There’s no excuse for theft if you’re rich enough to go to anamusement park. If you’re thirsty or hungry, there are usually plenty of vendors around. Unfortunately, some people feel soentitledthat they don’t mind ‘borrowing’ someone else’s things without thinking about the consequences.
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An amusement park employee shared how she scared an entitled family who stole her property
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She later answered some people’s questions in an update
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“Due to the current summer, it has been absolutely brutal out here, which made me even more annoyed that my bottle was stolen”
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We asked the author what her initial reaction was when she realized that her water bottle had been stolen. “Initially, I was a little shocked and disgusted that someone would steal a used water bottle. But after seeing them give it to their child to drink, I guess a switch just flicked in me, and I really wanted to just kinda give them a lesson to learn,” she explained why she did what she did.
The author opened up to us that she personally likes her job when we asked her about the pros and cons of being employed at an amusement park.
“I’ve worked at this theme park for a few years now, and there are a few pros, like the pay being better than a waitress (don’t have to rely on tips!), and overall, the staff tend to be quite friendly,” she told Bored Panda. However, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. Or, rather, there might be a tad too much sunshine.
“Some cons involve being exposed to the elements. I work in a park, which shall remain unnamed, in the southwest US, and due to the current summer, it has been absolutely brutal out here, which made me even more annoyed that my bottle was stolen.”
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There’s really no excuse for going out of your way to steal an employee’s reusable water bottle
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Whether or not you feel that the author was right on the money with her response or too harsh to terrify the family, you probably agree that the amusement park guests should not have stolen her water bottle.
First of all, it’s incredibly rude, disrespectful, and frankly immoral to take someone’s stuff without asking first. If everyone and anyone felt free to take other people’s property, civilization would break down very quickly. Imagine mass theft on a society-wide scale.
Secondly, the entire situation is a reminder that you should not drink from random containers or eat from other people’s plates if you don’t know them. You cannot, in fact, know that they’re perfectlyhealthy. You never know if someone might have a cold, the flu, or a more serious infection.
Thirdly, drinking out of a stranger’s water bottle instead of bringing or buying your own reeks of laziness. Pure and simple. To put it bluntly, you’re not setting a good example for your partner or your kids if you nab someone else’s stuff. You’re going on arideat an amusement park, not homeless and starving. There’s a world of difference between the two situations.
There’s also the ‘ick factor’ to consider. Why would you drink out of some stranger’s water bottle? Why would you give it to your partner? Why would you then hand it to your kid? It’s astonishingly short-sighted because you don’t, in fact, know whether the owner of that bottle has any infections.
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