Only every time some fat fuck tried to get on a carnival ride I was operating back in the day.
"Sorry, you don't / you aren't going to fit; here's your tickets back."
Worst was when you'd get a whale on the tilt-a-whirl (because it's one of the only rides they fit in) and then they barf up a small childs weight of feed all over the fucking place.
Normal sized human barfs on the ride = 1 - 5gal bucket of water and a quick couple spins of the ride / tub to clear and dry. Zipcode sized human = 2 or 3 - 5gal buckets of water to clear and warn everyone standing around the outside of the ride to move back 10ft or else get sauced.
Top kek thanks for the story.
Here's another one for ya.
I used to run a ride called the Rock 'n Roll. It has round, wheel shaped tubs you strap into once inside. When the ride is in operation it's like riding inside of a tire down a hill, you roll heel over head as the ride goes around in a circle. There's a clearance of about 2' to squeeze inside the tubs; 2 adults or 4 children max, 1 or 2 per side, with a bar in the middle for riders to hold onto.
So I get the ride loaded, do the safety walk, making sure all riders safety belts are secured (which, by design, cannot be secured by the passengers) then I do a reverse walk around to double check everyone and start the ride.
At this point, as I am unaware from my vantage point, a wild butterbarge enters from the rear exit and tries to squeeze it's 400lbs of shit into the aforementioned 2' opening of an empty tub, as the ride is slowly starting up. I hear all kinds of screaming and commotion from onlookers in the back, (nothing unusual typically) followed by this HUGE SLAM so I hit the emergency stop. I run around back and everyone there is laughing their asses off at this broad who's now flat on her massive ass after having been thrown straight to the floor. (No smartphones to record shit back then; so I missed seeing the best part!)
She was so heavy that she warped the fucking diamond plate steel floor panel like a taco.. a goddamn literal impact crater. But other than being dazed, and looking like a total fucking idiot, she was fine and already rolling back onto her feet and heading back out the exit.
A little later our lot man (ride supervisor) came by and told me she was at the office trailer with the cops trying to claim all kinds of shit like negligence but that failed as some of the onlookers behind the ride watching had come to my defense as witnesses. The cops chased her off the lot for us and that was the end of it.
Over a decade of working for the shows and that was the funniest shit I'd ever seen.
LMAO
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