Have you ever had a shock?

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I have two stories to add.

The second was a few weeks ago at the WL. I was standing at the check desk when I turned to look at the lobby. I spotted a tall, large, man with a Harley Davidson Tee shirt, a leather vest, a loooong beard, and a loooong pony-tail. He looked like he was part of a motorcycle gang. He had a little 3 year old girl by the hand and the two of them were SKIPPING though the lobby. It was such a cute sight that I couldn't help smilling. It was so sweet and unexpected. I just wan't to share a happy story. I hope it bought a smile to your face too.

you would be suprised ....many of the scarry people, are actually much nicer,more pleasant and more well manerd . than many of the clean cut regular folk....(with exceptions of course ,some are exactly as scarry as they appear)as for myself as bieng one of the over-ly tattoed. my eldest (2girls -1 new baby girl) ..daughters friends parents look at me funny in the summertime even though they know im quite pleasant and to be a resposible parent.(im from the punk rock era ,, the age of extreme sports-when it was_not cool ~~ex circuit bmx pro) ex

 

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So funny! I don't know if my DH has a bullseye on his head or what but that's happened to him twice at DW and once at the Gulf of Mexico. He's learned to wear hats on vacation!

In Dec of 2000 we stopped at the McDonald's fry stand in MK and parked on a bench with the kids to enjoy our snack. All of a sudden this swarm of birds came at us. They didn't just take a couple of fries, they ATTACKED us. Felt like we were in a Hitchcok movie. DH ran around flapping his arms trying to scare them off while DD, DS, and I were rolling with laughter.

those segulls are nasty buggers.. we were at a little ice cream stand counter service. 2dd wife me grandma & pa where there was seating across from. where we chose to sit (bad idea) us along with others began getting swarmed by seagulls from no where qute scarry actually.. they are un relentless vultures.... my younges lost her treat to them, with the obvious terror was in frantic tears. as it seemed the atack was over nearly as quick as it began and to others around us. as explained happens all the time. cm replaced the icream as she was shaken and up set. as things had calmed down. i see here the come for another assault . to her as the smallest easy target ... as a reaction almost instinct not even really thinking i reach out to try to shoo tem away ..about 3of them if i remember. and i actually catch it in mid air on attack--realizing in a sec i just cought this thing-- i freak and throw it like a football spiraling it into the second sending the 2 birds flailing down to the pavement scareing away the 3rd.(they imeadatly rebounded and flew away together stunned but not harmed as i could tell)
so im a little disturbed by what i just did , as is my family wife's mouth wide open?? others as stunned as i ,as some applauded and otherswere apaulled

but no more attacks after that,,, and the cm said well as that happens all the time- holy crap ive never seen a rection like that take place....and probably shoulnt try that again as he was shure there must be somekind of animal law i just broke?? and we all everone finished or snacks and meals in utter silence-and peace- thought i would share this as we now have this family phobia of segulls and my dd refers to it as the touchdown......lol

 

[disneyaggie]

in line with some of the other posts, hoping you didn't
do a little "look see" to check

about the tickling....i tickle my granddaughter, i even blow raspberries on her bare stomach...want to report me too ? sometimes i really think people need to myob unless it is obvious abuse. when my kids were 3 "no" was their favorite word and used pretty much constantly and now my 2 yr old gbaby says "no" and means "yes" . i doubt many 3 yr olds would realize enough to say no if they were being sexually abused.( not that that is an excuse for abuse, just a fact that i doubt that particular child was protesting abuse, more like she was probably acting like a normal 3 yr old)

As a former teacher of many years to 3-year-olds, I will easily say that if a child truly looks uncomfortable when someone raises her little blouse or dress to blow raspberries or to tickle, then DON'T DO IT! I don't care how "cute" some people think it is. This child is expressing her boundaries and those should be respected.

How would you like it if someone pulled down your pants and blew a raspberry on your navel? Though some my be off-beat enough to like this, for the most part a normal person would not appreciate it at all. Especially since they were repeated told, "no".

Any sane person knows when a child is teasing by saying, "no" and laughing, versus what the person who saw this noticed. There is a HUGE difference.

 

[pandora174]

Just my humble opinion but my DS loves to play rough & with ME I can do anything & he thinks it's fun. I can tickle him (gasp under his shirt) I can pertend to grab his tushie & he laughs hysterically. He loves to lift his shirt so I can kiss his tummy & has a foot fetish because he always wants me to kiss & lightly bite his toes, he literally falls down on the floor with the giggles. Now my poor DH doesn't get any of that attention. My DS is going through a Mommy phase & if his poor father does anything that I do that would elicit fits of laughter for me poor old dad he gets a "NO ! " Mind you Dad is the softie who rarely disciplines or loses his temper & is the first one cleaning poopy diapers . I'm the strict one at home . I get cooperation in that dept. & in changing his clothes while poor dad gets a demon child. My DS is very smart & I think he loves to bother his dad. But when it's time for Dad to go out he's the first one at the door saying "let's go " But when he sees his dad wanting some loving he starts with the NO NO ! But if he needs something like milk, jiuce or change my diaper or even to put the Wiggles on the dvd he goes straight for dear old dad. My DH calls himself the "Servant to the Prince" . So I wouldn't jump the gun & assume it's child abuse. Just my own opinion & coming from a former victim of child abuse I know the signs but we can't just jump the gun on one single observation. Now if he'd been inappropriately fonding or kissing the child or hitting her that is something else but we frequently tickle my son aorund his waist & tummy (under his shirst) BECAUSE he's ticklish & responds with NO NO & then laughs & sometimes we parents do silly things to get a grumpy child to smile.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

i see here the come for another assault . to her as the smallest easy target ... as a reaction almost instinct not even really thinking i reach out to try to shoo tem away ..about 3of them if i remember. and i actually catch it in mid air on attack--realizing in a sec i just cought this thing-- i freak and throw it like a football spiraling it into the second sending the 2 birds flailing down to the pavement scareing away the 3rd.(they imeadatly rebounded and flew away together stunned but not harmed as i could tell)
so im a little disturbed by what i just did , as is my family wife's mouth wide open?? others as stunned as i ,as some applauded and otherswere apaulled

but no more attacks after that,,, and the cm said well as that happens all the time- holy crap ive never seen a rection like that take place....and probably shoulnt try that again as he was shure there must be somekind of animal law i just broke?? and we all everone finished or snacks and meals in utter silence-and peace- thought i would share this as we now have this family phobia of segulls and my dd refers to it as the touchdown......lol

So, we've found the new Tom Brady here! Anyone try to sign you yet?

 

[hmeadq]

DONE!

178 pages! and 2 weeks...

I have to say I agree a child saying "No" may not be expressing boundries but playing a game.

My little neice is 3 and will run up and say "tickle me!" or "burt me!" (zerburt/rasperry) and you'll pick her up and she'll giggle "no, no, no!" Then run away behind your chair and come back in 30 seconds to play the same game again.

No if a child was upset while saying "no!" Then that is obviously diffrent, but kids are strange, and all diffrent...

 

[jann1033]

most [/I]people do not abuse their children so isn't the "crabby 3 yr old" senario more likely? imo my view of a child being "uncomforatable" could be based on lots of things , such as my own history etc and may not be the accurate interpretation of the comfort level of the child I am viewing for a few moments ( who is a total stranger) i guess i have to say ,especially after reading the thread not to many months ago that many with iautistic children posted to, some posts on this board have really changed my "quick to jump to conclusion" reactions. as surprised as it may make me, i realize "hey maybe I am actually coming to the wrong conclusion " , naturally only on very very rare occasion which was more what i was trying to convey

sorry about the misspelling something is up and my computer has a mind of it's own and is not a good speller

 

[Pollito916]

ok - I'm still on page 63 reading, but I gotta post this.

I dunno if this is shocking, but DH and I found this quite odd last week.

We walked into EPCOT from the International Gateway one night (it was already getting dark) and proceeded to make our way to Test Track. As we are walking over the bridge towards England, I see this guy taking a picture of this woman who was on the bridge.

I put my hand on DH and said "hold up, he's taking a picture" (we tend to stop when we see people trying to get a good picture.)

The guy takes his picture of the woman...and then walks away.

The woman is still standing on the bridge, looking out over the water.

DH looks at me after a few seconds. and says "I don't think that was his wife"

heheheh

This happened to me at DL a couple weeks ago! I was in DTD after work one evening, and was talking on my cell phone. All of the sudden I noticed about 10 feet away a guy had a camera pointed right at me! When he saw me looking, he got out of there real fast!

 

[Angelrose]

trying to post a picture but not sure I am doing this right so please bear with me.
http://www.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=39063462/PictureID=1135805695/a=12345563_12345563/t_=12345563[IMG]

Well sorry that didn't work. Will have to figure out what I did wrong.

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

trying to post a picture but not sure I am doing this right so please bear with me.
http://www.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=39063462/PictureID=1135805695/a=12345563_12345563/t_=12345563[IMG]

Well sorry that didn't work. Will have to figure out what I did wrong.[/QUOTE]

click the img box then cut and paste the location then click img again.
If you look at your code, it should begin with [IMG] and end with

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

This happened to me at DL a couple weeks ago! I was in DTD after work one evening, and was talking on my cell phone. All of the sudden I noticed about 10 feet away a guy had a camera pointed right at me! When he saw me looking, he got out of there real fast!

About 8 years ago, I noticed someone videotaping me as I got out of the pool.

 

[ChairborneRangr]

I'll try editing it for you

Looks like snapfish doesn't want to play on the forum...

 

[Angelrose]

LuLuLovesDisney, I don't see any place that says anything about code. I tried to highlight and paste the location, but when the box is small it won't highlight and when I click the box bigger, I can highlight the location, but no way to get to edit to copy it. It's in another screen.

Sorry I am so hopeless with computers.

But thanks for trying to help me. And thanks ChairborneRangr for trying to edit it for me.

 

[dmk1021]

I forgot all about this, and reading this thread reminded me!

I was in the preshow area for TOT in DCA, and making conversation with this woman who was also riding alone (my sister won't go on anything!). I said something to the effect of, "I love this ride - it's my favorite ride at MGM, but I've never been on it here."

To which she replied, "I love it too. As a matter of fact, I love it so much I bring my dog!" And she opened up her darn purse and showed me a little dog!

To say I was shocked would be an understatement. When the preshow ended, I let her leave and stayed behind to tell the CM. I was shaking I was so nervous. I wanted them to arrest that nutjob! That is sick, animal cruelty, and I just could not believe it.

The CM immediately phoned to the loading area, and just to be sure, I went left and watched her go right, and I stopped a CM to make sure they weren't going to let her on. I pointed her out for him and he went over to her, and I made my getaway to the left so she wouldn't see me (of course she knew it was me, but oh well). He came back and said that she told them she did not have a dog. I told them I was 100% certain, I had actually seen the dog, and I literally begged them to keep that woman off the ride. I would not have forgiven myself if I didn't do enough to stop that woman from taking a defenseless dog on TOT.

Just thinking about it now gets me upset. What a weird thing to happen...seems like this kind of stuff always happens to me!

 

[sajetto]

DMK now you have me hanging...so did they let her ride?

 

[dmk1021]

Oh, hey, sorry about that...good thing I didn't go to bed

The escorted her out of the queue.

She was a local (or seemed to be by her conversation), and I'm going back in 9 days (woo hoo, I won a trip from McDonalds!!). I'm sure it would be my luck to run into her again.

How did that woman get through security?

 

[sajetto]

How did that woman get through security?

I thought they checked your bags, obviously someone was half way asleep when they let her through.

Whew...good thing you stayed awake I was worried that the poor little dog actually had to ride the TOT

 

[hogwartsdropout]

I thought they checked your bags, obviously someone was half way asleep when they let her through.

Whew...good thing you stayed awake I was worried that the poor little dog actually had to ride the TOT

Gosh, what a horrible thing to do to a poor dog! That's really got me angry. I hope she was thrown out of the park.

To the person who couldn't post their pic from Snapfish. I think its because you were trying to link to a slideshow and not an actual picture.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

I am in absolute shock (how appropriate!!) over the dog on ToT. I wet myself riding the ToT the one and only time I've been on it; I can only imagine how that little dog feels!!!!!

 

[Angelrose]

hogwartsgropout, thanks for trying to help, but I only have the one photo in Snapfish and I just clicked on the picture to make it bigger than the thumbnail. When I right click on the picture, I got a box that comes up with Location, Width, Height, Size of File, and Alternate Text. WHen I click on the box to enlarge so I can highlight, it is a different screen and has no edit on it so that I can hit copy.

Gosh I hate being so dumb on computers.