Bulletin from BC Fairies: EXPECT LONG WAITS ON HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Public: Oh no, not again. When are the Fairies going to get their act together? Look at this: "Coastal Celebration hoverers removed for repairs". Why doesn't the Government just take over the whole Fairy Fleet? Bring back the Ministry of Magic-Travel.
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Fairies Management: Sorry, Ariel, but no you cannot take stress leave right now. We're understaffed. We need all sprites on board. It's a holiday weekend.
Ariel: I don't want stress leave, I'm retiring for good, I was promised by CEO Prospero himself -- he promised me my freedom. After all the super-natural service I've given for all these years, I deserve it.
Management: I know, I know, but later, Ariel, we promise ... just wait until we find some new hires. Everybody keeps calling in sick. Everybody claims they're "burned out".
Ariel: So hire some Fireflies. We Sprites can't do it all -- get the Fireflies in for night shifts.
Management: We're trying, believe me. It's a really bad time, what with half the Magic Fleet off for repairs. One needs a wing repair, another has a defective hover mechanism ...
Ariel: Not my problem. I was promised my Official Retirement, and I'll sue if I don't get it.
Management: Just one more service, Ariel. We need you to inspire the Naiads with the example of your faithful loyalty -- those Nymphs of wandering brooks and lakes keep wandering off on sick leave.
Ariel: So call in the Nereids. Sea Nymphs are more loyal than Freshwater Nymphs.
Management: I would, but their leader Thetis has taken them on a Dolphin Break. It's in their contract.
Ariel: Well, my contract says "we shall miss you, but yet thou shalt have freedom". So: good-bye.
Management: But if you could just delay a bit ... Oh NO ... here's another damning media headline: "Public let down by BC Fairies once again. Terminals full. Magic Fleet betrays travellers and supply-chain truckers. Fire the lot of them!"
Ariel: The travelling public no longer believes in us like past eras did. You'll just have to find a new type of recruit. Try the Elves and Gnomes. They're more down to earth than those airy-fairy Sprites with no work ethic. As for me -- I'm flitting off out of here.
