# Did he really say that? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128 "2013-10-24T17:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/1 "2013-10-24T17:00:50Z")
Real quote from real article. Bolding mine. "Attendance and revenue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington declined after the July accident in which a Dallas woman \*\*fell to her death \*\*from the Texas Giant roller coaster, company executives said Wednesday. **“There clearly was an impact,”** Jim Reid-Anderson, chief executive of Grand Prairie-based Six Flags Entertainment Corp., told Wall Street analysts during a conference call to discuss its third-quarter results. Anybody else got a WTF quote to share? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/2 "2013-10-24T18:00:49Z")
Not surprising, coming from Six Flags; I’ve never seen a company show so much contempt for their own customers. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/3 "2013-10-24T18:15:23Z")
At least he didn’t say that attendance plummeted after the incident. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/4 "2013-10-24T18:26:50Z")
He doesn’t appreciate the gravity of the situation. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/5 "2013-10-24T18:30:02Z")
The accident happened in July, I wonder if the ride re-opened for the fall season? ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/6 "2013-10-24T19:33:21Z")
He was upset by the fall in revenues. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/7 "2013-10-24T19:41:16Z")
I certainly understand the concern that their business has cratered, or at least was cratered. How do you bounce back from that? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/8 "2013-10-24T19:44:41Z")
He’s promised to get to the bottom of this plunge, and crack it wide open. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/9 "2013-10-24T20:16:29Z")
You’re all sick! I love you. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/10 "2013-10-24T20:25:37Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > The accident happened in July, I wonder if the ride re-opened for the fall season? [Holy shit, it did!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Giant) > [@](#): > > On September 10, 2013, Six Flags Over Texas released a statement stating that the park has finished its investigation on the recent incident. The New Texas Giant reopened on September 14, 2013 with all three trains featuring re-designed restraint bar pads and seat belts. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/11 "2013-10-24T20:36:22Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > He was upset by the fall in revenues. But was hopeful they would bounce back ! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-he-really-say-that/672128/12 "2013-10-24T21:04:15Z")
They can’t understand why this story was splattered all over the headlines.