Originally Posted By danyoung >"What part of 'no flash photography' do you not understand or feel pertains to you?"< I like to take this into the more personal injury area, by giving them a loud OOOWWWWWW after the first flash, and then "Would you please quit that - it's very painful!" after the 2nd one.
Originally Posted By DramaMama07 Although I hate line jumpers (really really can't stand that!!) and flash photography, I hate...the shovers. Why, oh why must it always be that while my family (there are 5 of us, 6 if I have a friend) is trying to get into the line someone will "shove" in between my family so that two of us are about 20 people away from the rest? Then we are polite and let everyone pass the first two so that we can be together again. It is especially annoying when I am touching my little brother's shoulder (wouldn't want him to get lost...even though he is 14!! old habits die hard!!) and they will ACTUALLY push inbetween us...what is wrong with them? OR another personal "favorite" are the people who decide to run over my foot with their stroller. They will either run over my toes or ram it into my Achilleus tendon (sorry about any spelling errors!!) am I really going THAT slow? Or is your stroller THAT heavy that it gets completely out of control? Or how about people who let their children climb all over themed line areas despite signs that ask them not to do that? Then they are so busy watching little Matildaguarde that they stop the line from moving. (Really that two feet of gap shouldn't bother me...but it does!) Ok, wow, sorry that was so negative...and long!!
Originally Posted By kennect OH Dramamama, Crawling all over something themed? I shuddered recently at the cute Nemo display outside of the main building as numerous children were allowed to crawl all over the piece...It was digusting that something that apparently is designed as not a walk up had parents encouraging their kids to get up there and get their pics taken...Kids were trying to swing off the seaweed, etc...Completely out of control...I would at least want cute pics of my kids...The way these kids were acting there would be no cute pics to have....Most were either crying or screaming while they tried ripping the display apart.....
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> something that apparently is designed as not a walk up had parents encouraging their kids to get up there and get their pics taken << They've tried many things to keep people out of there, short of actually posting a CM on the spot. Which is what is needed. Someday some kid will actually get hurt doing something they should not have been doing. Money will change hands, and they'll finally do something about it. So far they've not taken my suggestion of looping concertina wire out on the top of the rock wall. Or maybe electrifying the fish to 110 volts.
Originally Posted By DramaMama07 >>So far they've not taken my suggestion of looping concertina wire out on the top of the rock wall. Or maybe electrifying the fish to 110 volts.<< I'm laughing really hard about that!! Who knows why people refuse just to actually make their children act correctly in public. Is it REALLY that hard? Oh well, I'm with the wire and volts of electricity! Or put a big wall of plexiglass in front of the display. Sure it isn't as pleasing to the eye...but at least the line will move!! Has anyone else had a child behind them in line that stands so close their nose is touching the back or your legs...or they actually try to grab on to you? Just asking....
Originally Posted By kennect My favorite observation while visiting recently was a mother yelling at her kid to stand up...He was screaming, throwing a fit and then she would hit him so hard he would fall down again...That got her started with the stand up routine again...It was appalling to the point I actually just stopped and stared at her....
Originally Posted By DramaMama07 That is the other side of the parents who let their kids do WHATEVER they want. Are the ones dragging their kid through the street at 4:00 in the heat saying "you are going to have fun and like it or I am going to beat you!". Doesn't anyone believe in taking a nap in their room every once in a while? Balance people....balance.
Originally Posted By Disneybrad "They've tried many things to keep people out of there, short of actually posting a CM on the spot. Which is what is needed." I know, it was so funny, when we started planting catus's in the flowed bed and partents still stuck their kids up there.
Originally Posted By kennect I thought somewhere I had read about catus being used there....I guess I wasn't making that up....
Originally Posted By ChiMike Just one more thing for an idiot, guilty guest to turn around and complain about until he gets a free cheesburger.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^ that's now going to be a no transfat - potentially veggie burger
