What's Your Disneyworld Pet Peeve?

[declansdad]

Oh please.... I think that is a stretch

I don't think so nor did others who stated the same thing. I found it rude, you didn't; I don't live in the US, you do.

 

[declansdad]

She said no such thing. Maybe she's ok with English "loud talkers" (or hasn't encountered them at Disney) but doesn't like loud talkers in other languages.

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Yes she did.


Bolding mine.

You know we all have at least one, or more. So, what's yours?

Mine is foreign people (people from other countries, nationalities, whatever is the politically correct way of saying it ) not shutting up during attractions that you need to be listening to. Carousel of Progress has always been my favorite Disney attraction, and this time I took my adult DD with me who had never been to Disney before so it was her first time to experience this attraction.

 

[Disneylover99]

Then she shouldn't have said it. She could have simply said her pet peeve was people talking loudly during the ride. If she had did so it wouldn't have been offensive. As it is stated it sounds like the only people who bother her are people who are visiting the US.

Are you offended because you are from Canada? I am Canadian and I understand what she meant. I don't feel offended.

Maybe what she meant to say didn't come out right, but I think you are being a bit too nitpicky with her choice of words.

 

[Mkrop]

I don't think so nor did others who stated the same thing. I found it rude, you didn't; I don't live in the US, you do.

And if I was in Quebec in a movie or some other attraction where they spoke French only and I was rude and spoke English the whole time so all the other people in the audience could not hear....I would expect to be described as the rude FOREIGNER when someone decided to complain about me on a message board. Because in that scenario...that is WHAT I AM!!!! But then again I might be Canadian, one never knows It is a description of what happened nothing more.

She could have told the same story and described the people with Philly accents or NY accents, I grew up in both areas and have had both accents...I would not be offended, I would have figured that was part of the story....


I saw somewhere on FB or maybe even here a funny skit about being so politically correct anymore that when the police asked a witness to describe the murderer they could not bc they were too afraid to offend anyone with a description.

 

[declansdad]

Are you offended because you are from Canada? I am Canadian and I understand what she meant. I don't feel offended.

Maybe what she meant to say didn't come out right, but I think you are being a bit too nitpicky with her choice of words.

I think it was offensive because I am from outside of the US. I don't like people talking loudly in an attraction either but I wouldn't single out a group as a foreigner, especially if there was no way of knowing they were from another country. Loud talkers are rude, doesn't matter where they are from.

 

[Janepod]

It is called being descriptive. Trying to add detail to the story. No different than if she had said they were all brunettes, or all were eating nachos at the time.

And suppose she had said they were all black? Or all gay?
It's not being "descriptive." It's singling out a group of people who are "different" from the OP and underscoring their bad behavior. It's terrible stereotyping.

 

[alicat8]

Glad to see there are more people with brains on this thread than not. This is why people hate america-we hate anyone who doesn't speak "our language" and we're disgusted when women feed their babies the healthy way in public. Hide that sex toy in a bathroom stall, ladies!! So embarrassing. To the "foreigners" reading this, please know we are not all like the rest of them.

For the record, my pet peeve is when people insist on breathing down my neck in line. Back off.

 

[moon]

And suppose she had said they were all black? Or all gay?
It's not being "descriptive." It's singling out a group of people who are "different" from the OP and underscoring their bad behavior. It's terrible stereotyping.

 

[emilily88]

I think it was offensive because I am from outside of the US. I don't like people talking loudly in an attraction either but I wouldn't single out a group as a foreigner, especially if there was no way of knowing they were from another country. Loud talkers are rude, doesn't matter where they are from.

OP never said ALL foreigners are guilty of this, nor did they say ONLY foreigners are guilty of this. Step down from your soapbox. Every time someone tries to change the subject back to the original topic, someone else steps in with OMG YOU ARE SO INSENSITIVE. It's a Disney board. Chill.

 

[Kimberlyann11]

I think it was offensive because I am from outside of the US. I don't like people talking loudly in an attraction either but I wouldn't single out a group as a foreigner, especially if there was no way of knowing they were from another country. Loud talkers are rude, doesn't matter where they are from.

It's not a bad thing to be a foreigner. The vast majority of americans speak english. There are pockets here and there where that's not true, but as a generalization it holds. They bothered her in particular because of the assumption that they were bored because they didn't understand so they used the time to chat and catch up.

"Foreigner" is not a pejorative - around these parts, anyways.

 

[declansdad]

OP never said ALL foreigners are guilty of this, nor did they say ONLY foreigners are guilty of this. Step down from your soapbox. Every time someone tries to change the subject back to the original topic, someone else steps in with OMG YOU ARE SO INSENSITIVE. It's a Disney board. Chill.

Sorry I offended you. The OP said her pet peeve was foreigners not shutting up during attractions you need to be listening to. She didn't say it about anyone else, she singled out a single group of people.

 

[Mkrop]

And suppose she had said they were all black? Or all gay?
It's not being "descriptive." It's singling out a group of people who are "different" from the OP and underscoring their bad behavior. It's terrible stereotyping.

Because that description, all gay or all black, would not have been relevant to the story...the fact that they were speaking another language was...maybe loud English speaking does not bother her or maybe it does, she does not say...but in the example she gave, it was the loud FOREIGN language speaking that made it hard to focus.

I love my mom but she does stuff like that all the time, add descriptions that are not relevant to the story and when necessary I call her on it...She once went on this long story complaining about this Jewish woman who did something blah blah...I asked her what did her being Jewish have to with it, there was nothing religious about the story...she got mad, saying it was just a description...I said I did not need to know the faith of the woman to know that she was annoyed by her.

I do not see where the OP added a detail that was not relevant to the story. Like I said I can drown out English, I have a harder time drowning out another language

 

[sam_gordon]

Yes she did.


Bolding mine.

You're right, she did. I didn't express myself well. I wanted to reply the bolded part in moon's post...

Exactly. She said she was upset by foreigners who talk loud, not people who talk loud. She singled out foreigners, which either means only foreigners talk loud (absurd) or she is only offended by foreigners

Because someone doesn't like foreigners who talk loud does NOT mean only foreigners talk loud OR they don't like all foreigners.

 

[Mr.MouseFan]

Well then. Opening this thread was kind of like biting into that one peanut m&m and finding out it's missing the peanut. Let me tip toe right back out the door...LOL

 

[mhsjax]

The thing that really bothers me is people stopping in the middle of the walkways, especially when Im in a hurry LOL. But that isn't exclusive to Disney, it happens everywhere and probably expected with big groups, but I still hate it!



This one always makes me scratch me head. Do you expect a family of 6 to just stand there waiting for the one/two people getting the food to be ready? We always split up, go get a table and go get the food groups, especially when the kids were little. I just can't think its better to have little kids standing around than sitting at a table waiting. Whatever, guess Im doing it wrong


Well, if you ever visit a different country, I think you'll be glad that most signs and people translate to English. Don't think you'd be complaining that they aren't translated to Swedish or Russian. For people from the US who have more accessibility and help in foreign countries than any other language, this frame of thought is baffling to me. Its Disney WORLD!!! To not appreciate the benefit of the announcements in different languages is baffling.

And just a note, this is Florida, visited by more Spanish speaking people than most. Spanish is also spoken by more countries in the WORLD than any other language, so yeah, it makes sense.

And to call spanish speaking folks in Florida foreigners is funny.

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[mhsjax]

I agree with you, during peak eating times.

DD and I had lunch at La Cantina (counter service) in Mexico and there were no tables to be had after we got our food. Several tables had people sitting there, obviously waiting for the rest of their party to bring the food. While others with trays of food stood there looking for a place to sit and eat. There was a young couple with two children that offered us their table as they were leaving and we were grateful. And, in turn, after we popped the final bite of food into our mouths we immediately vacated the table so someone else could use it. I don't think it's right to just sit there and rest and relax, after you're finished eating, and take the table away from others who have trays of food and are looking for a table. Go sit and relax on a bench somewhere else in the park.

Now, when it's not a peak time to eat lunch or dinner and the venue has plenty of open tables I don't mind seeing people sitting at some of them waiting for someone else to bring the food and join them.

there are 5 of us in our family, we aren't all going to go wait in line. We will find a table. Sorry.

 

[PizzieDuster]

there are 5 of us in our family, we aren't all going to go wait in line. We will find a table. Sorry.

Yes. Same here. Sorry from me too. At least we clean up after ourselves

 

[Talking Hands]

When we were at The Beauty and the Beast show at HS last month, a mother (sitting behind us) translated the entire show to her daughter in Spanish. She wasn't whispering quietly either.

Okay, I get the dialogue having to be translated, but when the characters burst forth in song, does that need to be translated too??? Come on, can't you just enjoy the music in another language??? And the daughter was about ten for crying out loud. I'm sure she has seen the movie a million times in Spanish.....she knows what the songs are about.

Sorry to get all worked up about this. I'm fine now.
It was just really annoying.

I disagree with you on this. The songs are the bulk of the show and need to be translated just as anything else. Missing part of songs is very frustrating no matter ow many times you have seen the movie.

 

[maxiesmom]

there are 5 of us in our family, we aren't all going to go wait in line. We will find a table. Sorry.

Depending on how busy the parks are, Disney may not allow you that option.

 

[PizzieDuster]

Depending on how busy the parks are, Disney may not allow you that option.

I would totally abide by this. Understand. I was talking about walking up and getting a burger. All the tables available. I also will share the table. We just eat and run. But do clean up.

Sometimes those quick burger lines are hard for everyone to stand in line for.