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During my college days I was a ride operator at an amusement park. One of the rides I worked was called the Octopus. As you can guess, it had eight arms with two seats per arm. One of the seat pairs spun around especially fast, and if you operate the controls a certain way you can really get it spinning!

One night this macho jerk comes on with his girlfriend. This guy was loud and obnoxious, making stupid remarks and just being an ass. Well, I directed him and his gf to the fast seats and asked him if he'd like the “Octopus Special”? Dude is like “bring it!” At first, dude is whooping it up but, as the ride progresses, he becomes less boisterous. I'm now running it three minutes longer than normal and spinning his seat faster than I'd ever seen it spin (he and his friend were fairly big which aided in the momentum). At this point, I think they've had enough so I stop it. As I'm letting them out I realize dude is going to puke. Dude gets out of his seat, turns to help gf down and lets loose all over her!

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