Yuki let out an annoyed sigh as she stepped out into the open air of the water park. She loved her job, sure, but that didn't mean it couldn't frustrate her. Being a popular water park in the middle of summer meant facing all the problems of an average amusement park and public beach combined, and some days the water park staff was simply stretched too thin to take care of everything in a timely manner.
Unfortunately for Yuki, today seemed to be one of those days.
To begin with, the line for the biggest water slide in the park, aptly named "The Skyscraper" for its height, was completely still. Normally it would be a somewhat slow crawl, but a complete stop was bad news. More than likely, the person meant to go next got cold feet and was paralyzed with fear. It would happen, from time to time; someone would try to conquer their fear of heights using their slide, only to find out that they weren't ready to beat that particular phobia. The safest route was to talk the scared person back to a more calm state of mind, then kindly escort them back down the stairs. Of course, if the employee watching the top of the slide wasn't great at calming people down... then this happened.
The next problem Yuki noticed was that one of the pools was empty! Considering how busy the park seemed, it didn't make sense for a pool to be empty unless there was some kind of mechanical issue that made it unsuitable for use. If Yuki had to hazard a guess, she'd figure the filtration system had screwed up. Again. It was absolutely amazing what kind of stuff the employees had found while fixing clogged filters, and some were starting to wonder if customer complaints that the filter suction was too strong weren't crazy. In any case, Yuki wasn't an engineer, but she knew enough to try and fix that, assuming the filter was the problem.
Lastly, there was some kind of commotion going on by the entrance to the locker rooms. Diffusing situations wasn't exactly part of the job description, but with a security staff stretched just as thin as everyone else, sometimes a regular employee would just have to take action. Whatever was going on, Yuki hoped that it was at least something that could be settled with relatively little headache.
Weighing her options, Yuki pondered which problem to tackle. Finally, picking what she hoped to be the least of three evils, Yuki decided to-
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