Q100 and Six Flags: Nobody was THINKING!

A local radio station (Q100) thought they had a nice little promotional gig this week. Show up super-early in the morning and get in free at Six Flag for that day. Hey, it’s in the middle of Spring Break… kids are at home… and they had to be there between 6 and 9am to take part in the whole melee. What a great little promo, right?

There’s just a few things wrong with that wonderful idea…

1. Nobody told the local authorities this was going to happen. Interstate 20, the only major road to Six Flags, was PACKED with travelers. I-20 is normally packed anyway because of rush hour traffic, but all of the obsessed parents trying to rush over there only made it worse!

2. Nobody mentioned that only the first 10,000 people would be allowed in! If they did, it was only on the radio and NOT in their online information.

3. The doors opened at 6am and they were at capacity in FIFTEEN MINUTES!

4. There were WAY TOO MANY IDIOT PARENTS who decided to not listen to the radio when they were told the park was already full. They were the ones who jammed the roads and even ditched their cars and tried to show up on foot, which wasn’t allowed in the first place. Some parents tried to drop their kids off at the park, which also wasn’t allowed, only to leave them stranded at the locked gates.

The end result? Plenty of pissed-off parents, disappointed kids, fouled-up roads, and people pointing fingers at each other over who is to blame for it all.

Well you know what? Q100 and Six Flags EACH get the lion’s share of the blame here! Six Flags should have KNOWN what roads would be like on I-20 on a normal rush hour morning, with or without school in session! Q100 should have known that any time parents hear about free admission to Six Flags that it would be INSANELY popular and they should have mentioned the maximum limit so parents would know the rules.

But I’m not going to let the parents get off on this either. There were WAY TOO MANY idiotic parents who thought that they would just drop their precious tax deductions off and have a good time. YOU contributed to the chaos as well. Especially those of you who were STUPID enough to ditch your vehicles on the highway and try to show up on foot! ON FOOT! I hope you LOST your vehicles when you had to walk back! Serves you right!

Being a parent is NOT an excuse to let your dead brain cells do all your thinking.