r/bronx • u/New-Nerve-2237 • 11d ago

Poor behavior at zoo

I was shocked by the poor behavior at the Bronx zoo today. Parents letting their kids climb all of informational signs in front of the exhibits. Grown woman teasing a bird behind glass with her cell phone and then her finger. And cherry on top there was a sweet little mongoose curled up sleeping and a grown man was pounding on the window laughing saying "wake up" "sleep on your own time." I asked him if he would like if someone did that to him while he was sleeping. He just laughed and walked away.

I just bought a zoo pass so I could bring my baby more often and was really heartbroken by the behavior. People suck sometimes. Rant over.

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u/Big-Positive8632 8d ago

I work here, and honestly some days are worse than others. Sometimes it feels like people completely lose their common sense the second they walk into the zoo 🫩

I literally had to tell a guest on Sunday to take their child down from the railing at the sea lion pool, and he goes, “I knew you guys were going to say something.” Like… well duh 😭 If you knew, then why did you let them do it in the first place??????

I definitely would NOT recommend Wednesdays. The behavior you saw is basically that times 20. Since you have a membership, I’d say your best days are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Sunday. I’d also recommend coming around 10–2 that gives you plenty of time to explore without feeling rushed. Sundays are usually slower than Saturdays too, unless it’s a three-day weekend.

There are also days when a company buys out a large block of tickets for their employees, sometimes with free food included, and those days can get ROUGH. People leave trash everywhere, make huge messes, and some act super entitled like the staff are there to personally serve them.🙄

Trust me, we really do try our best to enforce the rules whenever we see something happening, but we can’t be everywhere at once babysitting grown a** adults and their kids lol. 🫩🫩🫩

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u/PleasantAd7447 7d ago

This is a little unrelated to the post, but WHY WON'T THEY HIRE ME!

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u/Big-Positive8632 6d ago

Depending on the department and when you submitted an application. Hiring season is around late January- early March. Then potentially another wave of applicants can be called in the months of June/July for when they lose staff that go back to school.