Pet Peeves

[mickeyspal07]

Mine is the HM line (next to Leota's magic Open Eyes tombstone) before you step foot inside when the CM tells everyone fifty times to fill in all available space. So when my family does, everyone else who's still standing around with their mouths open thinks we just "cut in line" and starts with the nasty comments. Don't panic- we'll all be herded in through the DOUBLE doors (built for a mob to fit through) toward the Stretching Room where we'll still be in a guess what- MOB!

This annoys me too, but I also kind of find it hilarious. Your in a mob and if you take two steps in front of them they look at you like you just robbed a bank

I'm also annoyed when you have been waiting an hour for a parade,show,fireworks,etc. and someone comes 5 minutes before it starts they decide that they want your spot. and will push and shove at all costs

And I get annoyed when the fireworks start and then an army of dads lift their kids onto their shoulders. Its not so much the fact that their on their shoudlers(which i'm fine with) Its the fact that I think Ive found a good spot and then 2 seconds before it starts I can't see. But maybe I'm just a little high-strung

 

[tbaptista]

Oh no!!

I am now very concerned that I am the one doing a lot of these pet peeves as I have not witnessed most, if not all of them!

Uh Oh!!!

 

[mickeyspal07]

I try to be courteous of others when entering / exiting buildings by holding the doors for the people behind me. It is amazing how many people won't take the door from you to allow their party through, but expect you to keep holding it while a virtual train of people go through. If someone holds the door so it doesn't slam shut in your face, take the door, and allow that person to continue with their own party.

This for me too(and not just at disney)

 

[DMass]

I try to be courteous of others when entering / exiting buildings by holding the doors for the people behind me. It is amazing how many people won't take the door from you to allow their party through, but expect you to keep holding it while a virtual train of people go through. If someone holds the door so it doesn't slam shut in your face, take the door, and allow that person to continue with their own party.

And most of the time you don't even get a "thank you".

 

[Cherinva]

And most of the time you don't even get a "thank you".

Oh yes...this reminds me of the first time my girls and I went to Animal Kingdom.....we we walking through Pangani Forest Exploration Trail...just looking around and really enjoying ourselves...when this young mother came rolling through with a child in a stroller....now mind you, had either of us seen her in time, we would have gladly jumped ahead of her to open the door...but, before we knew it, she was yelling at us for not opening the door for her....telling us that she was a mother with a young child and it was our "duty" to open the door....my DD got really mad, but I pulled her back and told her just to let the woman move on and we could continue to enjoy our day.....looking back now, it seems kinda funny

 

[ttintagel]

Honestly one of my pet peeves (plz no flames), I hate it when a child behind me continues to hit me or touch me, etc. When my children were little I made sure that if they bumped into someone, etc. I told them to be careful & apologized then moved them so it wouldn't happen again.

OMG YES!! I once had a little one keep poking my butt in line for TSM at DL!! I kept turning around and giving her a dirty look but she kept doing it!! Either her parents were not paying attention or they didn't care.

I was waiting for rope drop on a crowded morning at the MK last summer. I was in a wheelchair, and there was a woman behind me holding her daughter (looked to be about three years old), and the daughterw as swinging her feet, hard. The bad thing about that was, her feet were exactly at my head level, so every other swing I got a sharp kick in the noggin.

I tried to move, but with the crowd the way it was, I couldn't get even an inch forward or to either side. I kept turning around and looking at them, making eye contact with the Mom a couple of times, but no response. Finally, I smiled and said, "Excuse me, but your little girl keeps kicking me in the head." She huffed a big sigh, rolled her eyes, and then just looked away, doing nothing. I had to sit crouched down like I was at an air raid drill or something.

 

[webstah]

And most of the time you don't even get a "thank you".

That' for sure, though I am not looking for one, but it just shows the apparent lack of courtesy and manners today.
It really makes me feel that I should just not be bothered, but I was raised differently than that.
I had 2 great aunts who were nuns, and an aunt who was a nun, and all of them teachers in Catholic schools. If we forgot our manners, we were sure to know about it.

 

[TandLMommy28]

This always makes me laugh. You can tell when the wearer is into it or had it thrust upon them by a family member and is quietly miserable. Also common on some sullen teens!

I am not a fan either. I do try to make us coordinate so we look good in pictures. But not identical outfits. The closest we are doing is all wearing very different Perry t-shirts in Epcot this year for when we do the mission thing in WS. That's even out of my comfort zone but my hubby is actually all for it, hahaha.

 

[TandLMommy28]

Yes! This happens at home and I hate it.

I once had a little girl crawl under our table and start grabbing at shoe laced, banging on our table, etc. when the mother finally noticed and came to retrieve her, she said, no lie, "I'm really sorry. She's only four."

I looked at my two year old, sitting quietly without being restrained in a high chair, looked back at her and didn't say anything.

If she had said "I'm sorry, she has special needs." ok, I get that. But when your excuse is that its because she is "only four" that she doesn't know better than to crawl on the floor of a restaurant... Yeah. You might as well say, "I'm sorry, I haven't bothered to teach my child manners yet. She's only four. Maybe when she's seven we will work on not crawling under tables." good grief!!!!

 

[hgeisler]

I hate it when the line isn't moving,but the person behind you seems to think it is, and they are close enough to you to see what you ate for breakfast. It's called ”personal space”!

 

[minnie mum]

I was waiting for rope drop on a crowded morning at the MK last summer. I was in a wheelchair, and there was a woman behind me holding her daughter (looked to be about three years old), and the daughterw as swinging her feet, hard. The bad thing about that was, her feet were exactly at my head level, so every other swing I got a sharp kick in the noggin.
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UGH! And you'd think that something like this would be a rare occurance, right? But it's not. I've had the same thing happen. I've also had my hair pulled by a child (since I'm sitting, I'm within reach), The back of my chair used as something to rest against (hey buddy- ever heard of personal space??) and more than once had a mother stand her child on one of my armrests (REALLY????) And wheelchairs have the same problem of people coming to a dead stop or cutting in front of them. I feel bad when it happens, because when that footrest clips your ankle or heel it hurts. BUT. ITS. NOT. MY. FAULT that you can't watch what's going on around you. It seems like common courtesy has become not so common anymore.

 

[hgeisler]

Oh, that drives me right up the wall! No, he is not your "buddy!" He's your child, and you're supposed to be his parent!

Wow! I never really thought that was a big deal. Both myself and my hubby call my two year old ”buddy”,but that doesn't mean we're going to take him out to the bar for a beer or anything. It's just a term of endearment for us,like ”sweetheart” or ”princess”.

 

[taylor3297]

Well my family will be some of y'alls pet peeves.

My son's nickname is Buddy.

My family wears matching shirts, because it is much easier to spot each other in a crowd.

As to EVC, people who know how to use them are very gracious and kind even when some of us walk in front of them and they accidentally run into you.

The users that bother me are the ones like the lady in the World of Disney that knocked me over while I bent down trying to look at something on the bottom shelf. She yelled at me that I should get out of her way. Those folks give EVC users a bad name.

Like someone else posted, it all comes down to manners.

 

[Jennasis]

I got hammered by a stroller in Mouse Gears back in 2010. I was standing there looking at a rack of antenna toppers (I was standing still) and this moron RAMS me in the leg with her SUV sized stroller and then runs over my foot when she couldn't figure out why the stroller wasn't going forward anymore (cause my LEG was there). I honestly SCREAMED in pain and then dropped to the floor clutching my ankle/foot (which was bleeding). She goggled at me and then her DH came running and hustled her and the stroller out of the store....literally like a hit and run. They KNEW they hit me, KNEW I was injured and simply ran away before they could be possibly confronted.

Morons.

 

[HoosierDaddy71]

Wow! I never really thought that was a big deal. Both myself and my hubby call my two year old ”buddy”,but that doesn't mean we're going to take him out to the bar for a beer or anything. It's just a term of endearment for us,like ”sweetheart” or ”princess”.

I don't get it either, I don't think it has any impact on any one except the parent and child. Most of the pet peeves I saw had a direct impact and I get them.

My biggest pet peeve is people who try to push past you instead of waiting whether at a parade or in line. Patience is a virtual, especially at WDW.

 

[mommys3]

Like someone else posted, it all comes down to manners.

Ding ding ding! You hit the nail on the head...I cannot agree more.

I got hammered by a stroller in Mouse Gears back in 2010. I was standing there looking at a rack of antenna toppers (I was standing still) and this moron RAMS me in the leg with her SUV sized stroller and then runs over my foot when she couldn't figure out why the stroller wasn't going forward anymore (cause my LEG was there). I honestly SCREAMED in pain and then dropped to the floor clutching my ankle/foot (which was bleeding). She goggled at me and then her DH came running and hustled her and the stroller out of the store....literally like a hit and run. They KNEW they hit me, KNEW I was injured and simply ran away before they could be possibly confronted.

Morons.

I am sorry to hear that. Sometimes I wonder what is going on in one's head in a situation like that You reminded me of an incident that occured in the World of Disney store at DTD...I was trying to push my jogging stroller through a crowd. There was one woman I had to get around, and I said "Excuse me" loudly (but politely) quite a few times. I was just going to back up and go around her but I couldn't because there were people behind me as well. So I carefully tried to squeeze past her and as I did, she backed up and I nicked the back of her foot. She turned around and gave me the nastiest look. I apologized, and she just shook her head and loudly said to her friend "I cannot believe she just ran me over (not verbatim, but something to that extent) " REALLY???

 

[Sam81]

I have a few:

• People that call themselves “foodies” while eating their 3rd turkey leg.
• People that justify bad behavior because Snowy has ADHD or similar – seriously it is not ok for your child to literally punch me because they are bored in line.
• Adults that carrying on awkwardly long conversations with the characters.
• Matching anything
• Jean shorts

 

[ToddyLu]

Mine--people who complain about the buses when they are just a few minutes late. Can't you just build those extra minutes into the trip by looking around at the details or just people watch---there will be another bus---or when we are in a time crunch we get a taxi.

DH's--women breastfeeding uncovered on the buses. He supports breastfeeding infants, not five year olds who can make it up the steps themselves and pull up Mama's shirt. He still talks about that "incident" and hasn't quite gotten the picture out of his head...

Another one are people who are simply unprepared. They purchase a ticket for MK, then are escorted out complaining when the MNSSHP starts, well purchase the extra ticket like I did. Read the signs posted folks.

 

[ttintagel]

Yes! This happens at home and I hate it.

I once had a little girl crawl under our table and start grabbing at shoe laced, banging on our table, etc. when the mother finally noticed and came to retrieve her, she said, no lie, "I'm really sorry. She's only four."

I looked at my two year old, sitting quietly without being restrained in a high chair, looked back at her and didn't say anything.

If she had said "I'm sorry, she has special needs." ok, I get that. But when your excuse is that its because she is "only four" that she doesn't know better than to crawl on the floor of a restaurant... Yeah. You might as well say, "I'm sorry, I haven't bothered to teach my child manners yet. She's only four. Maybe when she's seven we will work on not crawling under tables." good grief!!!!

"She's from Barcelona."

 

[livndisney]

People who answer questions on a message board without any actual knowledge of the subject matter. Lack of knowledge does not stop them from giving wrong answers.

And people who don't "get" that opinion is not the same as fact LOL.