Parenting Is A Thrill Ride, But Not That Kind

I work in a theme park. Some parents have just been told that their four- or five-year-old daughter is too short to ride this particular ride.

Customer: “Okay, honey. Stand on this platform, and we’ll come and get you after Mommy and Daddy have been on the ride.”

Me: “Sorry, but she can’t stand on the platform of the ride’s landing bay. No customers are allowed there when the ride is in operation.”

Customer: “Okay, just watch her, then.”

Me: “We can’t do that, sir. One of you will have to stay with her.”

Customer: “I’m going to put in a formal complaint about you and your rudeness!”

I ended up having to defend against a complaint because, ultimately, he wanted me and the rest of the staff to stand guard with his daughter while he and his wife went on the ride.