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Explanation does not deliver.

Trash Can Blaster?

^^Trust me, OSHA isn't going to care about trash on the ground.

No one will be successful as the GM of SFMM unless LOTS of stuff outside of his or her control change. How are you supposed to lure top "talent" to the park when you offer salaries/benefits well below what all your local competitors are offering? How are you supposed to develop "talent" from within when your wages/benefits for your line employees are laughable? How are you supposed to expect improvement from you're already sh*tty middle management team when all employees have their pensions frozen (and rumor has it they lost some of their bonuses too)? You need these mid level managers just to keep the park operating at all (albeit horribly), so it's a lot easier said than done to improve things mid-peak season with what you are able to offer. I won't even get into how they can't afford to get rid of a lot of the bad line employees since there is no one to replace them... Basically it's a failed system from the top (CEO of the company) all the way down to the bottom of the management chain with the leads. Del Holland did what was asked of him from the people above him (old management). It *IS* the responsibility of the GM to oversee the operation of the park, but to his bosses "operation of the park" can have a totally different meaning. And by that, I mean keep the money rolling in. Which SFMM has done. The unfortunate result of that is the current state of SFMM. Will that change? I guess only time will tell. But I can't fault a guy for doing the job he was asked to do by his bosses, nor can I expect drastic changes overnight when there is so much to fix. That doesn't excuse how crappy things are by any means, but still... However, Shapiro has been "talking the talk" thus far and getting the ball rolling for changing all of this. If he backs up his words with actions, then we should see change. If Shapiro gives Del Holland everything he needs to be successful, and nothing changes after a few seasons...then we have a real leadership problem. Until then, everyone is just kind of playing the hand they have been dealt.

^...Or maybe the operators aren't doing enough to make sure the guests are aware of all the safety restrictions/boading instructions/etc...

^I Don't know WTF you are smoking, but Collosos and Balder were the two smoothest wooden roller coasters I have ever been on.

^One man does not a management team make. Del Holland is not the problem. The awful middle managers at SFMM are what is really hurting the park. Just one small example: There was a supervisor in the station at Tatsu, and they were still dispatching every 6 minutes! How are line employees expected to do good when the people above them suck ass? But Del Holland's hands are tied. Those are positions essential to keeping the park open, so you can't just fire them all at once and call it a success. And even if you do start holding people accountable for their poor performance (something that never happens at SFMM, because most of middle management protects eachother instead of fostering a good operating environment/developing people to replace them), the people above Del Holland only allow him to offer crappy salary/benefit packages. That of course makes it incredibly difficult to attract top "talent" to the park. Not to mention the fact that the low pay/lack of benefits/bad management that drives good workers away/etc. for the line employees make it incredibly difficult to develop talent from within... I'll end my rant now, but you get the idea. And in Del's defense, when I worked there, I saw him in the park more than I saw some of the operations department heads in the park...

You're totally a bad American if you don't care about this and think it would be cool to see California destroyed! Right Elissa?

It's kind of like filing papers...but with ejector airtime everywhere.

Not so much...It's high class for the low rent district. But that's about it. Go for the credits. Then leave. Real quick.

Where are you wandering off to?

^ Since you grew up on the mean streets of the 41190, I'm assuming you didn't go to school much. That probably explains the lack of reading comprehension skills you just displayed in asking that question!

Here's a summary of the quotes from Mark Shapiro in the news report that is sure to be written: "New half assed parade! I rock for making that decision because families are important." "More characters!!! I also rock for making that decision because previous management neglected the family market" "I <3 comparing Six Flags to Disneyland" "Did I mention how we have to be more family friendly in order to be successful again?"

^Actually, that would probably kill most of us!

^He still hasn't told us what an acceptable level of wetness is!

Now I have an idea what to expect when Robb and Elissa put up their Liseberg update...

^^^If by "you", you mean Barry or the 5,000 other fanboys you have...then yeah. Otherwise, I'd give you one e-mail to Dan saying that you really suck for not dying on the UK trip.

^You'll get a much better response if you say "if you love me, e-mail Dan and tell him!"

This thread rules.

That actually makes it less fair. You HAVE to be there. Guests can leave whenever they want. -Joey (Bummed out I missed out on the fun tonight)

^^It's about as difficult as filing papers.

Update does not deliver. Not enough Joe bashing.

lucrative and specialized, like, say, paper filing? Or lucrative and specialized, like, say, the 500K Jack Falfas got for running KBF into the ground? -Joey (who thinks SF isn't really going to sell SFMM, but has to announce the possibility as a way of letting creditors know they will sell if there is no other way to pay up)

Pimpin' aint easy.

Dan called me today to tell me how much he wants everyone to e-mail him.