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Tell us about the time the fairground came to town and you were sick in a hedge; or when you went to a theme park or circus and were sick in a hedge

Suggested by mariam67

(, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 11:37)
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Au contraire
China tries to maintain mostly full employment, so there's lots of people with non-jobs. I have seen a woman whose job it was to stand at a gate stamp supermarket receipts before you could leave, and one who would stand at the top of the escalator helping people get their trollies off. At a pool hall there was a woman employed to re-rack the balls at the end of a frame - the only person with a triangle in the whole place! But the best (or worst) I saw was in a shopping mall. It was a mere 4 stories high but they had a lift operator, who would tap the buttons for you. But since the job was so boring, the operator had a seat, and a stick!
(, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 2:37, 4 replies)
There was a woman at the big lake thing at Hangzhou
whose job appeared to be standing by the pontoon where they feed the carp and gesticulating like an air hostess. As if she's saying "there are fish on the left ... and there are fish on the right ... and there are fish on the left ... and there are fish on the right"

I'm still undecided as to whether she was a municipal employee or a top-grade mentalist.
(, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 9:55, closed)
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I wouldn't mind the job of helping ladies get their trollies off. Phwooar!! eh!
(, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 11:41, closed)
I liked the banks...
... when we visited earlier in the year.

There were always about 12 employees standing around in uniform, but only one window open and a long queue of people waiting to be attended to. There was absolutely no indication as to what the remaining 11 people were supposed to be doing if anything. It appeared that their sole job was to stand around and watch the single teller working.
(, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 15:37, closed)
Every hundredth customer they do the zombie dance routine from Michael Jackson's Thriller.
It's fucking awesome.
(, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 15:55, closed)
I once had a summer job
that involved standing at the exit of my local Makro cash-and-carry, stamping people's receipts. I never did figure out why. Still, being close to the door, it smelled better than the rest of the shop.
(, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 14:08, closed)

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