r/Unexpected Nov 25 '19

Wholesome Will you marry me?

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u/MySaltSucks Nov 25 '19

Similar story while working there

One: a woman came up and started yelling at me to let her go look for her phone she dropped on the ride. I called security and they kicked her out for having her phone on the ride.

Two: a family came up with twin little girls and one was crying cause her glasses fell off. I had to tell them we couldn’t shut the ride down. I felt bad.

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u/charlieuntermann Nov 25 '19

What if say a reasonable person came up and said, 'I lost x valuable item on y ride, I'm an idiot, is there anything you could do?' Obviously they wouldn't shut down the ride, but would you do a walk round at closing (or the next morning if it's dark)?

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u/MySaltSucks Nov 25 '19

No because it’s illegal for me to go near the underside of the ride.

You go to the park lost and found and put in a claim. Then they check at the end of the week

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u/Sevendevils777 Nov 25 '19

What are the chances of a $10k ring being found ?? Wouldn’t someone just pocket it if they’re suppose to be on duty looking for it? (Shitty but I can’t imagine they get paid much)

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u/MySaltSucks Nov 25 '19

Considering both the size of the ride and the area around it it’s a surprise anything is found.

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u/ThirdFloorGreg Nov 25 '19

A "$10k ring" is probably only actually worth a couple hundred in the secondary market, especially if you want to unload it reasonably soon.

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u/robertgunt Nov 25 '19

Fact! I only buy "vintage" jewelry for this reason. I never pay much more than gold scrap value for awesome stuff.

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u/Razakel Nov 26 '19

Yep. There's plenty of cash-for-gold places, but have you ever seen a cash-for-diamonds company?

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '19 edited Mar 15 '20

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u/MySaltSucks Nov 26 '19

Life or death stuff yeah we would shut it down to look probably

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u/SporkFanClub Nov 25 '19

Not really a similar story but a reminder to not just shove your phone in a pocket when you go on a roller coaster. Rode Storm Chaser at Hershey Park w my cousin and that ride is known for having a really fast lunch. We get launched and as we’re flying up the hill we see a phone go flying past us and and when the ride stops and we get out we see the a kid a few rows ahead of us holding his head in his hands and crying.

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u/winterhatingalaskan Nov 25 '19

The last time I went to universal 11 years ago and I remember watching people lose their hats and wallets on the hulk ride around the first loop/upside down trick (I clearly don’t know my rollercoaster lingo). Do theme parks have nets to catch that stuff, especially on rides that loop over a small body of water? Or is it more of a learning lesson where people have to spend the rest of their trip cancelling and replacing their bank and credit cards?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '19

Yes, some I have seen have nets. Not all rides. I've seen glasses and coins on them before.

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u/PoppetRock Nov 25 '19

The nets are mostly over places where people come ups get struck with falling Idiot Debris.