The Tooth Story

For anyone who's ever wondered about the infamous GEMINI tooth...

Its about ten at night some Friday night and it was yet another open to close shift for Sabrina. I was exhausted and not quite looking forward to working another O/C on Saturday. I'm working B-side platform and I notice that a huge family just got off of the train and their milling around the middle car. They aren't telling me what's going on, I'm a little agitated at this point and just asked them what they dropped. There's a girl who looks to be in her early twenties, and might be considered attractive except she's crying hysterically, and she's missing her tooth. It turns out that she's a model, but when she was little she was in a car accident and lost some of her teeth. Apparently no one knew that she even had fake teeth, and she's really self conscious about it. Being the incredibility nice person that I am I decided that I would grab our dimming flashlight, a hard hat, and see if I can find the tooth. Its ten o'clock at night, I've been there since nine-thirty in the morning and I'm looking for a tooth under a ride that consists of seven acres of sand and rock...you can see my frustration.

I search for forty-five minuets, which I think is completely considerate seeings how this is a complete lost cause. Some people were already questioning my sanity at this point. But I call in from under the ride to tell them that I've given up, only to end up talking to my supervisor. He tells me that I have to tell the hysterical girl that I could not find her tooth, and I have to be the one to tell her that it probably won't ever be found. This isn't easy, its like telling someone that you killed their new puppy. I told him that I couldn't do it, and I asked him to do it...but he wouldn't. Frustrated, I say FINE (which anyone who talks, or understands, "woman" you know what that really means) slam the phone down and walk back to the station house. On the way back to the station house I discovered that the girl did something incredibly stupid that could have really been bad. I'm not going to say what it was, but it still scares me. I was shaking, and all for having her arrested, but my supervisor was too nice. He promised that he'd send someone out the next day.

Saturday rolls around and we send two people out to look for the tooth. I'm too keyed up over the whole deal, so I decline the offer to look for the needle in a 23 year old hay stack. Least to say, they did not find the tooth. Big Bob Wozniak comes around and I tell him the story. He laughs about it, but repeats the line "not responsible for any loss or damage." Well the girl came around later that morning, and we told her that it was impossible. Her mom was very angry about this, so angry that she raised a big stink in Park Ops. The stink was so big that later on that day, Big Bob and the mean old supervisor were seen combing the ride for the lost tooth.

The moral of my story, my friends, is that...
"Cedar Point is not responsible for any loss or damage that might occur while riding this, or any ride in the park."

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Gemini Crew 2001

You know something, I just made the connect between your real name and you screen name...just because Sabrina the Teenage Witch is on right now...

She got arrested...?

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MF count: 23

*** This post was edited by CP_bound on 10/11/2001. ***

"its like telling someone that you killed their new puppy. "

For some odd reason, that makes me chuckle.

:)

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Stupid People Shouldn't Breath...
-Gonzo

Great story Sabrina....I was laughing throughout the entire time I was reading it....I feel sorry for the young lady, bur it was one funny story especially the moral....LOL! By the way, what did you mean by the part of your story...."I discovered that the girl did something incredibly stupid that could have really been bad. I'm not going to say what it was, but it still scares me. I was shaking, and all for having her arrested, but my supervisor was too nice." If you won't say here, please tell me in person on Saturday when we meet.

No CP_Bound.. she did something that COULD have goten her arrested.. and lets just leave it at that...

(btw.. guess who had to listen to the LONG version of this story about 20 times in the dorm room, at dinner, at the bar....) ;)

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Opps, can you get some napkins please???
MF total - 471 laps
VertiGo Launches - 79
June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100

Since the critical detail is left out of the story, it's pretty uninteresting.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

I found the story interesting, even if it wasn’t complete. I am imaging all of the things this girl could have done to warrant a possible arrest. I’m sure some of my thoughts are worse then what she actually did (then again…)

What amazes me is that the Mom would complain to park-ops about this. There was a reasonable attempt made to find the missing tooth. I lost my car keys on Magnum a couple of years ago. An employee made a sweep of the areas but didn’t find them. I didn’t throw a fit – these things happen.

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Bob M.

Some thoughts came to my mind as to what she could have been doing, but...

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MF count: 23

I'm not going to tell...I still want a job there next season...but lets just say she's stupid.

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Gemini Crew 2001. I loved the Gem100!!

Will you answer privately through e-mail?

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MF count: 23

Sabrina, thanks for filling me in on what happened with the rest of the tooth story in person. I don't know if the girl could have been arrested, but she should have been tossed from the park immediately. She was STUPID!!! I will not pass it on to anyone else without your permission.

*** This post was edited by coasterkingoftheworld on 10/15/2001. ***

Welcome Coaster King, but don't leak the secreat...btw, the last guy who did that did actually get arrested.

Actually.. there IS an Ohio Revised Code that she did vilolate that could have resulted in an arrest..

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Opps, can you get some napkins please???
MF total - 471 laps
VertiGo Launches - 79
June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100

See...I'm a good little girl. Regaurdless...I'm still not telling.

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Gemini Crew 2001. I loved the Gem100!!

That story will never get old! I'm laughing still...*sigh*...but that is one of the worst feelings (the feeling you felt when you noticed her doing the stupid act), I remember when I first saw that act occur...I was so freaked out! Well you know how guests can be...STUPID! But whatever. GOD BLESS CP AND GEMINI FOREVER!!!!

later loves

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"the Wafer King"
spritekw@yahoo.com

Thanks Frankie...I know what your talking about. People need to think about what is more importat to them, and it isn't alwasys what they just lost, its what they can loose. All I ask is that people respect the Point and give workers a little more credit. We do eveything that we can to make your trip fun, try not to scare the begeebers out of us.

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Gemini Crew 2001. I loved the Gem100!!