Guests behaving badly (aka we need a round of pixie dust over here!)

[DisTeach1]

My own story about "parents" (us) letting their kids eat/lick nasty things.

When my son was 3, we had our first trip with him to the World and my Mom went with. Well, on our 3rd day, we over did it a little and waited to long to eat. We ended up at Sci-Fi, lucky enough to get a walk-in. My son sat in front of the car with my Mom. Well, we were sitting there, in an exhausted state, when I looked over at my son and he was chewing something. I said, "What are you chewing?" He said, "Gum, Mommy". "Where did you get gum?" And, he pointed to underneath the dashboard/table. He had found some gum and stuck it in his mouth before any of us noticed. Gross out! I freaked, but the truth is, germs don't live very long in cold environments like that, and he never did get sick.

 

[Rhongepooh]

Ok the one that gets me upset the most is when your lined up waiting for the parade and people (yes grown adults) come up and get right infront of you and your kids. It's like "hello, aren't you wondering why all these people are standing up by the road?".

 

[Hixski]

Ok the one that gets me upset the most is when your lined up waiting for the parade and people (yes grown adults) come up and get right infront of you and your kids. It's like "hello, aren't you wondering why all these people are standing up by the road?".

This is why DH and I do not do parades. He would be the one to meltdown on those folks and we would be the ones you all would be writing about.

 

[peter pan217]

Ok the one that gets me upset the most is when your lined up waiting for the parade and people (yes grown adults) come up and get right infront of you and your kids. It's like "hello, aren't you wondering why all these people are standing up by the road?".

oh yeah i hate that! It is by far the worst

 

[krissyh]

Can you imagine the world (or the World) in thirty years when all of these kids who were never taught manners or told "no" have kids of their own (hopefully, they'll be too selfish to.).
I'm a teacher and really good at the "teacher face". On the last trip, kids on the bus (afternoon, no too late excuses) were just being terrible, while their parents paid no mind. I mean, loud, rude, stupid antics - crawling on the floor (maybe 8 and 10?) trying to "twirl" around the pole. Now, frankly, if the bus drivers pulled over after a warning and told people that if they didn't stop their kids, they'd be put off the bus, they'd calm down and more people would be willing to say something or control their own kids.)
Anyway - after about five minutes I'd had enough - and I'm a teacher, I'm used to it! So I turned around and gave these kids "the face". They knew what it was, what it meant (even if their parents didn't use it) and STOPPED! Clearly, they knew right from wrong - only not from their parents.
Ok - rant over.

 

[allegracristina]

During our trip this past May, we saw a great one at EPCOT. There was a little guy running around naked in the fountains (the ones that spurt up from the ground). Ok, I can deal with that- he was pretty little, probably about 18-20 mos, not a biggie. Then I see his mother come over and lay him naked on the pebbly, dirty concrete and start changing his diaper. No mat, no nothing. Am I crazy or is this kinda gross? I do not have children yet, so someone please tell me if I am being crazy neurotic woman, but I think this is pretty nasty.

 

[DebIreland]

Leaving the AKL after having dinner there was family with 5 children sitting across from us. The bus was fairly empty and one of the kids (looked to be 5 or 6) was literally laying in the floor rolling up and down the bus. The driver repeatedly announced for parents to keep their kids seated, but these parents paid no attention whatsoever. The kid would get up and down, roll in the floor, climb back up in her seat and then do it again...over and over.

Finally she climbs back in her seat and I noticed then she had no shoes on. About that time she reached behind her back and pulled out one of her shoes...rubber flip flop style..really dirty shoes btw.

Then she proceeds to turn the shoe over and begin licking the sole from heel to toe over and over again. The thing was filthy and she was licking it like it was a lollipop. The parents never said a word to her...can you imagine the germs that must have been on the bottom of that shoe????? YUCK!

This definitely sounds like a child with moderate to severe autism. The 'licking' is a habit that some autistic children have. My son, at age 3, constantly tried, and often succeeded, in licking parked cars when we were out walking. Obviously we did everything we could to prevent it and fortunately, that stopped long ago. It only lasted a few months. I guess some parents aren't as fortunate as us though and they deal with this autistic behaviour (if that is what it is, and it certainly sounds that way) every day. My heart goes out to them. I'd imagine they felt that choosing between allowing the child to roll up and down the bus and lick her shoe was the better of the two options, the other option possibly being to have her bang her head repeatedly in a severe tantrum until she bled and/or 'deafened' all the other passengers. This is all supposition of course, but what 'mainstream' (I hate using the word 'normal') child would purposely *choose* to lick her dirty shoes and roll around the bus having you all laugh at her?

 

[roadtripper]

Those of you that are wondering where the parents are-- see my OP-- they are the ones shoving their kids through the bars into the standby line after running up the fast pass ramp!

And the Castle thing-- I was sure that was me!! I do that EVERY time we ride in on the monorail for the first time of the trip. OK, and the last time, when I make everyone wave goodbye to the Magic Kingdom--sorry everyone!

 

[ParrotBill]

I saw the worst guest behavior ever 2 weeks ago after 20 years of visiting WDW at least once a year.

The hotel grounds at BCV were full of juvenile rabbits that were not very scared of people. When we stepped off a bus one afternoon, there was one that was just hopping off the sidewalk into some landscaping.

A family of two adults and two teenagers was ahead of us. The boy teenager saw the rabbit, raced up to where it had just disappeared, and raised something in his hand - like a small ball, not sure - over his head, clearly taking aim for a killing shot. I heard his mother lamely tell him, as they were walking away well past the spot, "c'mon along" or something like that.

I raced up and yelled as loud as I could to distract him. He took the shot and missed.

His mother and father took exception to my "interference," yelling at me that I should mind my own business and that it was "under control."

I avoided further confrontation as I had done what I intended - protected the rabbit - but would have been prepared to call for police. In my state, willful harm of wildlife is a felony.

 

[mking624]

Just to add some thoughts about the child licking the shoes having possible autism...let's not diagnose without ever having met the child. Some kids just like their tongue on everything. Sounds gross...but it's the truth. Licking something, no matter how gross, doesn't necessarily indicate a disorder. I was "wild" when I was a kid and would put things in my mouth, lick the most random things, etc. I wasn't autistic. Sometimes kids do stuff because they know they are getting attention. I used to be that weird kid licking the shoe...because I knew people were looking at me and giving me all kinds of reactions. Score! I got exactly what I was wanting: attention.

Anyway, not the WORST behavior I've seen, but back a few years ago we were sitting down at MGM waiting for the parade to start. About a few feet behind yet over to the side of us was a woman in her 40s in a ECV. Another woman walked by...and was a good foot away from her, but the woman in the ECV shouted out "OW!" obnoxiously, gave the walking woman a dirty look and started cursing at her. The woman who was walking by started apologizing profusely even though she hadn't even touched the woman (I saw it all as did many others). One guy even spoke up and said to stop apologizing because the woman in the chair was full of it. The woman walked away, and the lady in the ECV scooted up forward (presumably to stop people from walking by) and rammed her chair into another person sitting a few feet in front of her causing her a lot of pain. The guy who spoke up the first time walked over to a security guard standing not too far away...and the guard went over to the ECV lady and said something in her ear...next thing we know, she and those she was with were following the guard in the direction of the exit.

 

[mking624]

I saw the worst guest behavior ever 2 weeks ago after 20 years of visiting WDW at least once a year.

The hotel grounds at BCV were full of juvenile rabbits that were not very scared of people. When we stepped off a bus one afternoon, there was one that was just hopping off the sidewalk into some landscaping.

A family of two adults and two teenagers was ahead of us. The boy teenager saw the rabbit, raced up to where it had just disappeared, and raised something in his hand - like a small ball, not sure - over his head, clearly taking aim for a killing shot. I heard his mother lamely tell him, as they were walking away well past the spot, "c'mon along" or something like that.

I raced up and yelled as loud as I could to distract him. He took the shot and missed.

His mother and father took exception to my "interference," yelling at me that I should mind my own business and that it was "under control."

I avoided further confrontation as I had done what I intended - protected the rabbit - but would have been prepared to call for police. In my state, willful harm of wildlife is a felony.

OMG that's just horrendous...good for you for speaking up!! I most definitely would have as well. It sickens me when people think that is actually ok.

 

[Poohbear123]

Mainly during the real Crowded times. What I don't understand is kids who think its OK to run and chase the rabbits/squirrels/birds etc. Like they have a HUNTING streak in them and want to KILL any Animal. I have yelled at many a kid for doing this, and the parents look at me like I am nuts!

 

[TinkerbellMama]

Last visit I saw a mother watch her baby (I would say 4 mons old) roll around on the floor at Pecos Bills in front of the condiment bar. She was making this "exhausted face" and looking at everyone for some kind of sympathy. This little baby was licking the floor and crawling all over it. The floor was FILTHY, mashed fires, dirt, ketchup splatters every kind of spooge you can think of. What a Mom, huh?

It is a very rare 4 month old who can crawl, just FYI.

 

[peachgirl]

As for our shoe licker...

There was nothing in her behavior that led anyone on the bus to believe she was anything but a child whose parents didn't give 2 cents as to what she was doing. They didn't give her the shoe to keep her from rolling on the floor...she was doing both whenever she chose to. None of the other 4 kids were behaving any better (fighting, hitting each other with their souveniers ..etc) and the parents were totally oblivious to all of it chatting with each other. They never even looked in the kids direction.

The kid was engaging in dangerous behavior. Rolling around and climbing in and out of her seat in a moving bus could have gotten her seriously injured. Licking on a filthy shoe you've been walking in all day...no need to explain the dangers there.

No matter why she was doing it, her parents should have at least attempted to stop it.

 

[Lizzybee]

Mainly during the real Crowded times. What I don't understand is kids who think its OK to run and chase the rabbits/squirrels/birds etc. Like they have a HUNTING streak in them and want to KILL any Animal. I have yelled at many a kid for doing this, and the parents look at me like I am nuts!

My kids and I probably would have tackled the teenager. I can't believe parents just let it be. I guess they've never read any info on early psych profiles of serial killers.

 

[alicenwonder99]

It is a very rare 4 month old who can crawl, just FYI.

OK, you know someone was going to reply to this...lol. My 2nd dd crawled at 4 months, and so did a friend's dd. They were both early walkers too (10 months and 9 months, respectively).

Anyway, I had an incident last December where my dd accidently bumped into a woman (probably in her 50's) standing in line in front of us. DD apologized, but this woman was so full of rage. She ended up getting behind us and proceeded to trip dd (who is 7) repeatedly. I couldn't figure out why dd was walking so "funny", I thought she was being silly and purposely trying to trip herself. She told me, "no mommy, someone keeps on tripping me." I turn around and this woman was giving us such a nasty look...it's was really scary and creepy. She creeped me out so much that we got away from her quickly. I wasn't about to confront her, it could have turned really ugly.

Why would someone come to WDW if they get so enraged if someone bumps them???

Mary

 

[SuAnne]

Last year on the bus from MGM back to POP a family got on the bus and somewhere along the way , one of the young girls opened the lid of her popcorn bucket and took out a puppy ! We couldn't believe it! The little thing must have only been 7-8 weeks old. Where on earth did they get a puppy from , and did they have it at MGM in that heat of August They got off the bus at POP and I lost them in the crowd so I have no idea where they went with the poor wee thing.

 

[goofie4goofy]

It is a very rare 4 month old who can crawl, just FYI.

OK, I don't have kids, I am not an expert on the sizing/age of babies. This was a very little baby that did not walk.

The point is this woman let her little baby of undetermined age lick and roll around on a filthy dirty floor.

 

[HayGan]

Just to add some thoughts about the child licking the shoes having possible autism...let's not diagnose without ever having met the child. Some kids just like their tongue on everything. Sounds gross...but it's the truth. Licking something, no matter how gross, doesn't necessarily indicate a disorder. I was "wild" when I was a kid and would put things in my mouth, lick the most random things, etc. I wasn't autistic. Sometimes kids do stuff because they know they are getting attention. I used to be that weird kid licking the shoe...because I knew people were looking at me and giving me all kinds of reactions. Score! I got exactly what I was wanting: attention.

Thank you so much for saying this as my son is autistic and I would hate to think that anyone who does not know much or anything about autism would think that autistic kids run around licking things!!!

Personally, sounded to me like the kid was trying to irritate his/her parent and probably doing a very good job at it!

 

[Jotash]

The only thing that really shocked me or got me miffed during my last trip in May was when I was at the TTC after leaving MK and headed to MGM. The first bus arrived and filled quickly. An elderly couple and I (I was by myself) decided to wait for the next bus, which arrived only a few minutes later. By then, the line had filled up again. I got on and had a seat right by the door, the elderly couple next to me, across from me were three adult men who I had seen running up to catch the bus. Right before we leave a family of four gets on, father, son and mother with a baby about six months old. There are no more seats. The father is carrying their stroller, the son is about nine, the mother is trying to hold on to the bar while juggling the baby. I watched the three able bodied men sitting across from me as they looked at her and shifted uncomfortably in their seats before I decided to be a "gentleman" and gave up my seat for her (I am a very small female). The mother was so grateful as was her husband. The "men" wouldn't even look at me for the ride as I was standing right in front of them. I'm only in my 30's but whatever happened to chivalry? I saw this so many times on my trip and it is really my pet peeve. If there is a small child who can't even reach the hand rail, a person with a baby, an elderly person or a person who is obviously having trouble standing and you are able-bodied, no matter what your sex - give up your dang seat!! (Off of soapbox. Thanks, I feel better.)