I worked at a soft play and it was gruesome – cleaning the toilets was gross and the parents were worse than the kids
A WOMAN who used to work in a soft play centre as a teenager has revealed some of the things she had to deal with on a daily basis – including cleaning up poo and dealing with pushy parents.
Laura took to her TikTok page to share a video detailing some of the interactions she’d had with customers while in the job, writing over the top: “POV: you worked in a soft play centre as a teen.”
One rule they had was that each child would hand their shoes in, and a ticket would be given to the parent.
But when one mum lost her child’s shoes, she asked if she could look at all the shoes back there to try and spot her son’s.
“We have over 70 pairs of shoes back here,” Laura replied.
Another thing parents really took issue with was having to pay for themselves as well as for their little ones.
Telling one mum that it was £5.50 for her child and £1 for her, the mum then replied: “That’s ridiculous. What would make you think you can get away with charging adults to come into a play centre?”
“Oh, I’m actually a 15-year-ld girl and I don’t own this business,” Laura replied.
“I’m sorry, it’s just our policy.”
Another incident occurred when one mum told Laura that their child had had a little accident in the toilet.
“I’m sorry, I just took my child to the toilet and it seems like they’ve missed the bowl and pooed all down the side of the toilet,” the mum said, before adding to Laura: “You might wanna go clean that up”.
“Cleaning up (poo) was not in my contract,” Laura captioned her video.
“The most accurate thing I’ve ever seen on this app!!!” one person commented on the video.
“I work at a soft play and this is exactly what it’s like,” another added.
“i work at a soft play and its…. interesting????????” a third wrote.
“Don’t! Worst and best years of my life,” someone else commented.