A Balloon Gone Wrong
By Ben Young - Wednesday, July 10, 2019
This horror story comes from our friend Jake Lundgren, from Ohio:
My first job was at a children's birthday party center. I was a party host, so I would make sure kids were
safe and parents were happy, but I would also do a bit of magic and twist balloons to increase my tips.
I was nearing the end of a good shift and had some extra time, so I decided to make balloon animals. It
was a great group of kids, and all the parents were friendly and ecstatic about getting a little "extra" added to the party. The birthday girl asked for a butterfly, so I happily made her one. But then,
something happened. She showed her mom, who then grabbed it out of her hand and stormed out of
the room.
I later found out that she had approached my manager, furious. She had complained, "Please tell me
why one of your employees just made my daughter a balloon animal penis!" She held up the balloon
and continued, "What does this look like to you?!" My manager, a bit confused, replied 'Umm...a
butterfly!'" The woman reputed, "Well he needs to practice more!" and once again stormed off.
I'll be the first to admit, I'm not a professional balloon sculptor. Magic is my specialty, and I know just
enough ballooning to add them to my shows. However, I personally believe that I am good enough to
NOT make my balloon animals look like genitalia.
Long story short, that was the only bad review I got in three years.
Want to see the EXACT balloon that caused the ruckus? Warning: graphic content below!
It's definitely a butterfly.
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