What Amusement Park Activity Are You?
By David Stoddard
It was your typical day after a week or so of 92+ degree days. So one could see that it wasn’t exactly something we were dying to go do. But since we had already spent the money on the tickets the day before, we somewhat felt obligated to take the drive to the amusement park with the kids.
There is just something sorta stressful about having to check out a locker, pack things in there, remember the locker number throughout the day, head to the water park, check out another locker, shove more stuff in there, remember the locker number throughout the day, and try not to lose the key.
Oh yeah, and try to keep from getting too bad of a sunburn. But that’s for another time.
To make a long story short, once we got through all of that and could take it easy for a few minutes on the lawn chairs by the wave pool, the day became a whole lot better. We (my girlfriend and I) started to actually enjoy being there.
The day became so much better, we actually began to pay attention to a lot of the smaller things going on around us. The people, the events, the stuff available in the shops, the sites, sounds and who knows what all else was there.
It wasn’t until a few days later when we were looking back on the day that thoughts came to mind. Now I don’t mean to get deep and philosophical, but it just seems to happen from time to time. I started thinking about the connection between what we saw at the park and ourselves.
So alas, a few questions to think about based on those observations.
Are you the kind of person who wishes to ride the rough me up, spray tons of water all over me, jolt me in the dark and drop me in a deep pool where I touch bottom and push myself up? Or are you the gentle flowing lazy river type?
Do you need to get out there and try the newest ride of the season or do you prefer the tried and true things you have done hundreds of times?
For those who like the whole show atmosphere, are you one to be in front, on stage, or behind he scenes making it all happen with as few glitches as possible?
Are you willing to dig out cigarette butts from the rocks, go through people’s bags when they enter the park, push heavy carts of trash up a hill to their final location? Or are you too “good” for that and only work in the “special” areas and cater to special guests?
Are you the kind of person who feels the need to dress up like a super hero? Or can you just dress down and let it all hang out in the water park?
Can you take the heat, or do you prefer the air-conditioned benefits of being somewhere else?
Would you rather dress up in the whole shirt/tie/jacket and nice shoes and work along with similar folks? Or would you rather just hang out with the fun and somewhat loony characters we all come across?
We may very well be content with the day to day activities we find ourselves taking part in. But there are those moments when we wish to do more, take more chances, branch out and do something we might not have done before.
Maybe we are The Boss, but we also care enough of the little things that need to be done as well as the big adventures.
And yes, I suppose one could say we all put on a front or a mask of sorts to hide the real us at times. But the question becomes just how much do we wish to hide?
If you have had a tough time picking out a single activity where you fit, don’t worry. There is no such thing. We are a combination of so much.
For me, at least on that day, I was mostly the lazy river kinda guy fighting to get out of the inner tube once the journey around the river was through. But I was also the roller coaster ridin, bumper car drivin, too much for a burger, fry and a drink payin, classic car sittin, Wii playin guy that day as well.
Finally, when I was at the park that day, I had no intention of writing anything about it so deep and possibly meaningful such as this. But maybe that’s just the point of all of this. We set out to do one thing, and a whole new opportunity comes along.
So tell me, what kind of amusement park activity are you?
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