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Water Slide Adventure
13 years ago
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Ah, today. Today conspired to have me...wet. I forgot to chuck my laundry in the dryer, so that kind of wet, in case if anyone was thinking a different one. Then I ended up back at the bottom of the water slide, and there was on and off rain all day. So yeah, I gave up on keeping dry before noon. Such is life, hehe.
Wasn't too bad though, I got used to it pretty quick, and the day was surprisingly easy considering the number of buses. Then came the adventure.
The topside operator went on break, and their coverage was a rookie. Guy made an honest mistake, and he sent a small kid down all on their own. This caused the raft ( and its unfortunate occupant ) to get stuck almost at the very top of the slide. In either case, the kid gave a very natural reaction, by which he started to panic.
That's actually how we figured out something was wrong...his screams lacked the Doppler Effect. They were static, then the topside operator, freshly returned, made the radio call that the kid was stuck. I shut down the water and grabbed the flashlight, while the guy who was doing coverage volunteered to climb down from the top to help calm the trapped kid and give him some light ( he was stuck in a pitch-dark part ).
When the water finally stopped, I started the climb with a rather large flashlight. Love the accoustics in that slide, it was easy to converse no matter how far or close I was from the raft. When we got up there, I introduced myself to the kid and we started to get his raft down.
About ten minutes later, the sopping wet child was comfortably nestled into the arms of his grandfather, and the guy covering for my break had arrived. It was a good little fifteen minute adventure, hopefully the kid doesn't have any lasting psychological trauma from the event.
Looking back on it, makes me realize I really have been born and bred for Emergency Situations. The kid was panicking, the topside ride operator was scared half out of her mind. The coverage guy and I jumped right into the tube, more or less, and we got that kid out safe and sound. While he wasn't in any real damage, it was a subtle nudge to me, reminding me of something I was losing sight of: What I want to do. Y'know, at the risk of that sounding egotistical or such.
Anyway, long journal is long. I'm going to mess with my new chainmail supplies, which arrived in the mail today as well.
Wasn't too bad though, I got used to it pretty quick, and the day was surprisingly easy considering the number of buses. Then came the adventure.
The topside operator went on break, and their coverage was a rookie. Guy made an honest mistake, and he sent a small kid down all on their own. This caused the raft ( and its unfortunate occupant ) to get stuck almost at the very top of the slide. In either case, the kid gave a very natural reaction, by which he started to panic.
That's actually how we figured out something was wrong...his screams lacked the Doppler Effect. They were static, then the topside operator, freshly returned, made the radio call that the kid was stuck. I shut down the water and grabbed the flashlight, while the guy who was doing coverage volunteered to climb down from the top to help calm the trapped kid and give him some light ( he was stuck in a pitch-dark part ).
When the water finally stopped, I started the climb with a rather large flashlight. Love the accoustics in that slide, it was easy to converse no matter how far or close I was from the raft. When we got up there, I introduced myself to the kid and we started to get his raft down.
About ten minutes later, the sopping wet child was comfortably nestled into the arms of his grandfather, and the guy covering for my break had arrived. It was a good little fifteen minute adventure, hopefully the kid doesn't have any lasting psychological trauma from the event.
Looking back on it, makes me realize I really have been born and bred for Emergency Situations. The kid was panicking, the topside ride operator was scared half out of her mind. The coverage guy and I jumped right into the tube, more or less, and we got that kid out safe and sound. While he wasn't in any real damage, it was a subtle nudge to me, reminding me of something I was losing sight of: What I want to do. Y'know, at the risk of that sounding egotistical or such.
Anyway, long journal is long. I'm going to mess with my new chainmail supplies, which arrived in the mail today as well.
UnnamedDragon
~unnameddragon
I'm glad you got to help someone today. It's not egotistical at all. If you have a calling, and you want to do it, it's the right thing for you. Enjoy your chainmail! ^.=.^ (Sorry you got so wet today.)
