sooooooo... my beautiful boy, flynn, will be 3 next week, oh how the time flies... as usual i'm planning to get as much as possible into a day!! we wanted to take him to 6 flags safari, neither of my boys has been on one before, so hopefully a fun time will be had by all!
i read that they open at 9am... but i suddenly thought... let me just ring to make sure if that would be a good time to come... i want my boys to experience some animal action & wasn't sure if everyone would be up yet...
i call the number & speak to the operator ~ she says that no-one has any idea what time the animals get up, there is no good time to come.
so i ask do the animals sleep at night? she replies i have no idea....
because, sadly for her, that answer doesn't satisfy me & i stay on the phone she transfers me to someone else.
this was a much friendlier person ~ who thought i had a very good question, YEAH!!, but didn't know the answer, BOO!!
so she transfers me to another 'lady'
firstly ~ i was shocked by her curtness... the whole attitude was what the hell are you bothering me for, i have no intention of helping you & basically let me as rude & ignorant to you as possible to reinforce that!!
i politely asked my question... is there a better time to come in the day where the animals are more lively??
she tells me that 'ma'am' (oooooooooooo i love being called 'ma'am!!! ;) 'ma'am this is a safari, not a zoo. we don't know the animals behaviour.'
YIKES! i repeated what she's said to make sure i heard her right... really, no-one has any idea about the animals behaviour.
that's right.
i told her i found that really sad.... you are meant to be a safari, taking care of these animals ~ yet no-one has any idea (& by the sounds of it doesn't even care) about them...
& also she 'informs' me there is no-one who will know.
(this doesn't instill me with any confidence whatsoever. so there could be some crazy rhino out there snorting, running round in circles about to charge a car or a sick giraffe lying on it's back with it's legs in the air & no-one would think that that was unusual because no-one knows any of the behavioural habits of the animals they are meant to be taking care of!!)
she says ~ this is the information desk (OH!!! i must be really stupid!! where i come from, that's ENGLAND, please cue the song 'land of hope & glory', an information desk would be where you were given information... which i'm sure they hope, would reflect kindly on their business, be friendly~ish & maybe even if they don't have the answer find something out...) but apparently 6 flags safari doesn't give a toss about any of that!!
anyone got any ideas what to do as a family activity for a 3rd birthday???
Boy, they really steamed you up, didn't they? Six Flags Safari - if I read this about MY business I would be doing some serious PR now. A perfectly resonable request for 'information'. Well done, Anne, continue to highlight these findings to your readers.
ReplyDeleteas is blatantly obvious by my fb page, i would recommend going to amish country - dutchwonderland, train museum (strassbourg,pa), train ride, choo choo barn (all in the same area of train museum on Gap rd. in Strassbourg - spelling???). Aside from the unhealthy food found in DW, we have never been disappointed by anything in any of the 4 attractions i've listed (and believe me, i am a "tougher" customer than you ... (i don't think you were tough in asking that, very reasonable and intelligent question - they should have a clue about their surroundings i would think)
ReplyDeletethe anonymous comment above is mine btw, i just hit anonymous by mistake...:)
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