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  • #16
    I have never been punched while taking people through my haunted house-unaceptable behavior!
    I was almost stabbed through the eye once with an ice pick. Only my quickness and anticipation saved me that time, the kid was goofy from a tremendous growth-spurt he was in at the moment, he was huge for his age and acting strangely before he got inside the house.
    The ice pick was stuck in a skeleton on display here-no more!
    Ever think of the potential weapons availble to customers as taken from your own displays? It could be a real concern.
    If you don't want to be punched scare from people's right side, since most are right handed(except for hardened criminals) an effectively swung punch via the unco-ordinated hand will not be as strong or as well aimed.
    I tell my people to remain arm's length away at all times and be prepared to retreat into the dark or blind the attacker with the light of your flashlight.
    Don't put on a furry coat and a werewolf mask and crawl around to scare people, this is how one guy (at another haunt) got his ribs kicked-in! ? Go Figure?)
    hauntedravensgrin.com

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    • #17
      Originally posted by The Reaper View Post
      1) I'll sue you if you touch me
      2) How much do you get paid
      3)Stand there with a cell phone and want to check messages.
      4) Yell at/in the actors face or ear
      5) marriage proposals- sometimes not too bad.
      1.) "I promise you NOTHING will touch you. If anyone IS touching you, it is a member of your own group... lucky you."
      2.) "All the wax I can eat!" [my house had a Wax Museum theme.]
      3.) I hiss "light! light!," freak out, invade their personal space, and try to eat it. I have actually bitten cellphones.
      4.) Don't flinch, then do the same thing to them.
      5.) "Necrophile!"

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      • #18
        Actors at my house have been hit. I've been advised to stay out of arms' length, but since that makes for a weaker scare, I usually size up the people I'll be jumping on and decide how big of a risk it would be to get within inches of them. If they look like they might swing or flail, I keep my distance.

        You also need to keep the safety of the GUESTS in mind-- once, I cut it so close and had so much momentum, I came within an inch of slamming a woman's head into a wall.

        The saddest thing about people who punch is that one of the creepiest things I've seen in a haunted house is those big-masked guys who follow right behind you. Faceless scares who get right over your shoulder are also much creepier than the jump-and-scream scares IMHO.

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        • #19
          Here ya go Nicole:

          http://www.hauntedhousemagazine.com/...-comebacks.php

          Still out there

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Jim Warfield View Post
            If he said he was going to "Sue" you, this could have meant a secks-change operation for you!
            Johnny cash sang it, "A Boy Named Sue!"
            Next time just tell them that your lawyer is I.M. Satan Jr. and their lawyer doesn't stand a chance in heL.
            I love that line I will have to use that ... See I don't understand how they know we are just acting and we are just like them but they still get so scared .. the ones I hate are the drunks that get scared and then get mad that my crew scared them and then go after my actors I had one get her knee broke and was tossed out of her scare box and another get her arm broke... I mean come on I got told when I first started working in haunted houses if a drunk comes in and you can't scare them do something to make them laugh they will laugh through the rest of the house.
            AJ Silo-X

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            • #21
              one other thing I hate / love is when I find a BF/GF in my black maze and the woman is going down on her man I will sneak up and scare the shit out of her .. he regrets it later. =)~
              AJ Silo-X

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              • #22
                One time a smallish man snuck into the house all by himself and was wandering around under the influence of some animal traquilizers.
                He pulled a nailed shut door open with his bare hands! The nails were very long and nailed directly into a 2 by 4 frame.
                Lucky for me I had the absolutely right employee right there who talked to him, calmed him down and escourted him out.
                What do I mean by "the absolutely right employee"? He is a very calm, intelligent man who later (about a year later) became a Minister, then a missionary in India, later China, he and his whole family, Wife, two kids.
                My son who has worked as a security guard in a hospital for 14 years has told me it sometimes takes a room full of Policemen to subdue one scrawny little guy who happens to be on animal tranqs!
                Be so carefull out there!
                (It seems like the little guys are always the punchers too!?)
                hauntedravensgrin.com

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                • #23
                  When customers try to pee in the wine cellar we often times scare them at the same time and they end up wetting alot of their own clothing!
                  Of course the perfect such scare has the guy trying to quickly hide his naked, exposed manly unit but the zipper teeth find their cruel meal as the secret entrance closes!
                  This should result in a lesson learned, wouldn't you think so guys?
                  Pain accomplishes such things.
                  hauntedravensgrin.com

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                  • #24
                    We had a woman come through Sat. night I wanted to beat this chick anyways she came in and right away my house leader pulled me aside and told me I needed to show her through with the flashlight becuase she had a 2month old baby and a 2 year old with her. Then the woman got mad and tryed to demand that she get her money back becuase no one would scare her ... I really wish some ppl could be gagged and tied and tossed over a bridge when they do things like that I mean find someone to watch your kids for 2 hours why you go... it is not that hard.
                    AJ Silo-X

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                    • #25
                      The 5 yr. old boy enters the house looks scared , refuses to do a certain somethings like walk down a dark hallway, whatever?
                      He takes this option numerous times, then as he exits the house developes a strut and proclaims:"This house couldn't scare me!" For a whole parking lot full of people to hear.
                      I had to rain on his little parade and loudly remind him of each and every one of the things he decided to pass on rather than try when he was just in the house.
                      I did have alot of peculair fun with him when he was inside making fun of the kid as I did sort of a W.C. Fields impersonation as I wise-cracked concerning his phobias.
                      Ever seen W.C. with a small child? He was pretty funny.
                      hauntedravensgrin.com

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                      • #26
                        RE: Don't you just hate

                        On the flip side, I've long made it a personal rule that if a young child (12 and under) is showing signs of being overly scared, I'll back-off. Last night at The Baxter Avenue Morgue, there was a guy bringing through his two young sons and two of their friends. The two sons of course, had their dad with them, but the other two kids were basically 'flying solo" and were scared to the point of tears. A debate ensued for nearly 10 minutes (thankfully, Thursdays are our slow night) about how the two should "toughen up" and go along and how they were "never being invited to come along ever again" for wanting to leave. (One of the boys went along with "Mr. Parent-of-the Year" and his sons while the more frightened of the pair was escorted to our souvenir tent to await the others.)

                        I'm usually slow to anger, but I was THIS-CLOSE to stepping out of character and grabbing "Mister Macho" by the t-shirt and shaking some sense into him (granted, I'd probably still be shaking him come this time NEXT year with still no noticeable effect). For Christ's sake, lose $15 now and try again next year, or spend $1,500 on therapy 5 years down the road. As I've said before, I'm there to entertain, not emotionally scar some kid... (Stepping down off my cobwebbed sopabox)
                        "We all go a little mad sometimes..."

                        - Norman Bates

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Warren Vanderdark View Post
                          On the flip side, I've long made it a personal rule that if a young child (12 and under) is showing signs of being overly scared, I'll back-off. Last night at The Baxter Avenue Morgue, there was a guy bringing through his two young sons and two of their friends. The two sons of course, had their dad with them, but the other two kids were basically 'flying solo" and were scared to the point of tears. A debate ensued for nearly 10 minutes (thankfully, Thursdays are our slow night) about how the two should "toughen up" and go along and how they were "never being invited to come along ever again" for wanting to leave. (One of the boys went along with "Mr. Parent-of-the Year" and his sons while the more frightened of the pair was escorted to our souvenir tent to await the others.)

                          I'm usually slow to anger, but I was THIS-CLOSE to stepping out of character and grabbing "Mister Macho" by the t-shirt and shaking some sense into him (granted, I'd probably still be shaking him come this time NEXT year with still no noticeable effect). For Christ's sake, lose $15 now and try again next year, or spend $1,500 on therapy 5 years down the road. As I've said before, I'm there to entertain, not emotionally scar some kid... (Stepping down off my cobwebbed sopabox)
                          Yeah my dad took my brother and i to a haunt one time and a dude jumped out and scared the S### out of him. The dude immediately broke character and said it's only a mask. We laughed it off pretty much.

                          Some people are just suited from haunted houses, my brothers gone to very few since then.

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                          • #28
                            We get paid to entertain people. They hand us their $15 so they can enjoy a scary show -- with the key word being enjoy.

                            When I get an oblivious parent with a terrified kid, I generally take the option away from macho-dad by interceding myself. When I see someone approaching (or in) panic I will simply step in and offer to show them the way out. The kid is usually saying hell yeah, get me out of here. (It is relatively rare that macho-dad will refuse, but it happens. Some parent's seem to take perverse delight in dragging their horrified kids along with them.)

                            When the show allows, once I get the kid away from the parent I ask if they want to help me try and scare their parent's. That usually cheers them up.

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                            • #29
                              I'm not a haunt actor (although I'd like to try it, hopefully next year...I wanted to do it this year at a local haunt but I didn't have the time )

                              Anyway, everytime I go through haunts I always here the "I'll sue!", "How much do you get paid" and yelling back at them.

                              It totally RUINS everything. It ruins the suspense, tension, and scares all the time. I'm scared when I'm walking through there and so is everyone else and then you get the 1 dickhead who thinks he's the tough guy and spoils the whole moment. Well, I think that

                              And then you get that whiny b!tch. Why do people get so offended and so up in arms? EVERYTHING is solved by suing or threating to. It all stems for their greediness. I rememeber when I went through haunts where they would touch you. And I wish they still did.

                              Do they not touch anymore because of people like that? Or is it different. The touch thing was scary.

                              I once went through a maze where we zigzagged back and forth in pitch black through long black curtains and in between the 2 sides of curtains people were hiding and they would grab your leg (not hard or intent to make you fall, just a touch) or arm. So what? Are you gonna die now because of it?

                              I think that should be a rule. No saying stupid shit to the actors (well, worder differently) or you'll be ejected immediatly right then and there, no refund. Maybe that'll get idiots to stop. Next time I hear anyone say any of those things above, I'm yelling out STFU because it ruins it for me. So, heads up to anyone working at ESP or Fright Factory, don't kick me out! haha


                              How about responses to the "I'll sue" line

                              "Greedy little mortal! You can't sue me!"
                              if its a girl....
                              "I dont touch tainted meat!"
                              or
                              "I only touch the pretty ones!" or "I only touch the dead ones!"

                              and if its a guy

                              "You know you want me to!"
                              or
                              "It's ok, I only scare men!" (i tried not to say i only touch men because then that backfires haha - this way it just seems like he's a pussy)
                              Last edited by s.fc90; 10-05-2007, 10:38 PM.

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                              • #30
                                It takes all kinds...

                                I had one kid say "if anyone touches me, my dad's a lawyer..." I replied "My brother's a judge and he eats lawyers for breakfast!" No reply...

                                We had our "greeters" dressed as Gypsies several years ago (looked great!), and some dingbat girl actually said "We're Christians, so we don't believe in Gypsies!" That one still has me shaking my head.

                                There's always some idiot who wants to prove his manhood and take on a spook like they're real! They're usually Jr High boys, am I right??

                                Ya gotta love people who bring much-too-young kids to haunts - what other horrible things do they make them do? My ghouls and I always pull back when freaked-out little kids come through.

                                Working security one year, I was a little worried the two tough bikers in leathers might cause problems. Just before the haunt door creaked open, one says, "Are you going in first?" To which the other says "No way, you're first!" I had to leave so I didn't laugh in their faces! No worries there!

                                I love dressing all in black with flowing robes down to the floor. My boots and headgear make me a full 6' 6" tall! All I do is hang out in a dark corner and wait for someone "cool" to come strolling by. All I do is step out silently when they're not looking - sends 'em screaming to the ground every time!! I've even freaked out co-workers in the haunt, mostly NOT on purpose!!

                                There are the people that make haunting difficult, but luckily they are few and far between!!

                                The big question - "Is it scary?" Hell, yeah!!!

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