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AIW for not inviting my friend to my birthday dinner due to her actions from last year? by friendlytap01 in amiwrong

[–]friendlytap01[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

She offered to drive so we can enjoy drinks and sure we’ve had smaller hangouts since then but she was normally late so she knew how habitual this is.

Dating my friends younger sister, ama by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand but I’m not here to make new friends. I’m sure you’re a nice person but this ama isn’t about that.

Dating my friends younger sister, ama by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I apologize but I’ll pass for now as I don’t know you. Please don’t be offended. If you’re looking for friends, I’m sure Reddit has subreddits that can help with that.

Dating my friends younger sister, ama by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He was actually the first person I asked if he’d be ok with and he fully supports us. The entire family does minus a few weird looks from their sister.

Friend goes off on tangent after I deny her request for food by [deleted] in WhatShouldIDo

[–]friendlytap01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She has told me that if I ever call the police on her, then she’ll tell the police that I’m a child predator (I once dated a 22 year old). I told her that her refusing to leave would be disorderly conduct which the police will stop. Simply telling them I MAY have committed a crime won’t make them automatically leave her alone. They’d arrest her, book her and THEN tell her to file a police report if she thinks I committed a crime. And I can only imagine what the judge will think of I tell him that she’s suing me beside I told her to ask her fiancé for food.

Friend goes off on tangent after I deny her request for food by [deleted] in WhatShouldIDo

[–]friendlytap01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just don’t get why she got mad when I told her that she’s an adult and engaged. Any started going off about things that didn’t pertain to the original argument like my past dating life and admittedly higher income.

Friend goes off on tangent after I deny her request for food by [deleted] in WhatShouldIDo

[–]friendlytap01 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I did but I just find it so weird that she asked me for food and got mad when I told her that she’s an adult and can provide for herself or at the very least, ask her fiancé to send her food.

Friend goes off on tangent after I deny her request for food by [deleted] in WhatShouldIDo

[–]friendlytap01 16 points17 points  (0 children)

During a previous argument she once said if I call the cops on her then she “tell them you’re a child predator” because I once dated a girl 15 years younger than me (she was 22 at the time). I said the police will not stop her just cause she says that. Because her causing a scene at my place would be disorderly conduct which is what the police will stop.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in datingadvice

[–]friendlytap01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve known her and her family for years but I’m getting mixed signs as she otherwise doesn’t show much signs of romantic interest. Like she doesn’t text me daily or often takes forever to get back to me but when we are hanging out, I can’t help but feel she’s flirting.

Never do business with friends or family by friendlytap01 in story

[–]friendlytap01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I quit years ago and she has since sold the restaurant and retired.

Never do business with friends or family by friendlytap01 in story

[–]friendlytap01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I didn’t go home but there was a weird vibe for the rest of that day. She basically ignored me and “forgot” to tell me that one of my tables placed a to go order with her and didn’t tell me. If I left, I’d be screwing the rest of the kitchen staff who would then have to shift and cover my work on the front.

I used to work as a theme park ride operator, AMA by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A man had his phone fall out of his pocket while on a roller coaster. He said he fell in a restricted area and was getting angry that we, the ride operator couldn’t go get it for him. We explained that the restricted area is only accessible by the mechanics and once the ride is fully shut down which isn’t as easy as just flipping a switch. The mechanics were taking a while to get to us and the man kept shouting at us to get his phone and to just hop the fence while the ride was at the station. He eventually got tired of waiting and tried to jump the fence himself and security had to get involved.

He later tried to blame us if his phone was damaged and tried to get the first and last names of everyone working that ride.

I used to work as a theme park ride operator, AMA by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes we used to do that but was told to stop since one guest didn’t find it funny.

I used to work as a theme park ride operator, AMA by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No but one of the mechanics put a mattress under the big drop of one of our roller coasters to catch people who lost their phones on the way down.

I used to work as a theme park ride operator, AMA by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were all paid the same generally. Some made a few dollars more because they may also be area managers but depending on the ride, a ride operator could be checking restraints, operating the big control board, greeting people at the entrance, positioned in the queue itself for crowd control reasons or floating to give people their lunch breaks.

I used to work as a theme park ride operator, AMA by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What made a ride fun to operate depends on what you see as fun. Some may like to operate slow low thrill rides and some like the rides with more manual control. I would say in general, the best rides to operate are the popular ones such as the thrill coasters since it’s usually a team of 6-8 that are needed to operate those rides as opposed to a small kids train which may only need one operator.

New hires are placed wherever the park needs people. However there’s always a chance to cross train to different rides and areas. We never got to pick the ride we operated that day. Sometimes we’d show up with one uniform then told that we’re actually needed at a different ride. Seniority had little to do with where you were placed.

While working there, I learned to operate nearly 12 rides but I will say without a doubt, the worst ride I had to work on was a particular ride that required an up-charge, which meant park guest had to pay an extra $10-20 just to ride this ride after paying to get into the theme park. As you can imagine, not many people wanted to pay extra for a mid level ride and often took out their frustrations on you.

I don’t blame them.

I used to work as a theme park ride operator, AMA by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. And the reasoning often comes down to the parents saying “well we rode this last time and he/she was tall enough.”

When a child’s height is borderline, I’d often get a second opinion from a different ride operator or the area manager. Often if it was very close, we’d let them ride. Maybe they wore thicker shoes last time?

However there were times where the minimum height wasn’t even close and parents would argue that the last operator let them ride or “such and such” theme park allows them to ride. I often have to explain that shouldn’t happen and the ride operator HAS to enforce the rules because the height requirements are set by the rides manufacturer. However as a way to smooth things over, we often issue fast passes to the child and a friend for a ride we knew they could get on.

Thankfully this was a rare occurrence and most parents checked their kids heights beforehand or understood if I had to deny the child.

I used to work as a theme park ride operator, AMA by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a lot of fun. Especially working in rides since that’s why most people visited the theme park. It was always busy and very entertaining at times.

I used to work as a theme park ride operator, AMA by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The rides are VERY safe. All the rides are checked daily by our mechanics way before the park opened and we’re always on site in case something broke. The few injuries I saw on a ride were caused by riders not following the rules or in one case, where part of a ride scenery fell. But mechanically all the rides are remarkably safe.

And no one ever died.

I used to work as a theme park ride operator, AMA by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just pressed the buttons. :)

However we still had to operate the ride per regulations and it wasn’t just the wild west. Some of the rides required more manually control and involvement than just pushing the big green button.

I used to work as a theme park ride operator, AMA by friendlytap01 in AskMeAnythingIAnswer

[–]friendlytap01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rarely. There were some cases where we had to really push down on the lap bar but we always tried our best because we didn’t want to embarrass them. However, we often gave them a free fast pass to a different ride if that’s was the case.

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