Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: What a sad and funny story we have to tell you today, ducklings. This isn't OUR experience, but it happened this past weekend, 12/15/07, to a good friend of ours who works with us at our part time jobs at Brooms to Go! She went to the Magic Kingdom and we just had to share... ORDDU: Our friend was sitting down on the ground in front of Cinderella Castle while waiting for a showing of 'Dream Along with Mickey'. At one point a rather rude and rather rotund woman came and plopped herself down in front of our friend--causing her and everyone around to have to move out of her way. ORWEN: The woman had a little girl with her whom our friend decided must be about 3 or 4 years old. ORDDU: The woman was very loud and talked rudely to her own child. She also seemed neglectful towards her little girl, letting her wander away without paying much attention. ORWEN: In the meantime, an older woman with her frail and aging husband came along to stand behind our friend. ORDDU: For some reason, the little 4 year old girl kept running back towards the old man and bumping rather recklessly into his legs. ORWEN: His wife--the older woman--decided she should say something to the little girl because the frail, old gentleman was still recovering from leg surgery. The constant bumping into his legs was not very helpful to his recovery. ORDDU: So, the wife of the elderly man politely tried to explain this to the little girl. At once, her rude mother turned around to assess the situation and promptly declared, "I think people who can't handle little kids at theme parks should just stay home!!" ORWEN: Everybody else around just gasped in surprise and shock over such an outrageous comment. ORDDU: It was then that our friend--who was witnessing all of this--happened to notice that the large woman with the bad attitude had been sitting in front of her all this time--while exposing a certain part of her anatomy that no lady should ever expose in public. ORWEN: She was wearing pants that weren't quite able to cover up her back-side. ORDDU: Needless to say, there was 'crack' all over the place. Our friend said that--as more and more guests gathered around--the crack was plainly in view for all to see. One guest was laughing so hard about the rather unpleasant site that she took a picture of it on her cell phone. ORGOCH: Talk 'bout showin' yer BUTT in public!! ORWEN: One nice thing about this story is that a nearby cast member came forward to offer the kindly old gentleman a better place to watch the stage show from, so that the little girl wouldn't keep bumping into him.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "I think people who can't handle little kids at theme parks should just stay home!!" Interesting, because it sounds like she was the one who couldn't handle little kids. At least everybody else got the last laugh, and the couple was able to go to another place to see the show. Too bad some people are just jerks.
Originally Posted By jonvn It is unfortunate how some people behave with their children. I didn't see anything like that when we went the other week. We did see the opposite.
Originally Posted By Brian Noble When we were getting ready to enroll my daughter in kindergarten, a friend of mine gave me the following challenge: When you go to the mandatory parents-of-new-students meeting, look at and listen to the parents around the room. Count up the number of kids who are doomed simply by accident of birth. If the number is less than 1/3 of the class, you've got a good school. I'm happy to report that the number is well under 1/3, and five years later it seems that our school is at least decent. But, the number wasn't zero, that's for sure.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<It was then that our friend--who was witnessing all of this--happened to notice that the large woman with the bad attitude had been sitting in front of her all this time--while exposing a certain part of her anatomy that no lady should ever expose in public.>> Is it for moments like these that I keep a small, discrete, and loaded squirtgun in my backpack at all times.
Originally Posted By figment1986 wow, thats a bad and yet hilarious event in different areas.. I wish people wouldn't be so rude at WDW, but it happens. thankfully a CM was on hand to help the elderly guests find a better location.
Originally Posted By jonvn It's funny, until you realize that the child is going to be another messed up person. I feel bad for the kids in the world. But that's how it is.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Since we posted this story, we were talking to our friend again and she said the poor, elderly gentleman with the bad leg had actually been in a wheel chair the whole time. He wasn't standing, as we first reported. That makes it even worse when you think about it. The mother wasn't willing to control her little girl even in the presence of an OBVIOUS invalid. ORDDU: We wish we could show you the photo, too, but the woman who took it has probably already posted it on Utube or whatever it is you ducklings call that service.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Witches, this is typical of the boorish behavior of the average WDW guest nowadays ... it's not just Pop Warner football groups to pick on ... or cheerleaders ... or Gay Day attendees ... or NoJ guests ... or Brazillian tour groups ... it's just much more fun to attack groups .. nope the typical daily tourists engage in this crap all the time. Magical!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<it's not just Pop Warner football groups to pick on ... or cheerleaders ... or Gay Day attendees ... or NoJ guests ... or Brazillian tour groups ... it's just much more fun to attack groups .. nope the typical daily tourists engage in this crap all the time.>> Fat chicks showing crack or scantily dressed Brazilian tour babes don't go around fighting and breaking people's noses.
Originally Posted By Tip Top Club When I was at the Magic Kingdom in August, I was with a group of four and we were seeing Philharmagic, and the first group in there sat directly in the center and refused to move down, forcing everyone to work around them, and then when my group got there, there weren't enough seats for me to sit with them, and the whole row ending up getting filled, luckily there was a seat in the row in front of us that a woman had put her bags on and offered to me, and I of course thanked her, and took it, but I felt bad that I had to climb over the seats, and I thought what those people did was just crap. Why not move down? Everyone else is there to see it too? and I did feel bad for the kid they were with because they'll probably end up being just as big of a jerk.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 <<<I want to see the picture.>>> Hopefully not until after you digest your supper.
Originally Posted By cmash95 Since I am either in a wheelchair or using an ecv (as I am one of those Rotund people I hear so many complaints about,) I would simply "accidentally" of course bump into her. well hopefully not hurting her too much but then it's hard to control those things you know. Seriously, there is no excuse for being rude or ignoring your child. The little one could have gotten into lots of trouble and it's not the cm's job to babysit. oh and I have seen lots of brazilian butts and thongs at the parks. I wish that disney would enforce a dresscode of course with this woman I don't think it would matter.
