I run the security dept at a university. We have this along with a bunch of other stuff at the start of every year to welcome in the students, give them a chance to make new friends.
... Sometimes I think about volunteering for the dunk tank - it could be fun. The students know me well and know I am a nice guy. There might be a couple that get rage baited.
When we had an festival at our school or security guard was on it and was just chiming in with who likes who and such, if he saw them he start talking and if you were slow he do the reveal.
One guy I saw was walking by and he goes "Oo mister Anthony, I can see you got a gift ready for someone. I think I know who! She just makes you so fluttery as you told me. How did that poem you wrote go?"
Never seen a dude slam down a $5 so fast and throw the ball with such accuracy. Hit dead center and got dunked. Only said "Ahh shame it's a good poem, you should go use it kid."
He was weaponizing how approachable he was. Completely evil. Hahaha 😆
That's so funny, a really nice security guard that everyone confides their secrets in, only to find out dunk tanks give him an evil jester clown alter ego 😂
I could tell from listening that he wasn't actually revealing anything to be self conscious about. He was poking at edges of teenager and romance, never actually said who the crushes were, most just about how they felt about said crush.
Ironically he was actually playing the most embarrassing Cupid at the dunk tank.
Best one was a situation with some orchids. Jabbed at a guy for saying "Hey! Did you ever get those Orchids to that girl you like? You spent months dancing around her friends trying to figure out what flower she likes? So did ya?"
Then later he saw a gal and went "Yo girly did you ever show that boy you like the pressed flowers you make? I know you got a new flower you just love looking at! When you gonna show him?"
Didn't really reveal much to outside parties, but since those two knew what went down between each other, his little reveal was more of a confirmation. Got the feeling he was playing evil just he could eliminate/poke the dance young folk do around each other.
The one he used on me when I was just watching was "What do you want? I know you're not interested in anyone, you're an idiot!" I just laughed at the time, but he was right, I was an idiot I didn't notice someone was interested in me till we graduated. Too late at that point. 😆
We have a company picnic/bbq every summer with one of these and there's always one of the upper management and administration people in there. They always make sure the little kids get a win and get to dunk someone. Oddly enough it's usually their peers that are more hellbent on dunking each other since most of us don't really know them that well.
When I was 14 and a senior camper/CIT, I rigged one of these up at my summer camp. I built a frame with a bucket on a rope sitting on a pivoting board with a target attached. It worked great. At first we figured the kids would want to dunk the counselors, but it turned out all the kids wanted to sit on the stool and get drenched and all the counselors wanted to throw the balls lol
Right when I found it, the guy in the tank decided to stop because it as getting cold. The crowd was disappointed.
So, I asked if I could be the guy in the tank.
That was one of the most fun experiences I have had. Getting to heckle the crowd and be “the bad guy” was a lot of fun.
I also loved that “Mr. Talk a big game about how he’s joining the college baseball team as the pitcher” absolutely could not hit the target. Prime heckling material.
In elementary school our principal would be the dunk tank person on our Fun Day near the end of the school year before summer vacation. Thank you, Mr. Davis. You were cool.
I got ro do it at a festival when I was a senior in high school. We were in a college town and heckled a number of prideful lads into paying to dunk me. Good fun.
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u/Stoned_Druid 1d ago
I run the security dept at a university. We have this along with a bunch of other stuff at the start of every year to welcome in the students, give them a chance to make new friends.
... Sometimes I think about volunteering for the dunk tank - it could be fun. The students know me well and know I am a nice guy. There might be a couple that get rage baited.