23 Theme Park Employees Confess The Biggest Adult Tantrums They’ve Witnessed

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Disneyland. Near the Bank of Main Street in autumn. Old dude looking around at the leaves on the ground muttering to himself. He spots me and eagerly heads towards me. In my head “what is this nonsense?” To him “Good morning sir, is there an issue?” Angrily “Walt would be spinning in his grave if he saw all this trash.” I scan the ground, there is no trash only fallen leaves. “The leaves?” “Yes, this place has become a disgrace!” I apologized, thanked him and two finger pointed to City Hall.

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Worked on a ride that had a height requirement. One of only a few in the park. This ride had flight simulators that were no joke. They could go completely vertical and if the harness didn’t hold you correctly, you could have a less-than-ideal riding experience. There was a woman and her child who tried to come in- the child was too short. We explain this, give the kid a pass to jump to the front of the line when he’s tall enough, and he’s fine. Mother, however, was not. She’s freaking out at us immediately. TBH I wasn’t really listening to what she said, but she wouldn’t go away and was causing a huge disturbance. We call the manager on duty. She does the same thing to him. It’s at this point that she says the one thing I remember. “Are you telling me you care more about my child’s safety than if he has a good time or not?!” My manager looks stunned, but responds quite calmly, “Yes, and, quite frankly, it concerns me that you don’t.”

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Was working one of the kiddie rides one day, and this stupid kid in line stuck his head between the bars in the gate. It took me and 2 other adults to pull the bars enough for the kid to get his head back out. Afterwards the kid’s mom comes running over and starts yelling at me for letting him get his head stuck. I told her that she should have been with the kid in line. She did not like that response. She stood there yelling at me for a good 5 minutes, claiming that I’m irresponsible and should not be allowed to work the kid rides. I called a manager over on the radio and he took a “formal complaint” from her writing down what she was saying in his notebook. After the lady left he showed me his notebook, and there was a drawing of a dragon eating her and her kid.

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I worked at Disney several years ago. One job I had was working with the various characters, and let me tell you what, people lost their goddamn minds over the characters. I was threatened, screamed at, followed, called names, spat at, all manner of rude things for either taking the character away or not letting people cut the line.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.