Perks Of The Job

I also am old enough to remember the travesty that was Erie. Although great stride have been made by government and industry initiatives to clean the lake up I will always remember the dead fish and pollution. Now its safe enough to swim in (finallly).

Do you remember when the Cuyahoga River caught on fire in 1968 and 1975? Thats no joke just check it out from the Akron Beacon-Journal!

The comedic value of Erie is priceless and a wonderful source of derision and one liners, thus the jokes and sarcasm!

Erie: The only great lake you can walk from one end to the other and not get water on your feet; just oil!
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You have to give head to get ahead!

Im not quite old enough to remember that...may sound stupid, but does any one care to explain :

Erie: The only great lake you can walk from one end to the other and not get water on your feet; just oil!

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Six Flags: The AOL of Theme parks...

Lake Erie was once extremely polluted, and labeled a Dead Lake due to the lack of life, if I remember correctly. Sayings such as the walking one, and another I used to use, "Warning: Lake Erie is a fire hazard," were in reference to this.

There's concern over a dead zone in the lake which may indicate things are headed back to the way they were. I searched Google for "Lake Erie Dead Zone" and pulled that up.

Aaron

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17 straight years of real thrills and counting...

Lake Erie had such a difficult time because it is the shallowest of the great lakes and the oldest I think. Some of the lake decline may be naturual in other words not due to pollution.

Cleveland and the entire Ohio shore used to regard Erie as their own "state garbage can". After all the solution to pollution is dilution, except Erie is way to shallow to handle nitrates, nitrites, farm runnoff, cadnium, MEK, nickle, lead, mercury and so forth. So circa 1960 the movement to restore the lake began. And governent and industry has done an decent job.

Just do a search from the Akron Beacon about the cayahoga catching on fire in '68 and '75! You will split your sides laughing, gosh it makes for great comedy!

Does anyone remember the tire fire in Akron circa 7/81 that closed route 8?. Millions of tires burning on account of a couple of vandles that were caught (and hopefully electrocuted) and a fire that burned for 9 months! Nothing like the smell of a few tires burning! God I love it!

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People starve in the desert because:FOOD DOES NOT GROW IN SAND!

Look at the depth of Superior, something like 900 ft at its deepest. OMG that is really deep

Just think of all the crap we could dump in Sup.! That would be a perfect place for radioactive waste and all other sorts of nasty stuff! It would stay in place for at least 100 years. Long after we are all dead and gone
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Erie: The only great lake you can walk from end to end and only get oil on your shoes!
*** This post was edited by ron skinnner 12/13/2002 7:37:04 PM ***

A good place for Six Flags to be as well!
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Erie: The only great lake you can walk from end to end and only get oil on your shoes!

Not having anyone in the zone make fun of you when you vomit in back of the garbage bin because of the party the evening prior!

And then to prove that you are "manly" drinking after work in the park and proving it to your fellow CP freinds; especially when you are underage!

Getting a paper cup from your area manager to drink the beer you illegally carried into the park to drink and him knowing what its going to be used for@

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People starve in the desert because:FOOD DOES NOT GROW IN SAND!

Oh c'mon guys...LOL.

Drinking is not necessarily the biggest perk there. Though the major thorofare thinks so, take it from a NON-alcoholic.

The biggest perk in my mind is meeting with people from different countries. Sure, they can be difficult to work with because of their language barriers but they are truly nice people...=)

Sorry to rain on your parade spock but there are better perks than beer and booze.

Well said Doug..

I've kept in contact with a few of the internationals that I met this past season. Some are hoping to come back.

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June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100
VertiGo Rides - 82
Technical Services 2002
Fright Zone Screamster 2002

It's quite tough for internationals to get Visas to come back and work for a second consecutive season, to my knowledge.

There was one on the Giant Wheel triangle last year on her second year and planning on coming back for '03.

I also know a girl who worked foods in '01 and services in '02 and is planning on comming back again. So it's not as hard as it may seem.

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June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100
VertiGo Rides - 82
Technical Services 2002
Fright Zone Screamster 2002

Sure, some of them get back, but look at the ratio of those who come back (that want to) to those who don't.

A fellow co-worker on the Mantis came back for her second season this year. It really isn't as hard as it would be (but I would think re-hiring would be more difficult with the internationals)

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MANTIS ROCKS 2002

Doug Trovinger said:
Oh c'mon guys...LOL.
Drinking is not necessarily the biggest perk there. Though the major thorofare thinks so, take it from a NON-alcoholic.
The biggest perk in my mind is meeting with people from different countries. Sure, they can be difficult to work with because of their language barriers but they are truly nice people...=)
Sorry to rain on your parade spock but there are better perks than beer and booze.

I am not trying to flame you! As you may have rather adroitly noticed my posts have some repeating themes;however if you read closely you will see an emphasis on the freinds and fellowship one has in a common/rather difficult struggle. Sure I did alot of wild things at age 20, but people/experiences (if abit hazy) were the most important part

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People starve in the desert because:FOOD DOES NOT GROW IN SAND!

I understand that you weren't trying to flame spock but to me, it just doesn't seem a good representation...sure it happens all the time but hanging out with friends and building friendships can be done in other ways...

No biggie, just a matter of personal preference...besides, you can meet friends in other ways :)

I guess another perk is diversity...being able to work with so many people from many different parts of the world.

Also, I guess another perk is being able to put the park on the resume...it is recgonized by many people in most industries and it does help you in the long run.

HAPPY NEW YEAR Y'ALL :)

I have to agree with Doug on the diveritsy thing. Its really fun learning about other cultures:)

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Screamsters 2001
MF/Screamsters 2002
???/Screamsters 2003

Doug Trovinger said:
I understand that you weren't trying to flame spock but to me, it just doesn't seem a good representation...sure it happens all the time but hanging out with friends and building friendships can be done in other ways...
No biggie, just a matter of personal preference...besides, you can meet friends in other ways :)

Agreed of course, I think that most who read the crap that I post are from an individual point of view as with any other type of forum

My wonderful prose is written from a first person point of view and only that. There were lots of folks who did not party and drug; indeed I never held any sort of negative opinion towards them;in fact I respect the diversity and freindships that are formed regardless of circumstances and the afore mentioned is the best part of being a part of the life of a CP employee!

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People starve in the desert because:FOOD DOES NOT GROW IN SAND!

Other perks that I cooked up...

> Employee Right Nights, those are cool.

> Trips to other parks with your buddies.

> Games Night! YES!

Chief Wahoo said:
Well, the biggest perk, particularly if you live onpoint, is that your backyard is the greatest amuesment park in the world and you have access to agruably the best beach on Lake Erie.

I agree with you Wahoo...its relaxing to sit there on the beach and watch the waves come in and out...

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Cedar Point rules...=)