We went to a birthday party where this guy was a balloon artist. He was TERRIBLE in every aspect. Just horrible!
First of all, he was extremely rude to the kids. He was yelling at them if they were running through his set up (OMG - they are small kids, of course they run everywhere!!!), he was ignoring the ones who came back to fix their balloons because they untwisted seconds after he gave them to these kids.
He was acting annoyed at the children for asking for a second balloon.
Clearly, he does not like kids or being around kids!
He also makes TERRIBLE balloon creations. He has just a few that he knows how to make, and the ones he does are really bad. For example, he makes swords that don't even point straight, and even I make better swords from balloons. Anyone can make swords. One kid asked for a wolf, he curtly replied: "Dog. That's what you get." She said: "No, I want a wolf". His second response: "I said dog."
The kids were afraid to peep in defense of what they wanted. His fish or dogs that he made looked nothing like the actual animals, were not even cute. They just looked like lumps of twisted balloons, unrecognizable!
To add insult to injury, he made each kid take his promotional flyer with each balloon. This guy just pushed his flyers right in kids' faces, saying "hey, take it, take it, you HAVE to take it!" Each kid HAD to take his flyer.
And this Joe guy refused to make second balloons for kids. Moreover, when one girl's balloon untwisted back into a sausage looking string literally 1 minute after she got it (after staying in a long line for it), he made her stand in a long line all over again, just to fix it!
Horrible, low class, kids hating man who has no social skills. And all this was at a posh Newport/Irvine party!! My son, who is 9 yo, actually asked me to make sure I do not hire this guy for his birthday. My son added: "his flyer says that he is a magician explorer. Yep, he explores the wasteland of his balloons, and it really is magical to be this terrible at balloon art!" I could not agree more! I would not hire him even if he paid me! read more