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My first day as a 'green button pusher'

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Post May 21st, 2006, 1:29 pm
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in other words, yesterday was my first day of work at Toverland, you know that little park that opened just 5 years ago with the boosterbike.

The day started crap, it was raining cats, dogs, and who knows what else, and Toverland is only 5 miles away, it still means i have to go 20 minutes tru the rain and getting soaked.
Anyways, soaked as i am i walked into the cantina, which is like u see them at construction sites, and when i asked why they didn't have a solid one, they said it is because of future expansions. So i got introduced to everyone, and got a piece of cake (literally, becauee Toverland existed 5 years).
As soon as i got my schedule for the day, i noticed that i would be operation the vekoma minetrain for the 1st two and a half hours. As i walked with the one who was gonna teach me how the push the green button and i asked her (yes, the Toverland employees are 70% women) why they called it 'boomerang' and she said like OMG are you one of those coasterfreaks....[lol].
So the first two hours i was fitting fat germans in the vekoma mine train. then got a half hour brake and went to work at the waterslides. The first hour i was at the landing site putting people's boats on the conveyor belt and escorting of the site. The 2nd hour i was upstairs 'dropping' the boats, which was kinda fun and i learn that the boats only can have 100 kilos, which reminded me to dirk, who was 120 or someting. bad boy dirk.
The last 3 hours i would be making half hour switches between the appel coaster who has a lenght of 36 meters! and a small merry-go-round outside.
Suddenly it was 18:00 and we all got to clean up the park, which was done in an hour. Meanwhile, my feat were trying to kill me because i was standing for 9 hours (almost) straight. And as soon as i got home i put on a stargate and got myself some shoarma.

anyways, next up is May 28
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"So the first two hours i was fitting fat germans in the vekoma mine train."

sounds like fun :)

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And i was thinking Netherlands are the Kingdom of Fast Food :)

Post May 21st, 2006, 2:34 pm
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Originally posted by hyperdude

"So the first two hours i was fitting fat germans in the vekoma mine train."

sounds like fun :)


[lol], kind of, there were like 3 school busses of them
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When do you think you'll be able to operate the Booster Bike dude???

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i'm sheduled in the 2nd hall 3rd of June, where the boosterbike is, but i don't think they're gonna put a n00b on the booster, most likely i'll be on another atraction
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