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Name		Ronald Branch
Nickname
Address		Houston, TX
Phone		713-673-2732
Email		N/A
Birthday		12/1/????
Gender		Male

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Start Date	End Date	Department	Position	Full / Part Time
5/1/1983	10/30/2005	Operations / Rides	Rides Supervisor	Part Time

What I did at Astroworld

I began my career as a seasonal pool person in 1983 and eventually was assigned to Skyscreamer. When the park closed, I was a Rides Supervisor. I spent 15 years as a Rides Supervisor.

What I want to share with you.

While working at Excalibur, we where running 2 trains. There was a lady on the train and she refused to get off because her son was several inches too short to ride. She said if he rode the Viper (42 inch height requirement) he could ride Excalibur (48 inch height requirement). The MCO called security and told them that there was a lady at the ride and she was "Holding us up and people could not get off" or something like that. About 30 seconds or so several Security officers and a HPD Officer show up and the HPD officer had his gun in hand. They came running up the exit and we did not know what was happening. They thought the lady was Holding us up as in a robbery. Just put it this way the lady did not ride and everyone in line cheered when she left. WE HAD A HUGE LAUGH LATER!!! I guess you can call it a Mine Train Robbery.