Originally Posted By ImNotAllThereMyself We all have them, we are at disneyland having a grest, magical time and someone starts yelling at their kid, or changes their kids diaper at a restaurant table. We have all seen something that makes us think what the heck is wrong with these people. We (my DH and I) went to BB last year for my birthday. Our reservations were for 8 pm. We sat down and ordered then a couple and their fivish son were seated at the table next to us. As it was a special occasion and a special place, we ordered appetizers, so we were there a while. The couple ordered and got their food, before we got our dinner. The little boy was over tired and at the not hungry phase. The parents ordered him a childs meal. When it came, they began to harp on the kid to eat his food. They used it all. "if you eat we will get you candy" "good boys eat their dinner" "daddy's going to take you to the bathroom and talk to you" (they might as well have said, "daddy's going to take you to the bathroom for a spanking") All of this is going on quite loudly, a family two tables away from us (think straight line) were looking over like "good grief" The topper was the classic threat "if you don't eat your food we are going to go home" to which the little boy said , half crying, "can we go home?" The parents said no eat your food. It was an insane exchange and it pissed me off that they were ruining this little boys first Disney experience. When we left my DH held my hand and dragged me away so I wouldn't confront them, and tell them that "people like them ruin Disneyland for people like us" This went on for about thirty minutes and just made me crazy. I know that this is one of the few places that I can relay a story like this and people will understand the "Oh My Goodness" factor. Anyone else have stories like this?
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I rarely perceive obnoxiousness in others. Yes, those in your story would qualify, but I would just tune it out. Once, however, I did take notice of a woman who was plowing her way through the crowd in front of the castle just before the fireworks, knocking everyone out of her way by using the threeish-yr-old child in her arms as a battering ram.
Originally Posted By ploeb909 Its good that you stayed out of it, it would have only added to the little boys grief. Although, I can see your point-sorry that your Bday was ruined.
Originally Posted By MsLindanne We've been to Disneyland dozens of times and to WDW just 4 times, and I can really tell the difference between the two resorts. In my little opinion, the people that go to WDW in Florida are more considerate. Of course, all of you LP'ers that go to Disneyland are wonderful! But I am talking about the ones who aren't LP'ers and some of them are just plain rude....especially when it comes to getting photos/autographs with the characters. In Florida, there are always lines and the last person in line is usually given a sign to hold so that way if there are any other guests wanting autographs, they will have to come to the next signing. Plus, some of the cast members really go all out to please you. We've had some great experiences in Florida and most of the time California is pretty good...but everynow and then, well...its just a little disappointing. But I guess that happens everywhere you go....ºoº
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I was waiting in line at the Gibson Girl a couple weeks ago, and there was a lady with her son (I would guess around 8) in front of us. She had a stroller, which she made him push. We heard her say several times that it was just to carry all their stuff. When they got up to order, they didn't know what they wanted, and the boy kept playing with the stroller. She turned around several times to yell at him during the process of ordering. While they were waiting in line to pick their order up, she decided that she wanted a bottle of water too, so she asked one of the cashiers, and they rung it up for her, and got one out. Apparently it wasn't cold enough, because she threw a big fit about it and how she would have to go somewhere else for her water and wait in another line. It was really obnoxious and most of what she was saying and doing could have been handled much better. For what it was worth, both she and her son were APers who let everybody know it as much as possible.
Originally Posted By Altadisdude While my fiancé and I were crossing over from the main street area to frontier land an old lady on a scooter was crossing over the wooden bridge thingy. My fiancé and I passed her, as she was going slower than foot traffic and there was plenty of room to go around, and as we got on the other side she came zooming down directly at us. My fiancé jumped to her left out of the way and the maniac scooter lady ran right over my left foot! She then kept going, looking right at me, and didn’t utter one word of apology.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad LOL at the scooter!!! anyway... Just last March we were at Rain Forrest Cafe at 5:00 PM sharp. As some of you know (go ahead and roll your eyes NOW cause here it comes again) I have SIX children. My oldest is 11 and they range down from there 7, 5, 3, 2 and 4 months. Yes they are all ours. No I am not catholoic. No I am not Mormon. Yes I know what causes it. No we are not "done yet." Okay now that that is all out of the way... This family was sitting a couple tables over and across in full view of our table. The mom and dad were maybe 30 yrs old and had ONE...yes I repeat ONE little girl of maybe 5 years old. The little girl was crying because she wanted ice cream instead of dinner. To make a long story short let me skip to the crux. The mom ended up yelling at the dad, because the dad had taken the little girl's stuffed animal away, because the little girl threw her appetizer at her mom and her silver ware on the floor. They were all obvoiusly tired. The manager came over and asked the couple if he could help, to which the parents said "No!" The mom interpreted the manager's efforts as him kicking them out, which he wasn't, and began making a scene with him! My wife and I were near laughing, giving each other looks that contained whole conversations with no word spoken. The dad dropped some cash on the table turned to his wife and said, "Let's just get out of here." Up they got, and out they began to go, in spite of the mangater's best efforts to make the situation better. About this time our drinks and appetizers were arriving at our table. The three unhappy guests were heading past us, but had to pause while the waiter had the asile blocked with his tray of "stuff" for us. The mom saw us, as she could not help but notice standing next to our waiter, and she quickly surmized the situation, and said to me, "You have 6 ?!?!? I have one and can't take her out. I wish you would teach my husband how to handle children." To which I replied, "Lady, this may make you angry but I didn't ask you to stop at our table. You certainly do have a problem, but it's not with your husband nor your daughter." She was stunned, and stormed out to catch up with her other two family members. I half expeted the husband to come back and either punch me or thank me. (Keep in mind I didn't NOT approach them to peddle my humble opinion and never would.) My wife and I do everything we would do without kids, with our chidlren. At this point I apologize for using this thread as a platform for sharing my personal philosophy of parenting, but I think it complements the story above. We eat out often with all 6. It's not a problem and it's no big deal. In fact I had ALL 6 with just me alone at McDonald's this morning at 7:00 AM. We always get people stopping to say things like: "You're children are so well behaved." "Wow I only have ___ kids and I couldn't do this!" "I can tell you really love your children." and other various things...anyhoo... And yes, you get enough of these sort of comments and you cannot help but feel some sense of pride in yourself and especially your children! There are two things that make our family different from the "other type" of family. 1.) We have reasonable expectations of our children. You won't see us out to dinner with them after 6 PM after spending a day in the parks. 2.) We are consistant with our "rules." We never make threats, there is no "if you do that again..." they just did it NOW, do something about it NOW. The children know that if they behave in some fashion that is unacceptable, they will receive the appropriate attitude adjustment...be that in the public restroom or at the table in the form of "No Nintendo for two days" type thing. The result? Do our kids hate us? Will they grow up thinking we were tyrants? No! In fact just the opposite, they know the rules, they know what is expected of them, and so far we rarely have any problems whatsoever. No I say this knowing that I am about to have a teenager on my hands and that is a whole other animal. But I am somewhat confident that we will get through it as well as anyone can expect to.
Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl DVC dad, you just described our family to a "T" !!! We too, are a large family...We have 5 sons, and mine are behaved in public. We have recieved many compliments on how well behaved our children are, and sometimes it strikes me as being odd. Only because, I expect my kids to behave and they DO. It is just normal for us I guess! I laughed out loud at your response to that woman! It cracks me up and makes me shake my head in disbelief when a parent can not handle one or two kids and causes a scene in public. Don't get me wrong, my kids are not perfect, but I can assure you, they have never had a fit in public! As you do, rules are set, and that is that. They know without any question what is expected of them in public, and they act accordingly. By the way, my boys are ages 19, 16, 13, 11, and 7. My oldest son is graduated from High School (with Honors), and now works as an electrician, and the other boys are in school doing A and B work. I guess we are doing something right so far... Yes, teenager is around the corner for you, but, I believe if you keep doing what you already are, you will have minimal problems ! You sound like a good Dad to me ! Oh........ I too, have heard all the comments on how many kids we have ! Glad to know we are not alone in that too !hahahaaaaaa
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 a brief moment away from the topic....... >>>Yes they are all ours. No I am not catholoic. No I am not Mormon. Yes I know what causes it. No we are not "done yet."<<< DVCdad, I had to smile at this because we had/have 4 kids and we were asked those questions too My OB especially liked to ask me all of the above in a teasing way. Our first 3 are 2-3 years apart with a gap of 5 years between #3 and #4. So we can add to your list the question of whether she was an accident and if they are her "real" brothers and sister or is this a 2nd marriage. Talk about obnoxious people Back to topic....... Last year we were moooooving our way down the sidewalk on Main Street during the parade. Everyone was moooooving along fine until a woman coming from the other direction accused another woman of stepping on her kids foot. I mean screaming, foul language the whole thing. A CM showed up and we moooooved on, but it was very unsettling and we felt badly for the kids who had to witness their mom's come unglued in Disneyland In Tomorrowland we were being followed by a man pushing his mom in a wheelchair, I keep a wary eye on those and was moving at a good pace when he speeded up and clipped me. I said a very loud "OUCH, man that hurt" expecting an apology and they just moved past us. Sheesh.
Originally Posted By Duffy hah, i got yelled at for running out of cups at one stand... full out cuss and such, tried to calm him down because there is kids next to him. ANother time, i was manning the popcorn stand, some father bought the $3.50 popcorn only for the kid to drop it on the ground. Father got really mad and ask to buy another one... but we are allowed to replace it for free and the father was really happy we do that Some girl and mother bought some hot chocolate from me... and the girl keeps spilling it all over herself... her mother was just screaming "Are you an idiot blah blah blah... its Hot, blah blah blah, drink it right blah blah blah" WEnt on for a few minutes... I had worst ones at Knotts when i worked there
Originally Posted By Duffy ahh yea, heres a really funny one... Some father and daughter decided to go on California Scream. They skipped to the single rider line and yet they insist on riding together... i mean... WOW...
Originally Posted By plutospal77 I just LOVE the people who run into your legs with their strollers. EVERY time i visit DL I get ran into atleast 3 times. One time I got hit 5 times and I yelled at the woman the 5th time, because she knew what she was doing, it was not by accident.But I don't take crap from anyone any more, I'll definately say something.
Originally Posted By irishmouse A different side to the wheelchair story: Walking anywhere in the park with my mum rolling along in her scooter is always quite the challenge: crowds of people, all in a rush and not looking down, but she always does her best to give way and warn people that we she is trying to make her way. Last year, we attempted to leave whilst people were getting ready for the parade. We were stuck on the path between crowds and the shops, and three women were coming at us straight on. We moved as close to the shop as possible, so that they might go round the other side. Two did. The other stood there as though to begin some sort of bizarre stand-off. My mum then suggested that she go round because there was so little room and she did not want to run over anyone. The woman proceeded to try and squeeze and literally shove past my mum, and said quite loudly, "Then get out and walk, *Expletive*!" Little did that woman know that my mum has MS. She cannot 'get out and walk.' She could barely lift her leg up with her arms to get into the car. That woman ruined the day for us, leaving my mum nearly in tears. Not to mention the nearby families that heard her tone and language at the 'Happiest Place on Earth.' The fact is: it is crowded and difficult to get around in the parks whether you are walking or wheeling. For those of us that can walk, it helps to remember that not everyone is as blessed as we are, and (though it happens) not everyone is trying to take advantage of the wheelchair system in the parks. Some people in those chairs would *certainly* 'get out and walk' if they could. Things would be a lot more pleasant with everyone giving a little patience, understanding, and courtesy along the way.
Originally Posted By Wavesprite1 Well put IrishMouse. The reason that people are in the scooters and wheelchairs is not one that most of us would want to experience. Also, with the strollers, the same people that don't like strollers would complain about little "brats" running around in front of them tripping them if there were no strollers.
Originally Posted By ImNotAllThereMyself I don't have a problem with kids running around, it's Disneyland, it's all about them. This is what I do have a problem with. When my DH and I were on our honeymoon at WDW, we were walking around Liberty Square, specifically across a bridge. I tend to not always watch were I am walking because I "get distracted by shiny things". Anyway, I tripped over a little boy, about three years old. My DH grabbed me and kept me from landing on the kid. I had time to stand the kid up, dust him off, and say where are your parents. It was another full minute before a lady came over and grabbed him. She looked at me like I was trying to kidnap him. The problem I see is that the kid could have fallen off the bridge. Had I wanted to I could have walked away with him, and as long as it took her, and her extended family a group of about 5 adults and 6 kids, they would have lost him. Things like that terrify me, they could have lost him to drowning or kidnapping and they would have blamed WDW. Cheshire Cat
Originally Posted By gaston lives At WDW a couple of years ago, we were watching the statue show in EPCOT. I was on the left of our group, and my wife was holding our small son on my right hand side. I heard a noise, and then felt a pain in my left achilles. This woman in a personal assault vehicle (moving wheelchair of death) had ran into me, and was STILL not hitting the brakes. My leg gave way, and I stopped the PAV with my body. I turned around, too shocked to say anything, and noticed that this older woman had a little girl on her lap that she was letting drive! This girl was steering, and the old lady was hitting the brakes and gas. Everybody in the audience gasped when I struggled to stand up. I'm 6'3" and a bodybuilder, so I'm sure they thought I was going to go ballistic. I didn't (even though I should have). She just drove off and didn't say a word! Now, I'm in pain and I'm worried about the fact that they could have easily ran over my wife and kid. A CM runs over and takes me to a bench and insists on the medics coming out to check me out. They were all very nice and great, but I knew I wasn't in a serious condition. They wanted to check my achilles for injuries. I dindt' have any, but several months later I developed a lingering problem with that same achilles which I'm nearly certain is a result of that crazy driver who DIDN'T EVEN APOLOGIZE! Man, I wanted to give her a piece of my mind, but I"m just too darn nice and give people the benefit of the doubt too often.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins lasvegasgirl, my family is almost like yours: "By the way, my boys are ages 19, 16, 13, 11, and 7. My oldest son is graduated from High School (with Honors), and now works as an electrician" Mine are 18, 16, 14, 12, and 7, but mine are boy, girl, boy, girl, girl. And, mine aren't perfect (except to me). My oldest graduated from High School (just barely), and now works as a union carpenter. We've been going to Disneyland since my step children, now 23 and 21 were 6 and 4 (and my son the carpenter was 6 mos). Sometimes we've had compliments, but often collectively and separately they have behaved outrageously. That's the way it is with kids so spirited--that's the way I look at it. I do try to encourage them not to impose on people though.
Originally Posted By Lady Yo Ho The most obnoxious guest I ever saw was actually a friend who I was attending the park with. I was with two friends, one of whom was 24 or 25. We were in the park on a high attendance day-60,000-and she kept putting her arms in a v-shape in front of her, plowing through the crowd. She thought it was funny. She also thought it was ok to jump to the front of the restroom line to use the second bank of stalls. She said there were two rows of stalls, therefore she was starting a second line. I really disliked her after that trip.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Ducklin's, if'n ya ever wanna see who went 'n INVENTED obnoxious--just come along with me ta Dizzyland er Walt Dizzy Whirl some day and watch what my two looney sisters is like!! Ya could look up the word obnoxious in a dictionary an' there'd be a picture a THEM two!!!
Originally Posted By DyGDisney DVCdad -- "Yes they are all ours. No I am not catholoic. No I am not Mormon. Yes I know what causes it. No we are not "done yet." A friend of mine knows a family with ten kids. The parents inevitably got the "Don't you know what causes that yet?" question with each pregnancy. The mom came up with a good reply --"Yes, and we LIKE that!"
