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I worked at an amusement park for 3 summers, and you'd honestly be surprised at the stupid stuff people do, both on and off rides. It is the land of dumb customers. We would joke that when people walked through the front gates, their IQ would drop 50 points. I've been yelled at by guests for not letting them go on rides during a lightening storm, I've seen people stand up while a ride is going, and then get mad when I stop it and kick them off, and I've been complained about because I wouldn't allow kids to kick their shoes off into walking traffic while rides are moving. I've even seen a kid jump over the queue fence to one of those 20 person flume rides, into the ride area, jump into the trough of water (to get a hat, of course), and then jump back out. I obviously had to push the emergency stop, I yelled at him, and he wondered why, saying, "It's no big deal, it's not like a boat was coming." Yea, but the current of water, and all the machinery under it will KILL YOU. I swear, people can be really dumb sometimes.
What really sucks about this Six Flags situation is that this kid probably could have asked the people working the ride to get the hat for him. We would do that sometimes if people were persistent enough. If not, we'd get it at the end of the day and bring it to guest services for them to get.
It's sad that people feel compelled to risk their lives for.. hats!
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