bus driver choking got me thinking about Rude guests at WDW...

[weswife]

That just sickens me. I wouldn't have been able to keep my mouth shut if I'd been on that bus.
"Lady, if you want your own wheelchair, I'm sure someone will be happy to help."

Yep! It was one of the most unpleasant things I heard in a loooong time! It was very hurtful!

 

[marivaid]

Nope, they are there the whole time. After i deal with the problem, i simply turn to them and explain my actions. They understand and are learning that the way the world is today, turning the other cheek is not practical anymore. You just dont know about ANYONE these days, and if you turn the other cheek, theres a good chance you will be missing BOTH cheeks....so better to be safe than sorry!!

This is hilarious and yet extremely frightening at the same time.
You are hitting a perfect stranger to protect your children from hearing profanity, then you are "explaining" your actions to your kids. How about you skip the hitting, and go straight to the explaining, how hard is it to tell your kids that some people swear but that you will not tolerate it from them?

I believe that there are some circumstances when hitting BACK is acceptable but in this case, you're hitting first. There's no "turning the other cheek" involved when YOU are the one starting the fight. That's an excuse. "The way the world is today"... well, how do you think it got that way?

Thanks for providing us with another set of "hit first, explain later" human beings.

 

[PaulaSB12]

Nope, they are there the whole time. After i deal with the problem, i simply turn to them and explain my actions. They understand and are learning that the way the world is today, turning the other cheek is not practical anymore. You just dont know about ANYONE these days, and if you turn the other cheek, theres a good chance you will be missing BOTH cheeks....so better to be safe than sorry!!

There is no cheek turning you have decided that only you are the arbiter of other people's behaviour. That if someone doesn't obay one of your rules you have the right to physically attack somone there is only one question to ask. Who died and put you in charge? The police will not see a swear word as a physical attack they will see a mad person who attacked a stranger for no good reason. Your kids would see you hauled off in handcuffs what a lession.

 

[mariepapa]

There is no cheek turning you have decided that only you are the arbiter of other people's behaviour. That if someone doesn't obay one of your rules you have the right to physically attack somone there is only one question to ask. Who died and put you in charge? The police will not see a swear word as a physical attack they will see a mad person who attacked a stranger for no good reason. Your kids would see you hauled off in handcuffs what a lession.

 

[KellyNY]

I'm a bit lost here, why all of the sudden bad language requires hitting somebody. Breaking News, kids hear bad language everywhere, including school from other students, not teachers. You cannot shield them from the world and you do not have control over other people. The only thing you can do to make sure your kids do not talk like that infront of you, believe me they use those words when you are not around. If someonecursing at you, handle situation like a big boy/girl, with words, no need to fight over nothing.

 

[OhioDisneyDad]

Nope, they are there the whole time. After i deal with the problem, i simply turn to them and explain my actions. They understand and are learning that the way the world is today, turning the other cheek is not practical anymore. You just dont know about ANYONE these days, and if you turn the other cheek, theres a good chance you will be missing BOTH cheeks....so better to be safe than sorry!!

Women will never understand so you might as well save your breath! It's a waste of time. Some folks think all kids are mindless beings who can't possibly understand or comprehend unless they spell it out on a flash card. I, on the other hand, give kids a lot of credit for being smarter than most adults give them credit. I have a DS 14 and a DD 10 and they're great, well-behaved kids who know when and where it's appropriate to defend themselves. I've always said (and my dad said it too), "Don't start it but be ready to finish it if someone else does." Each situation is different and they're smart enough (and so am I) to know when to take action. I don't see why that's such a hard concept to grasp.

 

[Donut23]

We had a trip which seemed to be filled with boorish behavior a few trips ago.....but nothing compared to what is being described here.

We were waiting in line at Boardwalk Bakery early in the morning. Ahead of us was a woman who had ordered a few things now placed in a bag for her. She just BLEW A GASKET when they would not deliver (immediately) her order to her room. Is THIS the treament you get for $40,000? Do you know who I am....I'm an OWNER and I'm going to have you FIRED TODAY.

It was AWFUL. The cashier was in tears.....the manager appeared and explained they had no one who could carry her purchase to her room. Didn't stop her.

Finally my DH walked over to her and said......"Lady, if we all chip in and give you $40,000, will you SHUT UP and LEAVE!"

I think that must have snapped her out of her shout-athon and she left with her bag of goodies.

We had a couple of other more minor episodes that week but as I said.....NOTHING compared to what I'm reading here.


I'm so sorry these things have happened to people.

I guess I'm old enough to remember when we taught our children courtesy and good manners. It's a crime to teach children these attitudes.....that probably upsets me the most.

As I have always said......just because you CAN have children....doesn't always mean you SHOULD have children.

I'll continue to default to Pixie Dust as a solution. This way I can look myself in the mirror without regret. By the way, I don't consider that being a doormat.....I consider it being the winner!

 

[A Mickeyfan]

I think it all depends on situation. If someone will fight with you I doubt you will just stand there. Defending yourself while calling police or security is may be a right way to deal with situation. If someone is just pushed you or something, no need to fight back, just call security.

I agree.. if you push back, you can end up tossed out of the park too! Never lower yourself to that level of physical violence.. even if it is "self defense".. now if I were attacked in a dark alley.. sure, I am going to fight back while I am screaming FIRE.. fire gets someones attention faster than help or police.. many times people don't want to get involved with that.. but a fire they will

 

[A Mickeyfan]

We had a trip which seemed to be filled with boorish behavior a few trips ago.....but nothing compared to what is being described here.

We were waiting in line at Boardwalk Bakery early in the morning. Ahead of us was a woman who had ordered a few things now placed in a bag for her. She just BLEW A GASKET when they would not deliver (immediately) her order to her room. Is THIS the treament you get for $40,000? Do you know who I am....I'm an OWNER and I'm going to have you FIRED TODAY.

Now that is funny.. she didn't even realize that she isn't an "owner" in the true sense of the word.. DVC while called "ownership" is not a deeded property but a right to use.. and having a right to use along with 1000's of other guests with that same right isn't going to get someone fired... this is a perfect example of "entitlement"
I really feel for some of the CM's with the treatment that they have to deal with everyday...

 

[cm8]

I encountered one of the rudest families at WDW last trip. We were outside of the Teacups and WHite Rabbit was there. I approached the character handler and asked her if she was still taking people in her line and she said "Yes you will be the last family. If she had said no I would have just thanked her and moved along. So, while I waited, no less than 5 or 6 families came up and tried to get in line and the CM nicely told them that the line was closed. White Rabbit was going in for the day and her would be back tomorrow. Almost every family argued a bit..."its their last day" ,"white rabbit is his son's favorite"...you get the picture. The CM stood her ground. Then, an extended family came up and tried to get in line...the CM told them no in a nice way...and they ABSOLUTELY FLIPPED OUT ON HER. They screamed and yelled and cursed like truckers. They were dropping F Bombs at the top of their lungs as they walked away...then came back to scream some more. She nicely threatened to have them removed from the park and they moved on...all while dropping hot FBombs as they walked away. It was awful awful awful. My son was crying, my stomach was in knots. Terrible terrible terrible. It definitely put a little damper on our day.

I think the sense of entitlement in the world is just out of control. Too bad I didn't have it on tape for You Tube...

Some people never change and the way they act at home is 99% chance the way they will behave at Disney.
What gets me is why some people feel they are able to use bad language around small kids and my virgin ears

 

[KellyNY]

Finally my DH walked over to her and said......"Lady, if we all chip in and give you $40,000, will you SHUT UP and LEAVE!"

OMG, it is priceless.

 

[KellyNY]

I agree.. if you push back, you can end up tossed out of the park too! Never lower yourself to that level of physical violence.. even if it is "self defense".. now if I were attacked in a dark alley.. sure, I am going to fight back while I am screaming FIRE.. fire gets someones attention faster than help or police.. many times people don't want to get involved with that.. but a fire they will

Agree. It is not even about being tossed out of the park, just every reaction should be appropriet, no need to lower yourself to someone, let security deal with that. My mom always tought me to use my words, I never fought even as a child and this is probably I am so good in sarcasm.

 

[1971DBday]

Women will never understand so you might as well save your breath! It's a waste of time.

As a woman - I am insulted by this comment. Please don't group anyone!

 

[A Mickeyfan]

Agree. It is not even about being tossed out of the park, just every reaction should be appropriet, no need to lower yourself to someone, let security deal with that. My mom always tought me to use my words, I never fought even as a child and this is probably I am so good in sarcasm.

war of the words... I too do that....

 

[A Mickeyfan]

As a woman - I am insulted by this comment. Please don't group anyone!

I agree... and sometimes as I have said in my other post.. it isn't worth lowering yourself to their level.. it isn't that a woman doesn't understand.. in fact much the opposite..

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

A few years ago at the Animal Kingdom I was waiting in line for a picture with Winnie The Pooh and since the park had just opened there was like 2 or 3 people in front of me and I remember there was no one behind me. Well all of the sudden this woman comes walking up towards the front of line with her son because I guess she wanted him to go in front of everyone who was waiting and the Cast Member says he needs to wait, then all of the sudden I hear the woman drops the F bomb to the Cast Member followed by you got to be kidding me and walked away.

 

[DISNEYFOS]

They are filling the park with all the discounts. Then cutting back on transportation and staff making everyone short fused... Add a few groups that don't cue well or try to cheat the system and it's a recipe for disaster And it was very evident this trip. We actually had a cast member yelling not requesting that people fill in a the space in line for pirates of the carribean. I mean like not nice yelling. I have never seen that. It Just was not a nice atmosphere

 

[plutotek]

Women will never understand so you might as well save your breath! It's a waste of time. Some folks think all kids are mindless beings who can't possibly understand or comprehend unless they spell it out on a flash card. I, on the other hand, give kids a lot of credit for being smarter than most adults give them credit. I have a DS 14 and a DD 10 and they're great, well-behaved kids who know when and where it's appropriate to defend themselves. I've always said (and my dad said it too), "Don't start it but be ready to finish it if someone else does." Each situation is different and they're smart enough (and so am I) to know when to take action. I don't see why that's such a hard concept to grasp.

Now that you've clarified that you're sexist and choose to resolve things physically, it all makes perfect sense.

 

[KellyNY]

Women will never understand so you might as well save your breath!

Hm, I do not even understandf all the words you use, I spend too much time in a kitchen, pregnant and ignorant.

 

[OhioDisneyDad]

Hm, I do not even understandf all the words you use, I spend too much time in a kitchen, pregnant and ignorant.

You should get out more!