One father in Illinois is speaking out against a local waterpark after he claimed his daughter was publicly weighed and embarrassed before being turned away from a ride.
Batton also expressed his disappointment with the waterpark in a viral post on Facebook, which was shared by KMOV.
“Let’s leave out the amazingly damaging psychological impact of forcing a young woman to publicly weigh herself, but to have to see my daughters face eyes welling up with tears as she was turned away for being FIVE POUNDS OVER!” Batton wrote in the post, according to the outlet. “The employee was extremely upset as well and explained that this scene has been playing out all day and many people had been upset/surprised by the restriction.
Batton said that he was questioning why there wasn’t signage about the weight limit at the bottom of the hill of the ride or publicized around the opening of the ride, noting that it would “prevent people from having to subject themselves to public humiliation.” “Raging rivers has been such a source of joy for my daughter throughout her childhood to have such an amazingly awful experience today has saddened me beyond words as well as negativity impacted my daughter in a way that I am sure we are going to be discussing in therapy for years to come,” he said. “And all over 5 pounds!”
Raging Rivers Waterpark told the outlet that there would be new water tubes arriving for the Mississippi Monster ride, which will increase the weight capacity in the future.
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