Listening Is The Ticket

(I work at a family amusement park in New Hampshire, where gambling is illegal. We have a fake casino amongst our arcades, but it gives out tickets, not money.)

Guest: “How do I buy these prizes?”

Me: “You have to win tickets from the machine and use them to purchase the prizes.”

Guest: “I can’t just buy them?”

Me: “No, sorry. Game prizes are not for sale.”

(A little later…)

Guest: “I played all these games and I got tickets instead of money! You said I’d get money! Where is my money, you b****?”

Me: “I’m sorry if there was a miscommunication, sir. I said you’d get tickets and that you could use them to get prizes.”

Guest: “Is this a f****** joke?!”

(He threw the tickets in my face, spit on the floor, and stormed out, dragging his very young son after him, who had seen and experienced this whole tantrum.)