2 hours ago, Tr0y said:

As long as they can make a buck.

I think you wildly overestimate how much profit they make on events like these. The ERT alone requires ~14 ride-hours of operation, with several employees staffed at each ride, all on overtime rates.

2 hours ago, BoddaH1994 said:

This is in addition to the countless other times he’s been rude to guests who have honest questions.

LOL, well it's clear you don't have an axe to grind or anything. But out of silly curiosity, what are all those "countless other times"?

Tony being dismissive of a rude jackass doesn't make the company look bad, as evidenced by the hundreds of folks cheering at the guy being chased out of there during his tirade.

2 hours ago, BoddaH1994 said:

2. If he left, he’d take his X followers with him

The official CP Twitter account has ~8 times as many followers as Tony does, so this strikes me as nonsensical as the other anti-Tony hysteria in your post.

5 minutes ago, DispatchMaster said:

I think you wildly overestimate how much profit they make on events like these. The ERT alone requires ~14 ride-hours of operation, with several employees staffed at each ride, all on overtime rates.

Seasonal amusement parks are exempt from paying overtime, and neither Kings Island or Cedar Point pays overtime, it makes zero difference how long a shift is or how many hours they work a week.

23 hours ago, DispatchMaster said:

I think you wildly overestimate how much profit they make on events like these. The ERT alone requires ~14 ride-hours of operation, with several employees staffed at each ride, all on overtime rates.

LOL, well it's clear you don't have an axe to grind or anything. But out of silly curiosity, what are all those "countless other times"?

Tony being dismissive of a rude jackass doesn't make the company look bad, as evidenced by the hundreds of folks cheering at the guy being chased out of there during his tirade.

The official CP Twitter account has ~8 times as many followers as Tony does, so this strikes me as nonsensical as the other anti-Tony hysteria in your post.

No axe to grind. Only met the guy once in passing over a decade ago.

Once again, I’m not saying this specific exchange would have him escorted off premises. I’m saying that he has a long history of talking down to guests, coworkers, the media, etc. that wouldn’t fly with any other company. I know that the standards there are pretty low, considering the one who feeds you lines can get away with saying that guests concerns are, “as adorable as they are predictable.” Like I said, he wouldn’t make it a month working as a cashier at a Dollar Tree with the way he acts. 

I am in no way justifying the way that the guest acted. He was way out of line. But I feel this was a symptom of that dude’s relationship with the guests. Could you fathom something like this happening at Holiday World? Dollywood? Kentucky Kingdom? I couldn’t. Of course, their relationship with their guests is honest and not averse. 

On 6/13/2024 at 11:46 AM, BoddaH1994 said:

I’m saying that he has a long history of talking down to guests, coworkers, the media, etc.

Can you provide any examples from this "long history"?

On 6/12/2024 at 12:31 PM, Kenban said:

Seasonal amusement parks are exempt from paying overtime

Fair point, seasonal employees are not paid overtime, though full-time employees are, of which there are fewer, but still more than zero.

Nevertheless, the reasoning stands - it costs a darn lot of money to put on these events, so it's not as if these things are some sort of cash cow, which was the allegation.