When I was in my early teens, I worked in the accounting office at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, UT. My daily routine was limited to one task: counting the money that was taken in from the day prior at the Park. We were a small crew of about 7 kids, and with the oversite of an adult accountant manager, we would count on average about $70,000 a day. One day, a friend was handing me a bank bag that had $1,000 in quarters. I thought I had a good grip on it, and she thought she still had a grip as well. The next thing we knew, we were watching a silver waterfall of 4000 coins pouring before our eyes onto the floor. It was one of those weird events when you feel your life is flashing before your eyes and you think, "this can't be real". But it was, and I was sure it would be taps for both of us. But the manager just laughed, and we spend the next hour or so picking up stray quarters from every corner of the room.
LESSON LEARNED: Not much. I still do dumb things like that.
