Originally Posted By plutospal77 Gaston Lives, someone ran me over with one of those at WDW. I actually fell face first on main street. But I made a scene! I screamed like I was bleeding so everyone knew she ran me over. The woman didn't say a word-nothing, like I didn't exsist. No it didn't hurt that bad, but I made sure the people around noticed her hit and run! It did scare the crap outta me though!
Originally Posted By pitapan16 Note to scooter lady....If you run over my foot I'll flip your cart over. Don't be a jerk. lol
Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl nemopoppins....... nice to meet another parent with 5 kiddos !! Your kids sound wonderful and normal..... it truly is a JOB, huh???
Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl and I wanted to comment on the scooter stories..... wow ! I guess we have been lucky not to be run over at the parks ! I still get a stroller for my youngest if he is dragging by late afternoon, but I try really hard not to hit someone, as I would not like to be run into either ! It can be a bit tricky, but I try !
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Hmmm...I just think it is interesting to note that it seems that most of these stories are coming from WDW. And this is in the DL section, where people tend to have more experiences at DL. I'm not sure if it means anything, but it is just interesting to note.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad plutospal <<<I don't take crap from anyone any more, I'll definately say something.>>> LOL Sometimes I seek out people like you to run down with my two couble strollers. LOL KIDDING!!! I dont blame, you, people with strollers should give the right of way to pedestrians.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad nemopoppins wrote <<<That's the way it is with kids so spirited--that's the way I look at it.>>> Are you saying your kids are like wild indians <---(oops not PC sorry) in the parks?
Originally Posted By DVC_dad DyGDisney wrote <<<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!">>> LOL !!! I usually say, "Well, everyone has to be good at something."
Originally Posted By SDmom DVC_dad -your children are so lucky. I'm the youngest of 9 and I love my big family. DH and I got a late start so, we only have two, but I feel a little sad for them at Holidays since we had so much fun as kids. RE: the strollers. We really don't try to hit people, however, you don't know how many times we have to slam on the brakes because people jump out in front of us like we are invisible. I wish people would just follow driving rules, look before you merge. I promise to do the same.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I'm not sure if this applies to "obnoxious" or not, maybe just "uneducated" guests causing me grief, but anyway, here's something that happened to me this past summer. I happen to have two boys (well, young men, now!) with Autism. (One speaks, one doesn't) Now, I hear all the time about how much more common this disorder is becoming, however I never seem to run into any other families out and about with Autistic members! (I still feel like the only one!) We happen to love all things Disney and I won't let a little thing like Autism keep me out of DL! Over the years I have heard snide remarks made about my guys in the various parks, (WDW, mostly) but this past summer my son was actually reported to a CM and security was called because he asked a girl what her name was. He had wandered off from us after a ride and our routine is to wait a few min. for him to wander back. He's very large, he looks "normal" other than the fact that he, also has Tourette's Syndrome and "twitches" a lot. After about 2 seconds most people can tell he has something "wrong" or "different" about him and are usually understanding. Some people just don't answer him, which is fine. He does catch people off guard, because he is overly friendly. (It's hard to explain, Autistic people tend to stay to themselves, so for years you try to get them to open up and be friendly, then when they do, they don't know how to decipher that maybe they shouldn't be too friendly! Anyway, so after a few min. when he didn't come back, we split up to look for him. (In DCA, this was.) We found him within minutes and he was so excited b/c he saw lemons on the trees in "A Bug's Land". We noticed there was a family of 4 walking with him and a CM. We were approached by them and asked if he was our son."Ummmmm......yes"....timidly...like oh no, what did he do??? lol The father says that my son had asked his daughter what her name was and how old she was. (Which he asks every person he sees, EVER, unfortunately for us!) "Oh, we're very sorry, he has Autism and he's harmless, etc..." 'Well, (he says) my daughter was quite upset and we had to report the incident to security.' Here we see the daughter, that looks like a teenager, crying! Sobbing, red faced, crying, tears and all. We kind of stood there, puzzled, wondering why a girl with her parents at a Disney park would be terrified of a mentally challenged person asking what her name was. (Most of the time he doesn't even wait for an answer, he just keeps moving onto the next thing he wants to do!~it's not like anyone could possibly think he was a perv or anything!) So, we waited and waited awkwardly, with them and the CM for security to come (they didn't show)and finally the people apologized that they misread the situation. blah, blah, blah and they left. The CM told us that the family was concerned about what could have happened if my son had done this to someone that wasn't as "nice and understanding" and they were. In other words we were "lucky" it was them and not the THOUSANDS of other people he has asked this question to that just answered him and went on about their day. UGH!!! I wanted to run into them again and tell them how "lucky" they were up until now to not even realize there are people in the world that aren't "perfect" like they are.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF >>"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."<< Gee whiz, DVC_dad...all you have to do is *look* at a woman to get her pregnant. ;-) In spite of huge crowds at DL this past weekend, I got hit only twice by SUVs...er, strollers...and in both situations the offender was most apologetic. Bratty kids and their even brattier parents, however, were another story entirely. At the GCH pool there was a dimwit who was climbing around on the turtle at the end of the first pool. I said to my friends, "I just bet he falls." And sure enough, he did. (No injuries, though. Darn it.) I also witnessed him doing something in front of the stream of water coming out of the turtle's mouth that...well...er...I won't go into it here. Another kid was being led by the hand in DL, being an obnoxious little twit about something or other, and while he was throwing his tantrum he walked smack dab into a trash can. I just about dropped my Dole Whip, I was laughing so hard! A CM at a DVC cart saw it too and saw me cracking up and she couldn't hold in her laughter, either. I had a run-in with a family at that pizza café in DD. The place was busy and crowded, and the mother thought that was just a fine time to allow her 4-year-old to experience some responsibility in carrying all of their drinks. Momma backed into me, smearing pizza sauce from my pizza all over her jacket. Her husband got on MY case about it, and we went back and forth about this, ending with me saying something that I can't repeat here. (I was in a really foul mood and not feeling physically well. Yes, I could have handled it better, but...oh well.) Later that same evening I caught four people cutting in line in front of me at Pirates, and I read them the riot act. Being older does have its advantages sometimes...they left!
Originally Posted By nemopoppins DVCdad, people tell my husband he should find a hobby or can't he just watch TV.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins lasvegasgirl, thanks for the encouraging words. DVC_dad, "wild" at the parks, often, (and I do my best to minimize any inconvenience to others and make the kids understand that they must be considerate too--don't want to be an obnoxious guest) but it's being wild at school that's harder. But, hey, it is a fun job, isn't it?
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<<I just about dropped my Dole Whip, I was laughing so hard! A CM at a DVC cart saw it too and saw me cracking up and she couldn't hold in her laughter, either.>>> I can olny imagine! ROFL !!!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<<We happen to love all things Disney and I won't let a little thing like Autism keep me out of DL!>>> Tinkerbell, you KEEP that attitude. If the rest of the world can't cope, they can go to hello operator, give me number nine!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad nemopoppins, that's the other thing they say is "duuude like you should get a TV" To which I say, "Why? I rather like things the way they are."
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Thanks for the encouraging words, DVCdad! After that episode I was nervous for a few days. The CM (a young kid) was advising us to get our son a sticker each day to wear that basically would point out to everyone "Hey look at me...I'm you know what."(the R word that is politcally incorrect to say!) I thought about it, b/c I don't want any Disney folks mad at me...but, then I thought it wasn't fair to my son to point out that he was different than everyone else. We all deserve a place in this world, even if we march to the beat of a different drummer!
Originally Posted By skywilliams In this world now-a-days it seems that a good majority of people cannot look at the world throught he eyes of another person. I try (as hard as it may be at times) to look at it from their perspective. When I get cut off of the freeway it does tick me off but then I tell meyself that maybe a family member is the hospital and they are really in a hurry for a good reason. I know it probably isn't that but most likely that they are a jerk, but thinking of things in that light calms me down regardless. Becasue why should I let their attitude affect mine. I am glad you didn't make your son wear a sticker Tinkerbell819. He shouldn't have to catter to everyones else being so uptight. I can understand people getting frustrated at the parks after a long day toting around children and such but I can never understand all the angry looking people I see in the parks when I am there. You are in Disneyland, for cripes sake! I know as a society we are getting less and less social. But when I am at Disneyland I get people talking to me and I to them all the time while waiting in lines and such. It just makes me sad that there are those people who have their shell that they live in and when someone threatens this shell they don't know how to handle it. But again, we don't know thir situation. Although I do want to say that you are doing a great job and I do admire parents like you Tinkerbell819 because it takes a special person to care for children with special needs. But then those children tend to bless your life in ways that other parents can't even imagine.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Thank you so much, SkyW! (No wonder I love LP so much!~The nice people that post here can always put a smile on my face!) I thought of another obnoxious person,too! This one didn't involve me...lol... We were in Toontown one day taking photos back by Roger Rabbit's and all of a sudden this man started SCREAMING at Dale. (You know, from Chip 'n Dale) He was cursing up a blue streak and "Dale" put his arms out as if he was going to hug him and the man SHOVED Dale and said "Get away from me, I'm sick of your #$#@@#%#$%#, we wait and wait and then you walk away from us." and on and on he went with his tirade and finally stormed off. Poor Dale just stood there for a minute and my son and I stood there with our mouths wide open. I said something to Dale like "Aren't you glad everyone at DL doesn't behave like that?" Dale shook his head "Yes" and walked back behind the scenes. I thought it was odd that there wasn't another CM with him, but maybe that crazy Dad scared them away!
