My DS2 has a summer job at a theme park.Often he has to tell people their children can't ride because they are too small.There is a sign before the start of the queue to say how tall you have to be and a measure marking the minimum heights for that ride.DS is in Y12- not 17 yet.The standard lie is 'oh well he was allowed to ride on it before and he was fine'. When DS insists (as all the staff do) that the height restrictions are non-negotiable, he is treated to being called 'F*ing wanker,bastard,arsehole, shit etc. by adults (parents) in their 20s and 30s and 40s, Which leaves DS feeling really shaken up and there are no other staff nearby (although he can radio for assistance in an emergency)
Another time he refused to let a teenaged girl paralysed from the chest down, on a particular ride which requires riders to have enough core strength to brace ) and her dad called DS disablist and threatened to punch him in the fu**ing face.Fortunately on that ride there are more, and older staff present.But WTF what sort of person terrifies speaks to a 16 yr old child like that?
Something nice last week though some visitors called at Visitor services to say how calmly and maturely DS had handled a stroppy customer
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to think Adults swearing at a teenage who can't retaliate are bullying scum
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MadamArcatiAgain · 22/07/2015 21:06
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