JennaDeeDooDah
My oh my what a wonderful day!
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Mine's when people make Disneyworld one word... lol
Oh, or when they say "Disney World" when they mean Magic Kingdom?
Mine's when people make Disneyworld one word... lol
Oh, or when they say "Disney World" when they mean Magic Kingdom?
Totally agree. I am Mrs not MSNo matter how nicely I ask they always address my details as MS not MISS. I hate being called ms.
People in the midwest tend to stick to the right side of the sidewalk, at least that I've noticed. Maybe it's a cultural thing? On a similar note from the posts above mine, I hate this one: "I love Disney World." "Which one?" Disney World and Disneyland are NOT the same thing!!
People using iPads to take photos... I just think it looks so stupid holding that big thing to take photos. Flash photos on dark rides. People that just STOP in the middle of the walk way. People that dilly dally in lines. I don't want them up the person in front of theirs butt but at least keep up and don't have room for 20 people in front of you.
the mariner rule is : port to port. if you are facing the bow (front of the ship/boat) the port is on your left. (remember this by port and left are each 4 letters. righta and starboard are each MORE than 4 letters)"Walk to the right" is a very common etiquette practice in this part of the world. I'm surprised some Americans are not familiar with that . It's not a law, but it is common courtesy.
Now in the grocery store, I count it as a rule of etiquette to put your cart on whichever side of the aisle you are looking at the shelves of if you're going to be there for a few moments. Please don't put your cart on one side of the aisle and yourself on the other side, thus blocking the whole aisle. And don't leave your cart in the middle of the aisle while you traipse up and down the row looking for something. Stay to one side or the other so that others can get by. And when approaching another person with a cart who is walking towards you, I say follow the typical "walk to the right" rule and both of you should stick to your right.
Okay. Grocery store rant over .
As I said, there are many reasons why people don't want to see someone breastfeed.
I'm sorry that you feel that my wanting breastfeeding women to be a little more discrete in public is "annoying".
Okay, try it like this, Ask the question: "What's your movie theater pet peeve?" and I might answer ...
alright hold on... I'm going to try to convey a point, inline with the cultural rhetoric of the previous poster I am quoting. In doing so (looking at my current infraction point balance) I'm probably risking a suspension of some sort.
That said, I think the subject and the comparison (both brought up by other people) are relevant and worthy of a response. Nothing I am about to write should be taken as an insult or devaluation of any cultural group or any individual person.
That there are norms and practices of one culture that are offensive to those in other cultures is not in any way a new idea, and there is not nor should there be a rule that we all must enjoy the habits of other people and other groups (foreign or domestic). So I will tread into this as easily as I can. Please accept that the following will likely be heavily nuanced and if a plurality of interpretation does present itself to you, please do me the favor of choosing the least offensive of the group; I promise you now that is the meaning I intend.
... okay ... My movie theater pet peeve is Indians loudly talking and singing through the movie. Why do I say Indians? Because where I lived in NYC it was predominantly Indians who frequented and conducted themselves loudly through the movie. This behavior is a culturally normal one for many Indians and I hate it.
I am told that african americans are more likely than most to talk loudly throughout a film. I remember as a youth, occasionally seeing movies at a theater in a more diverse city than I lived and that there was a lot more chatter from the predominantly black audience. But sharing a cinema with outspoken black patrons hasn't been so reliably my experience as my particular gripe about watching a movie among indians. If it were then my answer might include that group.
Would I hate it if a group of chubby white people (like myself) installed themselves behind me in a theater and sang and chanted throughout the movie? Yes I would, but this has not happened often enough to become a pet-peeve for me. A pet peeve, as I think of them, is something that rises to a special place of annoyance. For me this particular taboo, speaking during a film, is embodied through my experience as attached to this particular cultural conflict.
When I say, "Indians chanting and singing through Iron Man is a pet peeve." I'm speaking inclusively, I'm including this particular group specifically because this group fits particularly into my experience. I'm not saying that only Indians talk through movies, nor do I suggest that other cultural groups that do speak during movies don't bother me. But if the question is to name a movie theater pet-peeve, well this is one of mine.
Back to WDW...
Are you more likely to encounter extensive speaking throughout an English dialogue heavy show from English speaking guests or non-english speaking guests?
It would be fair to say that guests or groups containing guests without adequate English speaking skills would be more likely to speak during such a show. Someone might then, fairly, come to associate this behavior with non-english speaking guests (or groups of guests that include them).
sheesh interesting double speak. a lot of red herrings, and blah blah...
This is my gripe with the OP in a nutshell, she/he (?) doesn't link her complaint to the trait that causes it (lack of english skills) but assumes that those without the english skills to get through something like CoP without conversing themselves must be 'foreign' guests. The reality is that inability to speak english fluently exists in many who are US nationals, as well as long term residents.
It is also my experience that most people in this country have a hard time identifying the nationality of another human being based on how that person talks. Someone speaking something that sounds 'Spanish-ey' might be a foreigner or he might be a second generation Texan. I still can't tell the difference between a s. African and a New Zealander. So I am leery whenever someone attributes something as important as nationality based on hearing the person in a dark theater.
ergo... if I am at any type of show in, say, france,or italy and the narrative is in french.or italian and i don't speak french,or italian I would either seek out if they had audio translators, or sit and enjoy the music and the visual..
I would NOT EVER!!! talk in english through the entire show. either because we were bored or because I could understand french and translate to the rest of my family.
have NONE of you been to the Lyric Opera in Chicago? you do NOT hear people throughout the auditorium chattering;translating to english!!!
I was at a local theater were they show broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera on a movie screen. Over the summer, they have encore performances of the previous season. I went to go see 'La Traviata', and there was this older lady sitting behind me translating the lyrics for her friend. I totally turned around and gave her 'the look'. Thankfully she got it. If not I was ready to let her know that there are sub-titles on the screen!!!!!
People who complain on the Dis about every thing they can think of about Disney, then turn around and go back as soon as they can. If there's that many things that you see 'wrong', why do you even want to be there? They won't ever be 'perfect'. The dress code of some - or 'lack' thereof.
People who complain on the Dis about every thing they can think of about Disney, then turn around and go back as soon as they can. If there's that many things that you see 'wrong', why do you even want to be there? They won't ever be 'perfect'.