Have you ever had a shock?

[kaysmommie]

Loved this, and it reminded me of another shock. I was in the Baby Care Center on Main Street at DL, nursing my five month old daughter. The lady next to me was sitting on a chair, so her chest was about four feet from the ground. Her son walks over and BITES her on the breast and says, "I want the ****y!" He had to be about 6 or 7, because he was tall enough to bite her while she was sitting on the chair. Then he whips up her shirt and starts nursing! I guess the age you wean your kids is pretty personal (so any La Leche moms out there, don't flame me), but this kid was not just big, he was downright rude. When I got outside, I pointed the family out to my DH and said, "You're never going to believe this..."

Also, at Discovery Island (so you know that was years ago) I saw a mom balance her toddler on the fence over the alligator pit. I guess she's never been to Gatorland and seen how high those things can jump.

This thread is just getting funier all the time. Some people are really disgusting!

 

[kaysmommie]

Well, I guess that's one way to save on drinks in the parks....

 

[briar_rose_59]

Well I’ve been reading this thread for a while now, but just getting around to posting now lol. The first one happened on one of the busses @ EPCOT (I think) on the way back to the hotel my mum and I were staying at. Well, my mum was in a wheelchair (she had asthma and a chipped ankle so she could walk a little bit but needed the wheelchair for most of the trip. Well, the bus driver asked my mum if she could sit in a normal seat on the bus and leave the wheelchair empty but latched in because he would feel more comfortable if he had to make any sudden stops. He asked the same thing to another woman who was in an ECV and both her and my mum said that they could sit in normal seats. All's good so far. Since this was near park closing the bus was pretty packed. So this one woman with two teenage sons (they looked to be totally healthy, and I know that there are hidden disabilities, but still) stand in front of my mum and glare at her for the entire ride to the hotel. Then she says in a really loud rude voice, while staring right at my mum, "God, look at all these empty seats!! What a waste of space!!! They should just toss all the wheelchairs up on the roof!” Because, of course, people in wheelchairs can just jump up to the top of the bus and grab their wheelchair at the end of the ride

The next one didn’t happen at WDW but at DL in California (yes, I was busy with Disney trips this past year lol) and not so much a shock but just sort of a funny moment that was shocking to someone as Disney-obsessed as moi. So, my mum and I are waiting for the evening parade to start, and the soundtrack starts up. Now, because of the celebration, practically every show that has a pre-recorded soundtrack has Walt's "to all who come to this happy place, welcome" speech. So of course part of the soundtrack to the parade is the speech. This woman starts looking around during the speech and keeps asking people who it was. She had no idea why the speech was being played or what it had to do with the parade. Poor thing. Although it was quite amusing to practically everyone else around there that did know what was going on.

Sorry for the long post

 

[dwheatl]

I've got a funny one. I was going over the photos from our January trip to print out a few photos for our album and noticed that in the photo of my DH and Meeko, they're both doing the "rock and roll" devil horns hand sign! Hilarious! I didn't think characters were allowed to do stuff like that?!?

When my kids were younger, we were in line to take a picture with Rafiki. You know the part in the Lion King when he anoints Simba's head to show he will become king? When I brought my son forward, Rafiki made the sign of the cross on my DS's head. We all laughed and said we didn't know Rafiki was a Catholic priest!

 

[snusnu]

Two days ago, I was on a herpetology field trip (if you don't know what that is, look it up) and a snake bit me straight on the hand, of course I got pissed and stepped on its head. Totally wasn't looking to hurt it, just key it. But rage got the best of me after it bit me, the teacher then got pissed at me, eh oh well. Oh and it wasn't poisonous, one thing about that class, you find out pretty quickly what's poisonous.

Fingers...reaching...keyboard...against...will...

You killed a living creature who was merely using its only defense mechanism against attack by an enormous creature who was in its space? Would you kill a dog or a cat that bit you? Why is a snake any different? If you were in a herp class, weren't you taught more respect for these animals? And it's VENOMOUS, not poisonous. Argh!!!

Sorry. I know it's off topic. Was out of control for a sec.

 

[snusnu]

After this thread the only way I would be shocked in WDW would be for a family from New Jersey to be all in ECVs holding onto their kid's leashes while driving the ECVs into the back of my leg. Then one of the kids would have to pee on my leg. Then the Mom would have to get out of her ECV and walk briskly over to me to curse me out for being in their kid's line of fire. Then she would need to run back to her ECV where she would finish breastfeeding her baby while driving down the middle of Main street. While all this is going on, the Dad would be slapping their other children.

I should also add the both parents were smoking and they were wearing T-shirts with lewd sayings on the front and their daughter was wearing short shorts with a lewd saying across the bottom.

Oh my Gaaaaaaaahd! This is why I shouldn't read these at work. I was laughing so hard I was crying, and emitting snarfling noises trying to keep quiet.

 

[Joanna71985]

I had friends in college who worked as costumed characters at DL. They said they tried to rig fans and things in there, but it didn't work very well. They also had specific limits on the time they were allowed to stay outside in those costumes, based on the weather. On the hottest days, they could only stay out in them for 10 minutes, and it's so much cooler in California. I can't imagine how bad it'd be in Florida!

Anyway, I think this is one of the reasons that they cannot stay out a couple extra minutes to sign one more autograph and pose for one more picture. They need to get backstage and get their heads off before they faint from heat exhaustion!

That's right. So please. If the characters have to go in for a break, don't worry. Most of the time they come right back out in a few mintes.

 

[j-ariel]

I have a shocker!! its not peeing or rudeness though. I was checking into Port Orleans Rvierside last year and an older gentleman fell off a couch. he began seizing, one man went over to help, and the man stopped breathing. so this man is yelling out does anyone know CPR? I ran up and did compressions for him. The mans color came back into his face and pulse ressumed, and a Lifeguard comes up with an AED and yells at us that "we better not be doing CPR on him if we don't know what we are doing, and we could be doing more damage then good" I was absolutely disgusted. the man lost consciousness again and the lifeguard didnt know how to use the AED, why did he bring it if he didnt know how to use it? It took forever for the EMT's to come, and I don't think he made it. Needless to say it put a damper on my trip, thats all i could think about. I was so upset for that man to yell at me, when i did know what i was doing, and then not help the poor man.

 

[Barbers2005]

Just got back from WDW and am sad to say that the most shocking thing I witnessed came from a member of my own family My Dh, Dd and MIL were waiting in line for the bus at Pop when my FIL and SIL came walking up out of the Everything Pop entrance. My FIL was eating some saltines (the ones that come in little packages of two crackers) and started offering them to everyone. He showed us his bag which was completely stuffed with cracker packets. SIL was looking totally embarrassed and as soon as FIL turned away she told me that he scooped up the entire bowl of crackers from the food court and dumped them in his bag. All I could think was "OMG, I'm related to a fixin's thief!" He did it two more times during our stay and Dh and I refused to go into the food court with him for fear they would recognize the cracker snatcher.

 

[DebIreland]

I have a shocker!! its not peeing or rudeness though. I was checking into Port Orleans Rvierside last year and an older gentleman fell off a couch. he began seizing, one man went over to help, and the man stopped breathing. so this man is yelling out does anyone know CPR? I ran up and did compressions for him. The mans color came back into his face and pulse ressumed, and a Lifeguard comes up with an AED and yells at us that "we better not be doing CPR on him if we don't know what we are doing, and we could be doing more damage then good" I was absolutely disgusted. the man lost consciousness again and the lifeguard didnt know how to use the AED, why did he bring it if he didnt know how to use it? It took forever for the EMT's to come, and I don't think he made it. Needless to say it put a damper on my trip, thats all i could think about. I was so upset for that man to yell at me, when i did know what i was doing, and then not help the poor man.

Oh my God! You did absolutely the correct thing. How awful for you that the lifeguard said that. And how awful that he didn't know what he was doing. Shouldn't a lifeguard know these things? I can't imagine what a shock that was and an awful start to your trip. You did good.

 

[kaysmommie]

I have a shocker!! its not peeing or rudeness though. I was checking into Port Orleans Rvierside last year and an older gentleman fell off a couch. he began seizing, one man went over to help, and the man stopped breathing. so this man is yelling out does anyone know CPR? I ran up and did compressions for him. The mans color came back into his face and pulse ressumed, and a Lifeguard comes up with an AED and yells at us that "we better not be doing CPR on him if we don't know what we are doing, and we could be doing more damage then good" I was absolutely disgusted. the man lost consciousness again and the lifeguard didnt know how to use the AED, why did he bring it if he didnt know how to use it? It took forever for the EMT's to come, and I don't think he made it. Needless to say it put a damper on my trip, thats all i could think about. I was so upset for that man to yell at me, when i did know what i was doing, and then not help the poor man.

That is very sad. People are so worried about lawsuits that your not even aloud to help each other. That sucks! As for the lifeguard he sound completely useless. What are they paying him for if he doesn't know how to save lives. That is awful that your trip was ruined.

 

[jazstar87]

I have a shocker!! its not peeing or rudeness though. I was checking into Port Orleans Rvierside last year and an older gentleman fell off a couch. he began seizing, one man went over to help, and the man stopped breathing. so this man is yelling out does anyone know CPR? I ran up and did compressions for him. The mans color came back into his face and pulse ressumed, and a Lifeguard comes up with an AED and yells at us that "we better not be doing CPR on him if we don't know what we are doing, and we could be doing more damage then good" I was absolutely disgusted. the man lost consciousness again and the lifeguard didnt know how to use the AED, why did he bring it if he didnt know how to use it? It took forever for the EMT's to come, and I don't think he made it. Needless to say it put a damper on my trip, thats all i could think about. I was so upset for that man to yell at me, when i did know what i was doing, and then not help the poor man.

UH, HE IS A LIFEGUARD! PLus at a theme park! I am a lifeguard! You do have to update your cpr courses like every two years! I think that is weird, he should know exactly what he needs to do, and know how to use an AED. Plus it should had an instruction guide, right?..he should have read it, right? That is what they told me at my lifeguard training, if they had something there get to know how to use it!....PLus it is more common sense to.


you did the right thing! I just hope, the lifeguard is not my lifeguard one day...

 

[almacdonald]

Straight out of the mouth of the CM loading the Spaceship Earth ride: "God d@mn it! No one speaks english in the d@mned country anymore."

Now that's the Disney spirit!

 

[janica]

I'll never forget this one. It happened on our first trip to DW. We were standing in line behind a young, French couple who were engaged in some
heavy making-out activity, including groping and rubbing!(through clothes) If that wasn't bad enough, they kept at it the entire time we were in line! (15-20 minutes) Fortunately, they spoke French and we don't so we couldn't understand what they were saying to each other during all this! I was younger then and somewhat timid about making a fuss so we said nothing about it, but if it were to happen today, I don't think I would hesitate to complain to them and/or to a cm!

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

Just got back from WDW and am sad to say that the most shocking thing I witnessed came from a member of my own family My Dh, Dd and MIL were waiting in line for the bus at Pop when my FIL and SIL came walking up out of the Everything Pop entrance. My FIL was eating some saltines (the ones that come in little packages of two crackers) and started offering them to everyone. He showed us his bag which was completely stuffed with cracker packets. SIL was looking totally embarrassed and as soon as FIL turned away she told me that he scooped up the entire bowl of crackers from the food court and dumped them in his bag. All I could think was "OMG, I'm related to a fixin's thief!" He did it two more times during our stay and Dh and I refused to go into the food court with him for fear they would recognize the cracker snatcher.

OMG!!!! but i shouldn't laugh...its something my sister in law would do....!

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

I have a shocker!! its not peeing or rudeness though. I was checking into Port Orleans Rvierside last year and an older gentleman fell off a couch. he began seizing, one man went over to help, and the man stopped breathing. so this man is yelling out does anyone know CPR? I ran up and did compressions for him. The mans color came back into his face and pulse ressumed, and a Lifeguard comes up with an AED and yells at us that "we better not be doing CPR on him if we don't know what we are doing, and we could be doing more damage then good" I was absolutely disgusted. the man lost consciousness again and the lifeguard didnt know how to use the AED, why did he bring it if he didnt know how to use it? It took forever for the EMT's to come, and I don't think he made it. Needless to say it put a damper on my trip, thats all i could think about. I was so upset for that man to yell at me, when i did know what i was doing, and then not help the poor man.

i am sorry you had to go thru that. there should be more people like you who are willing to run up and help, alot of lives are SAVED because of people like you! sorry that you had such a poor reaction.

 

[Uuaww]

i find it hard to believe that he didn't know how to use an aed, honestly it is the most simple item to use. They actually timed 3 7 year olds and they figured it out in 5 minutes. Also DW lifeguards are Ellis lifeguards, and they are required to go through 3 hours of training every 2 weeks to keep up on there skills. I don't want people to believe that DW has bad lifeguards, Ellis guards are the best in the US, this was obviously a case of someone freezing up.

 

[Flora Fan]

I have a shocker!! its not peeing or rudeness though. I was checking into Port Orleans Rvierside last year and an older gentleman fell off a couch. he began seizing, one man went over to help, and the man stopped breathing. so this man is yelling out does anyone know CPR? I ran up and did compressions for him. The mans color came back into his face and pulse ressumed, and a Lifeguard comes up with an AED and yells at us that "we better not be doing CPR on him if we don't know what we are doing, and we could be doing more damage then good" I was absolutely disgusted. the man lost consciousness again and the lifeguard didnt know how to use the AED, why did he bring it if he didnt know how to use it? It took forever for the EMT's to come, and I don't think he made it. Needless to say it put a damper on my trip, thats all i could think about. I was so upset for that man to yell at me, when i did know what i was doing, and then not help the poor man.

As the others said, you did the right thing. The good samaritan laws are in place for a reason. I hope that the guy did make it, but honestly, you gave him a chance that he would not have had otherwise.

As far as the AED guy goes. I took the course and the machine I used, talked you through the procedure. If you do anything wrong, it won't work. You can't use an AED improperly. What a sad testimony that someone would berate another who had worked so hard to save another. He should have been fired in my opinion.

You're a hero in my opinion. Way to go!

 

[Barbers2005]

I totally forgot there was one other shocking thing from my last trip (my first one was the cracker-stealing FIL from a page or so back). Same FIL at Biergarten with MIL (his ex), SIL, DH, Dd4 and moi. FIL is not having a good time, and about halfway through dinner he turns to DH and says "maybe after this we can go burn some books." Everyone turns to him with shocked looks and he says "what? That's what the Germans did, isn't it?" I point out to him that remark is in pretty poor taste, especially since I am part German (at this point, it has not yet occured to me that all of the servers are German). So FIL, being the sensitive guy that he is, says "well, your Grandma looks like the type (for book-burning)." Then he laughs and says "no, seriously, I actually like your Grandma." At this point, I asked my Dh to go back to the buffet with me, knowing that if I stay at the table I will stuff a brat down FIL's throat. While we were gone, SIL points out that perhaps FIL should apologize for insulting my ethnicity and my Grandma. At this point FIL leaves, angry that we all were picking on him and he refused to talk to me and SIL for nearly two days. Needless to say, the cracker-stealing, Grandma-insulting FIL won't be coming on vacation with me anytime soon.

 

[jlatina32]

It was the trip I took back in October of 2005. My DH, DS, DD, and I decide to make TOMMOROWLAND our first stop in MK. My DS wanted so badly to get on Buzz Lightyear space ranger spin so we said okay. Now, both my children are in a rental stroller and so they get out and we stood off to the side while my husband put the stroller in the designated area for the strollers. As I am waiting, I glance over to this toddler who I say was no older than 2 years and he is just crying. Now my guess, could have been because he was either feeling hot, hungry, thirsty, etc........His momma is sitting on the ground beside him looking very annoyed and out of no where with an open hand, hits him really hard on his chest!!!!!!!! It was so hard I heard the big thump it made in his chest. My mouth fell open and I just stared at her in disbelief and disgust!!!!! She saw me look and turned away quickly. I don't know if anybody else saw her but I was so pissed off ......I told my husband what had happened and he had some choice words about the whole thing. That image and that little boy stood in my head for a good two hours and everday after I found myself thinking about him and I asked myself why didn't I say something to her? Why didn't I do something? I guess the whole shock of it froze me up that I didn't know what to do. I can't imagine what she does to this little boy at home......hay Dios mio!!!!!! I know one day she will be dealt with and I hope it won't be too late for the little boy. Like the saying goes "What goes around comes around"