Ride operators at theme park.

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So went to a theme park today with ds and his friends.

It was a lovely day and very quiet compared to usual visits this time of year.

I don't do lots of rides - I'm happy to bag sit!

But use a few and tend to do my favourite 2-3 times.

The last time we went on this ride today the operator was checking the seat belts. This is usual. Then didn't even look or communicate with me but pushed the overhead barrier down so hard I couldn't get a proper breath in and it's left one of my nipples very sore (bruised?)

Ds and I were both waving to get the attention of attendants but they didn't notice and by the time I got to the end I was really dizzy from struggling to breathe and the pain in my breast (I'm not exactly huge!)

As I got off the ride I went more dizzy so sat down on the step. Ds explained to the man about the breathing and his advice?

"If you need first aid there's a centre at x point" (over 300m away from where I was sat unable to stand up.

I did retort if I was well enough to stand up I wouldn't need to walk to first aid.

I reported to park management team wandering around but he said he can't do anything. To which I said - well he could report it but I'll be emailing because both situations were unacceptable and I know it's not the norm as I visit a lot and use that ride a lot.

I guess not really AIBU because I'm not - but I guess am I being unreasonable to think that's bad training re sending people almost passed out alone to walk to first aid?

Yanbu, op. You should have received more professional care. That’s all there is to it. I don’t know what some other posters problem is with accepting your experience.

When a person is experiencing positional or postural asphyxia, they absolutely do not have the ability to speak normally. That is a fact.

Not disputing this but as I said I want suffering this. And for the first few seconds it took for a hummmph laugh and 1 sentence I still had enough proper breath to notice.

But the fact stands it wasn't an either or that I could talk 5 seconds after the bar was shoved against me and that I could get a full and proper deep breath because it was so tight.

And I was absolutely right to play it down to my autistic child who was looking very concerned at what they'd witnessed and not being able to why anyones attention. I didn't want him to worry as no parent would.

I think half of Mn has gone bonkers in this heat?

There's another thread atm where someone was going to care for SIL dog in their home for a week whilst they went away. Then her mum broke her leg and she wouldn't allow PIL to do it who offered or for the dog to go to OPs where her mum is also staying.

People are jumping over themselves to tell the OP she's just terrible with one even suggesting she took her mum to SIL house and shut her into a room so the dog can't knock her cast!

Then someone else on there pouted out how bonkers people are atm on aibu and referenced this thread.

But yet I bet if any one of those fighting to be the "I'd never sit down if I felt dizzy as it's being dramatic people" sat down in a doorway, or restaurant or anywhere public and were told to move because they were inconveniencing others wouldn't exactly be thrilled with!

Feel better now?

What a load of arses on this thread.

It must be the heat, surely!
It’s also slightly nuts that this thread has 230 posts, many of which are telling you how wrong you are.
I would have expected this thread to have a dozen or so replies advising you report it and sympathising with you.
bonkers!

Ride restraints are normally ratcheted so they can be clicked into place. They’re impossible to slam into someone hard enough to leave a bruise. What sort of restraint was it?

She is going to email a picture of her severely bruised breast to the park…. I’m sorry but that’s just extreme and very dramatic.

The hell it is. Perhaps there's something peculiarly British (reserved? or piss weak?) about this outlook. Whatever you do, don't make a fuss. Accept bad service, and don't, whatever you do, send a poorly-cooked meal back to the restaurant kitchen - a perfectly acceptable practice - because it's 'rude'. As for putting in a complaint about said bad service? Pass the smelling salts!

It's also odd how constant protestations of drama, or 'I couldn't get worked up about this', are trotted out ad nauseam by those wanting to give an OP a good kicking. It happens on so many threads, and it's beyond tedious. There usually is no drama. No one's getting worked up. Putting in a complaint is a legitimate and fairly standard response to situations like this.

Even by AIBU standards this thread is batshit, and more than usually populated by people who clearly get off on behaving like dicks. If anyone's being 'dramatic', it's those participating in the playground pile-on.

Why don't you just knock it off?

@Herejustforthisone yet here people are telling you otherwise.
the overhead restraints are lowered into place by the rider then they should be checked and lowered further - if necessary - by the ride operators.
Unfortunately what appears to be happening, at least some of the time, at the Vampire ride is that the operatives race along slamming down the restraints with scant disregard for safety and comfort of the rider, because it alleviates their boredom.

the operatives race along slamming down the restraints with scant disregard for safety and comfort of the rider, because it alleviates their boredom.

Ludicrous.

Vampire ride is not a pleasant working environment - its dark, smelly and frankly creepy.

Whilst it hasnt happened the really hard push I have had it pushed down to be uncomfortable.

Pretty much everyone who knows the ride well is saying it sympathising and agreeing.

Those who arent probably dont know the ride

Op I've not waded through ten pages.
Council/environmental health is usually people who look into this stuff.
They should have procedure's in place to help and assist, call a first aider to you!!

This is why I panic on rides I don't like my stomach, chest pressed on.

Op it seems your thread has attracted some bizzare posts!

Op don't leave it to the park to investigate.

Send so eh at council.

Ratcheted restraints can still be slammed. A ratchet simply stops the restraint from being loosened. It doesn’t stop it being tightened forcefully. And a bruise can be produced without any slamming at all if it the restraint is too tight.

Hasn't it just 🤣🤣🤷‍♀️

I I think a Ive poster is right that those commenting such bizarre nuts haven't actually ever a) been to the theme park or b) used that ride.

In other ways I was very impressed when I saw the staff tell a group of teens to pack in their behaviour as it was impacting on other park users yesterday. Very mature for younger staff (not the teen ones prob early 20's)

Let's hope management have the same balls with their staff as their staff have with visitors.

Bloody knew what park it would be after reading the OP! Used to work there as a teenager, don’t think it’s improved much.

The operator probably did push down a bit hard but another vote here for you’re being too dramatic.

You were probably dizzy because you’d just got off the ride, had high adrenaline levels, were hot and were feeling a bit shocked and frazzled by the whole thing.

Put it down to one of life’s uncomfortable experiences and get over it.

What a load of assumption based on the OP having got a coffee. What vile responses some of these are.

Should she cancel the cheque @Ace56?

I certainly wasn’t saying anything about the dizziness after the ride, which could have been due to heat/adrenaline etc etc., and just because you have ridden the ride before, doesn’t mean you will react the same. My response was entirely owing to the OP saying her lungs were unable to take in sufficient air and likening it to the positional or postural asphyxia suffered by George Floyd who died due to being crushed by police in the US, when extreme pressure was applied to his neck, thereby obstructing his breathing.
As the OP was able to both laugh and manage an entire sentence, it’s abundantly clear that she could not be experiencing any kind of asphyxia.
A restraint from a theme park ride would not be able to constrict lung function unless it actually broke your ribs or damaged your diaphragm in some way.
The OP should certainly report the unnecessary speed of pushing down the ride restraint and perhaps be advised to not go on so many rides in one day.

I didn't liken it. For a start he had a knee in his neck.

I purely explained to posters they were wrong that I wouldn't have been able to talk 2 seconds after she rammed the barrier down. Because vocal chords are higher up and need less air.

Goodness me - I give up with attempting to explain how the body works

You don't need to.

I understand fully. I'll stick to my training on positional asphyxia and if someone vocally says they can't breathe I'll release the restraint not assuming being able to speak means they are getting enough oxygen to breathe effectively 🤷‍♀️