Everything about the experience at this zoo was go...

Everything about the experience at this zoo was good except for one thing. And for that reason I give them 4 stars instead of 5. When you go to the zoo you want it to be an enjoyable experience. And elderly man with a nasty attitude makes a good experience turn bad. I don't care if you say "please" - TONE is what is important. We bought tickets for a elephant ride so we can have good memories for my mom's birthday and now the memory is partially ruined because that mean elderly worker had to get nasty with us! If the Zoo is allowing people to get ONTO the elephant for an elephant ride then we are ALREADY touching the elephant by sitting on it! And I only patted the elephant once to see what it felt like. And he had to say "Don't touch the elephant! How would you like someone to touch your butt while you're out shopping?!"
1. That is NOT relevant. The elephant is an animal. I am a human. ! There IS a difference.
2. If the elephant was going to act crazy .. dont you think it would act crazy because of someone sitting atop of it?? What is ONE little pat?? If you dont want people to touch the elephants dont let people ride them at all!!
3. Tone is everything. He simply should have said "Ma'am stop touching the elephant". (In a NICE tone).
The workers there may get tired of us visitors. and they are there working every day. But they have to remember that there are new visitors every day.
Bottom line - let people have a good experience and good memories. Dont ruin the experience with a nasty attitude. !
Please fire this man. Every guest deserves a good experience full circle.
By the way the alligator could use more room to move around.

Other than that one man during the elephant ride I enjoyed everything. There was a HUGE variety of animals here. I loved the lemers and the bird walk through the most I think. The birds fly all over you and it is so fun. And a giraffe ate food from a bag that we held out for it.