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CycloneMan

10-14-2007, 05:58 PM

Allright, so here at the Staten Island Zoo, we opened a new exhibet called "Dinasour Encounter". You walk in and there are different animatronic dinosaurs. As Jr Docents/Staff, we are supposed to stand in there and just tell people to not touch the dinosaurs, we teach them all about the dinosaurs, give tours, and pretty mush supervise. On Friday (opening day), I was in there by myself from 12-4. The Jurrasic Park music (very loud) was getting to me, but all the guests were nice and respectfull.

Today, we had 4 of us in there. And it got so crowded. After a while, I got fed up of telling people to stop touching the dinosaurs, that every time the music went down, I'd yell, "Please refraim from touching the Dinosaurs! If I catch you doing this after I tell you not to, you are out!" I was seriously fed up. So, then of course, my friends (co workers) eventually told me to calm down, and my boss (I'm actually really close with him) even told me I had to cool it. He agreed where I was coming from, but he didn't want me to get in trouble with Managment. So, we keep saying we need signs. And managment is telling us to do our jobs, so we won't need signs! Um....if we can only have one person in most of the time, and with that crowd, it's almost impossible. When I was by myself, I had some one walk in the exit, but I didn't see them do it, so I couldn't tell them anything.

And of course, it's my fault that the guests have to pay for the exhibet! I was so pissed. This upper class, East Village bitch kept complaining to me and my buddy Eduardo, and said she was going to go to the burough councel men, and what not. We kept telling her, this is an outside company, the Zoo has nothing to do with it. And then we went up to a woman and asked to see her tickets (because she was coming from the direction of the exit), and she of course pulled the race card on me. Because apperantly, if I ask a black women if she can show me here ticket, I'M of course rasict! Jeeze, sorry, I was doing my job!

To give you some idea of that this place is, here are some pictures:
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http://a122.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/87/l_c6b629925e2f000fd2e3782aad84c969.jpg
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http://a51.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/51/l_907469b07c307921f533740ac3ea175a.jpg

Now imagine this with more than 60 people. Not fun!

-Dainan

Big Wallaby

10-15-2007, 10:28 AM

No signs, one employee for how big an area? Sounds like your management should be singing the Scarecrow's theme...

Princess Susi

10-15-2007, 12:16 PM

Cool Dinosaurs! Can I touch em? Bwahahahahaha....J/K They look really neat. I thought they might be dinosaur bones until you said animatronic. That would be a bitch, with that many people in there wanting to touch them. Why are they so accessible? You would think the set-up would be somewhat like a zoo where they would be behind a barrier of some sort. That makes too much sense though, right?
suuussssiiiiiiieeeee

CycloneMan

10-15-2007, 02:50 PM

There's a chain, but the kids can easily reach over it, and knock it down!

-Dainan

Floridian

10-15-2007, 06:26 PM

That exhibit looks kinda scary lol. Anyways I bet as soon as stuff starts getting broken I sign goes up...although ya'll will probably get unrightfully blamed first.

CycloneMan

10-15-2007, 07:21 PM

^Like always...sigh :oweye:

The best part though, is that managment will blame us, but our boss and instructors will totally be on our sides! HAHA!

-Dainan

felinefan

10-18-2007, 09:18 PM

The only problem with signs is that people don't read them, or fail to take them seriously. Somewhere in the back of my brain is a fragment of a memory....I think I heard somewhere that a black guy was trying to pull the race card on a sign, despite the lack of any overt racial content on the sign. It's like Oprah pulling the race card at Harrod's because they were closed for the day.

What would be cool is if the dinos were rigged to bite people who reached in to touch them. Then you could say, "Well, we told you not to touch them, now aren't you sorry you didn't listen?" :twisted: Face it, people today have no respect for rules anymore. They're all a bunch of overgrown spoiled brats.

JugglingFreak

10-19-2007, 06:30 AM

People feel your pain. There was a SpongeBob episode (Yes, I have a sad life) where they go to the jellyfishing convention and all of the exhibits have signs saying "don't touch":

SpongeBob SquarePants: Cool state of the art jellyfish nets!
Patrick: [touches] Touch.
Security Guard: Don't touch.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Wow! The harpoon from Jellyfish: The Movie!
Patrick: [touches] Touch.
Security Guard: Don't touch!
SpongeBob SquarePants: Look! Dr. Manowar! The guy who got stung by Big Lenny and lived!
Dr. Manowar: ...And now it only hurts when you touch it.
[Patrick touches, doctor screams]
Patrick: Touch.
Security Guard: Do I have to follow you all day?

Why does everything remind me of TV or movies? :confused:

Big Wallaby

10-19-2007, 09:34 AM

Why does everything remind me of TV or movies? :confused:Because you watch too much. I say that as someone for whom the TV rarely comes on. The other night, I turned it on and found the commercials to be unbelieveably bad, because I hadn't seen commercials in a long time.

That was just watching the news. And what was up with all the male news anchors wearing pink ties? Talk about standing out on screen... Geez, the weather guy looked like he was being abducted by aliens, complete with the light shining down on him!

JugglingFreak

10-19-2007, 11:08 AM

Because you watch too much.

But the warm glow of the TV is so peaceful and loving..

BRWombat

10-19-2007, 11:08 AM

Because you watch too much. I say that as someone for whom the TV rarely comes on. The other night, I turned it on and found the commercials to be unbelieveably bad, because I hadn't seen commercials in a long time.

That was just watching the news. And what was up with all the male news anchors wearing pink ties? Talk about standing out on screen... Geez, the weather guy looked like he was being abducted by aliens, complete with the light shining down on him!Commercials? What are these "commercials" you speak of?

TV is infinitely better with a DVR. :)

CycloneMan

10-19-2007, 03:14 PM

HAHAHA! I just want to point out that at the bottom of this thread, where is says, "Similar Threads" my old thread showing how excited I was about the Dinosaurs is there. Click here (http://stupidguesttricks.com/vb3/showthread.php?t=2728).

The only problem with signs is that people don't read them, or fail to take them seriously....

..... Face it, people today have no respect for rules anymore. They're all a bunch of overgrown spoiled brats.

Everyone I work with says the same thing! And obviously I know, thus I agree. Well, tomorrow I go back in. And I was asked to come from school to DE every Monday to pick up a shift from 12-closing. I'll be by myself :aliens: , fun. So yea, we'll see if I can keep my cool tomorrow (I have to, I'll be at tacoboy's park tomorrow night :p ).

-Dainan

lady ulrike

10-20-2007, 12:19 PM

Commercials? What are these "commercials" you speak of?

TV is infinitely better with a DVR. :)

I second that, it's so bad for me that if I watch, 'live' tv (which I rarely do) when the commercial comes on I pause it, do something else for awhile and then go back to the tv, sometimes I just read a book for a bit.

The only commercials I wanna watch are the ones with people from an acting troupe I know are in (wow, that sentence doesn't really make sense does it, well you all probably know what I'm trying to say)

Rob562

10-20-2007, 04:07 PM

BRWombat

10-22-2007, 09:19 AM

I second that, it's so bad for me that if I watch, 'live' tv (which I rarely do) when the commercial comes on I pause it, do something else for awhile and then go back to the tv, sometimes I just read a book for a bit....I've gotten so used to it, I've found myself trying to "back up" live radio to catch something I missed!! :o: There are very few commercials out there that I find are good anymore.

Though one of my favorites is in Southwest Airline's "Wanna Get Away?" series of commercials, the one with the guy showing off his Wii-like gaming console, tells his friend to "throw a pitch, just like a real baseball", and the friend hucks the controller into the flatpanel TV, smashing it... :D:

There's quite a few clever commercials from that series. (The woman who gets something in her eye at the airport comes to mind)

-RobSeen the one with the guy getting up his nerves to tell a girl he loves her, only to have her blurt "I'm engaged!" at the same time? That guy is from my church, does a lot of live drama, and is hilarious. He created the commercial for a nationwide contest and won it.

lady ulrike

10-23-2007, 09:01 AM

I've gotten so used to it, I've found myself trying to "back up" live radio to catch something I missed!! :o:

I've done this also....constantly. :)

Princess Susi

10-23-2007, 09:30 AM

There are very few commercials out there that I find are good anymore.

Though one of my favorites is in Southwest Airline's "Wanna Get Away?" series of commercials, the one with the guy showing off his Wii-like gaming console, tells his friend to "throw a pitch, just like a real baseball", and the friend hucks the controller into the flatpanel TV, smashing it... :D:

There's quite a few clever commercials from that series. (The woman who gets something in her eye at the airport comes to mind)

-Rob

The best one's in my mind are the Frontier Airline commercials with all the animals talking. Frontier is based out of Denver, so I don't think they run the ads anywhere else, but they are hilarious. They may have them on the Frontier Airline website. Grizz the Bear, Jack the Jackrabbit, Flip the dolphin and a few other really cute characters that all talk about Frontier. Frontier has the animals on the tail of the Airplane. You get a different animal every plane. And in the commercials the planes are parked ay the airport and the animals on the planes' tails are having conversations with each other. Cool ads. :cool:
susi

JugglingFreak

10-23-2007, 10:50 AM

I've gotten so used to it, I've found myself trying to "back up" live radio to catch something I missed!! :o:

Get satellite radio. I have a Sirius "Starmate" radio and you can do just that, pause, rewind, etc. (see the buttons next to "memo")

Plus, it looks groovy..

http://akamai.edeal.com/images/catalog2640/folder17052/img5676188.jpg

(see the buttons next to "memo", those are the ff, rewind and pause buttons)

BRWombat

10-23-2007, 12:45 PM

Get satellite radio. I have a Sirius "Starmate" radio and you can do just that, pause, rewind, etc. ...Nah, I'm too cheap.

CycloneMan

11-06-2007, 09:28 AM

Well...the past three days there has been no music, and I've been in there four hours at a time, and I'm going slowly insane! But, I don't yell as much. I just be polite and then yell :oweye:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/chippednailpolishxx/dino.jpg
One of the Jr Docents (my good friend Mandy) made this yesterday. I figured I'd share. And yes, that's me with the blood and scratchs on my face. It was for our Spooktacular event's attraction, The Lantern Walk. But I laughed so hard when I saw this.

I think I shall post a bulletin I posted on MySpace from two days ago:

I'm sick of f***ing Dinosaur Encounter, I want my f***ing animals back! But noooooooo, we are understaffed so we have to be there every day! Yes, I am willing to do it weekdays, that's fine. But I miss taking my animals out and when it gets too crowded in there, and I'm by myself I get nervous and then I usually just go to the exit and open the door and just stand there for a minute. If you are reading this rant, you seriously should give your self a pat on the back. But seriously, I love my dinos, but I've had too much. I miss my fire skink! I want to go back to the Reptile Wing. At least we are getting a new audio system, let's hope it gets put in before December.

Oh, and to the Docents (old people) who complain about the music. SHUT THE **** UP! It drives me crazy sitting in there for hours listening to the roars, squeeky noises and compressed air. Seriously, thanks to you guys I get to sit through that now. Of course, the days I go as a guest the music is f***ing on! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! **** YOU!

Okay...so I'm a little aggrivated right now, don't take me seriously.

-Dainan "Please do not touch the dinosaurs" <Last Name>

...I wasn't in a good mood:pleasdie:

Big Wallaby

11-06-2007, 09:41 AM

The best one's in my mind are the Frontier Airline commercials with all the animals talking. Frontier is based out of Denver, so I don't think they run the ads anywhere else, but they are hilarious. They may have them on the Frontier Airline website. Grizz the Bear, Jack the Jackrabbit, Flip the dolphin and a few other really cute characters that all talk about Frontier. Frontier has the animals on the tail of the Airplane. You get a different animal every plane. And in the commercials the planes are parked ay the airport and the animals on the planes' tails are having conversations with each other. Cool ads. :cool:
susiThey played in Portland, too. Yep, those ads are awesome. Think of it as airplane tail/animal water cooler talk. Very funny.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/chippednailpolishxx/dino.jpg
Uh, I don't want to know how that speech bubble to the left occurs.

Have you read the new book about crabbing, "Who Knew Catching Crabs Could Be So Fun?"

hobie16

11-06-2007, 10:08 AM

Have you read the new book about crabbing, "Who Knew Catching Crabs Could Be So Fun?"
If fish come in to port on a fishing boat and shrimp come in on a shrimp boat, how do crabs come in?

On the captain's dingy.

Big Wallaby

11-06-2007, 11:12 AM

Have you read the new book about crabbing, "Who Knew Catching Crabs Could Be So Fun?"

My goodness, I can't believe I wrote that. My grammar seems to have gone buggers.

Princess Susi

11-07-2007, 06:07 AM

If fish come in to port on a fishing boat and shrimp come in on a shrimp boat, how do crabs come in?

On the captain's dingy.

hobiieeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!:eek: :twisted: :break: :clap: :bugeyes: :dropmouth:evil: :hysteria::notallthe:oweye: :sparky: :twitch:
You are TOO much!!!!!!!!
sooze

felinefan

11-09-2007, 08:48 PM

I used to see the Frontier Airlines commercials here in OC, CA The one I thought was cute was when Jack the Jackrabbit tried to pick up a fox, "Hey Foxy, ya wanna go out to dinner with a rabbit?" "No, I want a rabbit for dinner." "Uh, check, please!" Actually, he looked like a snowshoe rabbit--a hare, technically--to me.

GRUMPY PIRATE

11-09-2007, 10:00 PM

If fish come in to port on a fishing boat and shrimp come in on a shrimp boat, how do crabs come in?

On the captain's dingy.

Wouldn't it be crowded?

Big Wallaby

11-09-2007, 11:47 PM

The other airline with some awesome commercials is Southwest. I love the one where they shut the door in Herb Kelleher's face because he doesn't make it in the ten-minute-turn-around because he's talking about it to the camera. He bangs on the door of the plane, trying to get them to listen to the fact he's Kelleher, and they back out anyway. I could have died laughing.

Then there's the one with the flight attendant out in the middle of the desert asking if you remember when different things used to happen on planes, and then a 737 buzzes her. And this, of course, is back before they could possibly have computer generated the effects necessary to pull it off without having her in the desert with a 737 flying 20' over her head. I hope it didn't take too many takes!

I used to drive some of the guys who flew the Air Canada DH-8's from Vancouver to Victoria, and they said that on a clear day one of their favorite things was to take off and fly about 500' off the water. That had to be cool. I know how that is in a Cessna 2-pack, but I can't imagine how that is in a Dash-8 at 300 mph.

CycloneMan

01-13-2008, 03:58 PM

Randy B

01-13-2008, 08:55 PM

Well, today was the last day Dinosaur Encounter was opened! I worked in there from 10:30-4:15 (it closes at 4). I got all choked up when I gave my final tour. I admit, I'm going to miss it. But, it turns out, the local news advertised the hell out of this, and it was packed! So we were working like crazy. Though I was by myself the last hour. I was not in a good mood either becaus people wouldn't behave. And I kept making announcments being serious but using a sarcastic tone by sayind, "For the safety of yourself, the people around you, and the dinosaurs, please don't lean, sit, climb over or under the chains! And do NOT touch the dinosaurs. You can fall and break the chains, dinosaurs and yourself! And I DONT feel like filling out accident reports!"...is it sad that I actually said that more than 5 times? And the chains got knocked down 4 times today! UGH! But, what ever, I will miss DE.

You should have put all the carnivores (read BIG teeth) nearest the chains and equip them with motion and laser intrusion detectors that then changes the movement programming. The first time someone leans over the chain and a T-Rex reaches down and snaps at them (maybe removing the body part that is over the line) it would definately tend to reduce the chance of anyone who witness the event from doing the same thing. And you can be assured that there will be no repete offenders.

(Gee, I'm bloody minded tonight.)

Randy

GRUMPY PIRATE

01-13-2008, 09:48 PM

You should have put all the carnivores (read BIG teeth) nearest the chains and equip them with motion and laser intrusion detectors that then changes the movement programming. The first time someone leans over the chain and a T-Rex reaches down and snaps at them (maybe removing the body part that is over the line) it would definately tend to reduce the chance of anyone who witness the event from doing the same thing. And you can be assured that there will be no repete offenders.

(Gee, I'm bloody minded tonight.)

Randy

But that would be okay, because they are real!!!(just stuffed!!!) (hehehehe)

mechurchlady

01-14-2008, 04:59 AM

You should have put all the carnivores (read BIG teeth) nearest the chains and equip them with motion and laser intrusion detectors that then changes the movement programming. The first time someone leans over the chain and a T-Rex reaches down and snaps at them (maybe removing the body part that is over the line) it would definately tend to reduce the chance of anyone who witness the event from doing the same thing. And you can be assured that there will be no repete offenders.

(Gee, I'm bloody minded tonight.)

Randy

How about that and a mannequin leg with fake blood oozing from it. I like your idea though.