have the same five kids running throughout the structure, going down the same slides over and over.

  I'm at the top slide, in the back of the structure. This kid keeps coming up, something like six or seven years old, and going down the slide. Then, one time he comes up and approaches me slowly. He stops about five feet away, and starts grabbing at his [rear end] from the outside of his swim trunks. He looks at me in deep concentration, then this motherf*cker sh*ts his f*cking pants like he's never sh*t before.

  It was horrible. Explosive diarrhea. It just kept coming. When it was finally done, he looks at me, horrified, and I just say, "Go down the stairs."

  He turns and runs, and I try to signal my leads that someone sh*t their pants. By now, the water that's pretty much gushing everywhere in this structure is starting to carry the matter off the edges of the platform, onto platforms and slides below. It's a brown waterfall.

  We end up having to close the structure for like 30 minutes, shut off the water, have park services clean it up, etc. Just a big fiasco. Never got paid enough at that job.

   
• (#10) An Irate Kid Punches A Worker In The Nether Regions

  From Redditor /u/AhrmiintheUnseen:

  I used to work at a small water park where there were some dry rides up the southern end. There was this eight-year-old kid just being a little sh*t - pushing in line, climbing up the slide of the playground, knocking other kids' hats off, that sort of bullsh*t. I warn him several times then ask him to leave, but he doesn't. I go and ask my supervisor what to do and he says, "Get the scissors." He means to cut his wristband, without which he can't go on any rides.

  I call him over, and he surprisingly complies, and before he can react, I grab his wrist and cut off his wristband. Naturally, he starts crying like a b*tch. He runs off to get his mum, and she comes back about 15 minutes later and comes and talks to me (without her son). She asks why I did what I did, and I explain the situation to her, and how it is standard procedure. She nods and understands, and knows that her son is a demon-child.

  She leaves, but, lo and behold, 10 minutes later, here he comes. He tries to cut in line again and I stop him, and ask him to go back to his mum. His first reaction was to punch me in the balls. Oh sh*t, no he didn't.

  My supervisor sees and immediately calls security. Apparently his mum saw, too, and she comes running. She doesn't say anything to her child, but goes and tells the supervisor to "scare" him. When security arrives (30 seconds later) they grab the kid, whirl him around and handcuff him. He's sh*tting himself at this point. They grab him and take him off in their golf cart.

  A few minutes later they return and the kid has obviously been crying... hard. He jumps out of the cart and runs straight to his mum, who grabs him and walks out. People watching were stunned, but amazingly, and I sh*t you not, some applauded as they went off. Best day of work I had at that place.

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