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Life & Times of a Six Flags Employee: Part II - The Park Opens!
Life & Times of a Six Flags Employee: Part II - The Park Opens! / By: Keenan Westcott, Tuesday, May 10, 2005 -
Where we last left you off, you kind of had a rough morning, but towards the end, things started to come together. If you still need to read Part 1, Click Here. If not, please pass go and collect $200.



Now, the time is 10:00am and the park is now open for guests and you are working at Superman: Ultimate Flight. Ok? Here we go!



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10:00am – After a rough morning, the park has finally opened for business.



10:05am – Sit back and watch all the people who ran up to the ride gasp for breath, which is pretty funny stuff by the way.



10:06am – Sit back and realize that once Kingda Ka opens, nobody is going to run up to your ride anymore.



10:10am – Begin loading the guests onto the train and look at all their excited faces.



10:11am – Realize that the ride is currently having some minor technical difficulties.



10:15am – Inform the guests that the ride is having some minor technical difficulties.



10:20am – Explain to the guests who drove all the way up from Mexico that you do not how long the ride will be down for and they do not get a rain check if the ride is closed all day.



10:25am – Get punched in the face by the guests who drove all the way up from Mexico that you just explained that you do not know how long the ride will be down for and they do not get a rain check if the ride is closed all day.



10:30am – Mechanic arrives and decides to take one of the two trains off so they can work on it.



10:31am – Realize that if he does that, the ride wait time will double from two hours to four hours.



10:32am – Mumble curse words underneath your breath.



10:40am – Reopen the ride with only one train running.



11:30am – Check height of small infant in which a parent tried to sneak onto the ride.



11:31am – Explain to the parent that the child is extremely too small to get on.



11:32am – Inform the parent that you insist they take their hands from around your neck.



11:40am – They comply.



11:41am – Realize that the disgruntled parent’s 21 year old daughter is pretty hot.



11:42am – Get slapped in the face by disgruntled parent’s 21 year old daughter who is pretty hot.



11:43am – Ask yourself why you told the disgruntled parent’s 21 year old daughter that she’s hotter than Jessica Simpson at a tanning salon.



12:00pm – Time to go on break!



12:10pm – Wait forty-five minutes in the lunch line for soggy mozzarella sticks and a lemonade.



12:11pm – Sit down and eat soggy mozzarella sticks and drink your lemonade.



12:12pm – Look around and notice that everyone is staring at you.



12:13pm – Realize that you forgot to pull your pants back up after using the bathroom.



12:30pm – Head back to Superman: Ultimate Flight.



12:31pm – It’s broken down.



12:35pm – Yeah! It’s reopened!



12:45pm – It has broken down.



1:00pm – It’s open!



1:15pm – It’s down… again.



1:30pm – It’s reopened… no wait… never mind it’s still closed.



2:00pm – Finally, it’s reopened!



2:30pm – Trip and fall on your face.



2:45pm – Attempt to flirt with your hot co-worker.



2:46pm – Get slapped again, this time on the other cheek.



4:00pm – One more hour of work! Can’t wait to head home!



Tune in Monday, May 9, 2005 for the conclusion of “Life and Times of a Six Flags Employee”.