Have you ever had a shock?

[enchantedpixiedust]

Great thread...I think this will be forever etched in my mind everytime I pass the restrooms in Germany.

There was a huge line waiting for a stall, finally my turn came and when I went in the seat was COVERED in urine. I don't sit, but it was BAD and I just didn't want to use it, period. So...I turned around and was going to wait for the next stall. The lady that had left the stall before me was at the mirror, I didn't notice her or recognize her as the one who had it before.

So - the next lady in line started walking into the "tainted" stall, I just said to her it was dirty and she might want to wait. WELL - the woman who used it previously whipped around and about took my head off - what the h*** was I talking about?? She just used it and it was fine, blah blah. I didn't know what to do, I was off guard and finally just said, look - the seat has urine on it and I don't want to use it. (mind you there's probably 15-20 women standing around in there staring at this point)

She proceeds to call me a snotty so and so, etc - so the woman behind me pushes open the stall door. looks in and says to her "she's not lying about it". The woman stormed out of the bathroom and then I saw her in the shop at Norway later and she was making derogatory comments loudly to her companion about me. Very mature for someone in their 40's with kids in tow.

 

[bishdom]

Originally posted by 3DisneyNUTS
See I know I may get flamed but instead of going along with the child and argueing why didn't you immediately tell the child you did not work for Disney. He obviously thought you were a CM refusing to trade with him. I actually feel badly for that family.

Oh no, I won't flame you at all. The reason that we didn't immediately tell the child is that my wife had traded with many kids before (one 4 year old she traded a Disneyland Tinkerbell pin with was especially cute) and just figured he wanted to do a trade with her. When she told him she wouldn't trade that pin, he immediately came back at her telling her she had to. We had been trading pins exactly 2 days at this point and the kid kept saying "Those are the rules". She couldn't believe that he would act that way and we were quite confused as to why they were acting that way... We didn't recall any "secret pin trader rules" or anything along those lines that would make these people flip the way that they did until the Dad said "I want to speak to your supervisor." at that point, DING. We got it.

If you would have seen the fit that both of them pitched, you would have been shocked... trust me. They didn't just say "You have to trade." They SCREAMED it. There was no attempt to have a dialogue with us at alll, just demands. I thought the Dad was going to take a swing at me at one point.... it was crazy.

 

[3DisneyNUTS]

Originally posted by bishdom
Oh no, I won't flame you at all. The reason that we didn't immediately tell the child is that my wife had traded with many kids before (one 4 year old she traded a Disneyland Tinkerbell pin with was especially cute) and just figured he wanted to do a trade with her. When she told him she wouldn't trade that pin, he immediately came back at her telling her she had to. We had been trading pins exactly 2 days at this point and the kid kept saying "Those are the rules". She couldn't believe that he would act that way and we were quite confused as to why they were acting that way... We didn't recall any "secret pin trader rules" or anything along those lines that would make these people flip the way that they did until the Dad said "I want to speak to your supervisor." at that point, DING. We got it.

If you would have seen the fit that both of them pitched, you would have been shocked... trust me. They didn't just say "You have to trade." They SCREAMED it. There was no attempt to have a dialogue with us at alll, just demands. I thought the Dad was going to take a swing at me at one point.... it was crazy.

OH so you think the kid knew you weren't a cast member HOLY COW! The Dad probablyy assumed you were but the kid was just freaking because he wanted the pin...then in this case I feel bad for all of you LOL. See that is why I could never pin trade. It can get ugly LMAO.

 

[bishdom]

Yeah, We don't trade anymore either for similar reasons. People are out of control. I don't know if the kid knew that we weren't cast members or not, regardless of whether he did or not, he came off quite the brat. I was impressed with my wife's ability to stay cool through the whole thing. She is usually pretty high strung when someone pushes her buttons but she was cool through the whole thing. She never lost her temper and actually laughed when the guy asked to speak with her supervisor. I just thought it was pretty gutsy for the kid to do that but they have to have been trading for a long time because he knew which one to go for right off the bat... when we were there, it took us 4 days to realize that it was ok to trade with a CM for any pin they had on their lanyard. That encounter was part of the discovery actually LOL! I think I was more shocked at the fathers behavoir than the kids. He got right in her face and I thought we were going to have a problem for sure... not the way I would have wanted to spend my vacation so I'm glad he didn't get too pushy. Going back in October and I'm hoping everything goes smoothly like last year. LOL

 

[jgates]

We really did well at going thru 2 weeks without any bad shocks.

However......

If you have obscene tattoos on your arms, please do not wear a tank top to a family theme park.

If you are wearing white (thin) pants, please do not wear underwear with big red polka dots on them.

If you cannot get another fast pass because it hasn't been 2 hours, please don't expect to turn around and ask me to get fastpasses (that I am waiting to get for myself) for you and to give them to you so you can use them and then get disgusted with me when I won't give you mine.

 

[bishdom]

If you cannot get another fast pass because it hasn't been 2 hours, please don't expect to turn around and ask me to get fastpasses (that I am waiting to get for myself) for you and to give them to you so you can use them and then get disgusted with me when I won't give you mine.
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That happened to you??? Wow... that is gutsy to say the least....

 

[MELSMICE]

Originally posted by jgates
If you cannot get another fast pass because it hasn't been 2 hours, please don't expect to turn around and ask me to get fastpasses (that I am waiting to get for myself) for you and to give them to you so you can use them and then get disgusted with me when I won't give you mine.

Now that to me is a shock! What nerve!

 

[Disney Spaz]

I have three stories to share both about unbelievably rude people. First in 1997 my DH took our 6 yr old Ds on his first Dumbo ride. As the CM allowed people to get on a man rushing to get to the Dumbo he wanted ran past my DH ans shoved my DS to the ground. Instantly my DS began crying as a large gash on his leg began bleeding everywhere. I rushed to my Ds's side and with the help of the Cm cleaned him up and calmed him down while my DH walked over to the man now sitting in his Dumbo and told him to get out and try shoving him over. Of course like all bullies the man backed down when confronted with an adult rather then just a child. I also felt better because the CM let the ride just sit there with the man on it while my son was tended to.
THe nezt time was this past Nov. My DH is totally in love with Illuminations and we had finally broken down a brought the camcorder to record to show. Two hours before showtime my DH set up the camera and staked out his viewing area. My two DS's and I sat with him most of the time and chated with another family sitting on nearby benches. With about 15 minutes til showtime a young woman walks over and tries to squeeze between our tripod and the rails, about 5 inches wide, and knocks over our brand new camcorder. Lucily my DH caught it right before it hit the ground. The girl just turned her head and actd as if nothing had happened. When my DH began to say something to her she said in a thick Spanish accent "stupid @#@# Americans" To my suprise my DH decided to be the bigger person and took a walk while I stayed with the boys. Little did this woman know she had started a war with me.
When the show got ready to start and she stood up to face the lagoon I slide my leg in the 5 inches of space between her and the railing and with my size blocked her view and caused her to step back. With this new opening I allowed some smaller choldren to move forward and have a perfect view of the show. I then turned to her and said "I won't insult others of your culture because of your stupid behavior because I am sure they are embaressed enough that you are a part of their culture"Needless to say she left in a huff. I know this was very un-disney but I was just so fed up with rude behavior.
Finally, I was going through the house of tomorrow in Innoventions and there was a family with a screaming child but they would not take him out. The only time he stopped screaming was when Mom put him down and he was running through the off limits area of the exibhit. Five times the CM had to stop the presentation to ask the parents to get their child before they finally left the exhibit.
Sorry for ranting on and on it is just hard to deal with rude people when you are trying to make it a magical place for your children.

 

[3DisneyNUTS]

I have a tripod story. I set mine up against an area of the fence betwwen the hub and tomorrow land. I pointed my camera towards the castle and made sure the legs did not extend past where DH and I were standing. We were not DH&DW at the time so no kiddies either. I also picked and unusual spot because I was shooting infrared film and was trying to get shots of the fireworks over the castle. Infrared only reads heat in a photo not really light like regular film. Well this huge guy tries to squeeze in front of DH and I not paying attention that the fence and or tripod was right there and I guess without realizing it he tries to climb up the tripod instead of the fence. The guys was huge but I think he was trying to squeeze us out of our spot. Well of course I did not bring my pro tripod but the cheap LIGHTWEIGHT one that went with our video camera. I was usuing my pro 35mm on it though. Once I felt him before I could speak "Hey" I grabbed the camera to prevent that from hitting the ground and SNAP the leg broke. Once he realized what he had done he RAN! Leaving me with my broken tripod. Nice guy! So no shots of the fireworks that night.

Then on the same trip coming home the security guard from the airport wanted to search my camera bag. Fair enough I had alot of equiptment with me so I felt it wasn't an odd request. Well he does his search calls someone over to check out my weird film. Infrared caisters cannot be opened in light so he had to make sure they could be allowed through without opening the film canister (pre 9-11) So right there I thought I was going to lose my shots since I KNEW they were going to open my film. Thankfully the manager knew what infrared film was and oked it As the guard is closing the bag he is latching it wrong. As I go to help him he forces it and breaks the latch off right in his hands. Then thinking I did not notice he tries to shove the broken piecve into the bag. Now of course because my tripod was broken that same trip I spoke up. I said "Come on you just broke my bag!" He was looking at me like I had 2 heads but finally admitted it. So at least the airport for my bag. But from now on I never bring my gear.

The pics I got came out amazing though. I have ones of the que of the tower of terror that I actually framed on my wall. It looks very strange shot in the infrared.

 

[mike2u]

finally got through this whole thread, and I must admitted. I'm pretty disgusted... I'm be there in 11 days and will report back any strange happens. Hopefully without my DD11, DD7 around..

 

[bishdom]

Once he realized what he had done he RAN! Leaving me with my broken tripod. Nice guy! So no shots of the fireworks that night.

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What a jerk! Hope he came out of the park and found his car keyed... Talk about bad karma on that one.

 

[gjerseygirl]

Some of these posts are hysterical!! Some are just way too disgusting and disturbing. Unfortunately, some adults are like teenagers. They just want to see what they can get away with. It's like getting a great sale at a store. "yeah, I got one over on them." My husband is like this. It's sooo embarassing. I call him a "rulebreaker". Give him a list of rules, and he'll look it over and pick out which ones he's gonna break. Oy Vey....I have to keep him under control every second!! And me...I follow every single rule. Even if it's not a rule and I think it should be I follow it!! Although he'd never do anything disgusting, I can't wait to see what rules he breaks in Nov. Me and the kids just pretend we don't know him!!

 

[3DisneyNUTS]

Originally posted by bishdom
Once he realized what he had done he RAN! Leaving me with my broken tripod. Nice guy! So no shots of the fireworks that night.

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What a jerk! Hope he came out of the park and found his car keyed... Talk about bad karma on that one.

That is so funny because I feel badly for wishing stuff to happen on people. LMAO I thought "I hope you freaken trip!" as he ran. It does come around though eventually maybe he lost his wallet. LOL

 

[3DisneyNUTS]

Well I am not going to post who this is but I have a person I know who allows her daughter to steal at WDW and comes home to show off all her stuff like braclets and jewlery etc. It is so nice to see how the children are being taught to steal. It amazes me. Needless to say when we got invited on a group trip with them we declined. I just hope one day they get caught.

 

[MELSMICE]

Originally posted by 3DisneyNUTS
Well I am not going to post who this is but I have a person I know who allows her daughter to steal at WDW and comes home to show off all her stuff like braclets and jewlery etc. It is so nice to see how the children are being taught to steal. It amazes me. Needless to say when we got invited on a group trip with them we declined. I just hope one day they get caught.

Well, it shouldn't be a shock to the parents then when the child is caught for shoplifting & winds up in jail!

 

[3DisneyNUTS]

Originally posted by MELSMICE
Well, it shouldn't be a shock to the parents then when the child is caught for shoplifting & winds up in jail!

Yep...It is an entitlement thing on the moms part. Like she is owed it or because the stuff is pricey she still deserves to have it. It really makes me sick!

 

[MELSMICE]

Originally posted by Deb & Bill
How many times have you read on this board that "I spend so much money at WDW, I deserve this/that/free refills with an old mug/five in a room"?

Way too many!!!

 

[3DisneyNUTS]

OH OH OH I have another shock...Which freaked me and DH out so severely we have not been back to that restaurant yet. BUT we were at the Norway restaurant (I am so bad at remembering the actual name). Anyway this HUGE HUGE HUGE COCKROACH is crawling up the wall and everyone is ignoring it. The thing was gigantic and I was holding my breath at somepoints wanting to yell out to the CM. So we left in complete shock that no one cared about it. Now it was one of the visits back before we had our son so it was several years ago. Just recently I was speaking with someone and told them the story and she said " That was a palmetto bug!" very common in Florida. So we looked it up online and it sure was. This whole time I thought it was a killer cockroach! I guess that is why no one was freaking out except for us lol.

 

[SnackyStacky]

Please don't make me lock a thread that's lasted for 52 pages.

Everyone has an opinion, is entitled to that opinion, and is entitled to EXPRESS said opinion.

NOBODY has any right to resort to name calling, or bashing.

Keep.
It.
Civil.

 

[GeekChic]

still working my way through this entire thread (it gets scarier all the time!) i have a couple stories/observations to toss into the ring here...

stories: Kid old enough to know better SPITTING into the manatee tank at LS!!! He was with a huge tour group, none of the adults were paying attention, and he just hauled off and let it go into the tank. I was in shock, I looked at him like "you did not just spit on those beautiful animals" He did it again! I was pressed up next to him in the crowd and I said something to him (don't remember exactly) it was a gut reaction it was either something like "You spit on them again and I spit on you!" and then added i'd flag the CM and have him tossed out. He pretended he didn't understand me, when I warned him again as he reared his head back that I'd have him thrown out with the whole group, i then discovered that he spoke enough english to cuss me out and then he and his group left. He couldn't have been older than 7 or 8.

then there was the girl (mentioned in the cell phone thread) having an R rated (at least) convo about her date the night before on her cell phone in line at Peter Pan *groan* it was raining too and we didn't want to get out of line (long wait) because we were under the awning where it was dry.

Then there was the waitress at CRT who was (what was it with people last fall? LOL) in the kitchen literally SHOUTING about her date the night before, shocking not just us but everyone in the dining room. I went up to another server and told him it wasn't "Very good show" to talk about your sexual exploits while on stage. He turned pale and ran into the kitchen and she shut up after that. Talk about killing the mood in the castle!

Now...the observation. To all the people who let their kids urinate in public/parking lots whatever, esp. those who say their child is "just being trained" haven't you ever heard of pull ups??? when DD was training and we went to WDW we had her wear them even though she never had an accident at home for the first trip after her training just to prevent any accidents should she neglect to give me ample time to get her to a potty.

I mean, doesn't it make sense to be prepared? Then if they can't hold it, no one knows and it's no big deal and you don't gross everyone else out by letting them pee wherever they happen to be.

Also, people have to be very conscious of where their kids are at all times. On our last trip there was a very distraught woman that I talked to at MGM, her daughter had started to go outside the bathroom without her and the woman freaked out because she had witnessed an attempted child abduction at the Magic Kingdom bus stop that morning.

She said she was on the bus from one of the moderates (i forget which but I think it was CBR) with a family who had several small children. Apparently, the bus was crowded. The family moves to the front to get off the bus..and once they're off the bus, suddenly the mother starts screaming she can't find her two year old.

Apparently, he had been taken by the hand by a stranger on the bus who had him some distance away from the stop before anyone knew what was going on. People started screaming at her, she left the child and ran: and got away.

This woman kept warning me to keep my daughter's hand in mine, something that I already do at WDW.

People think things like this are urban legend, but I was told this story at MGM by a woman who had seen it that day with her own eyes and given a statement to WDW security on it.

so keep those munchkins close!!!

i don't know if I want to read the rest of this thread! LOL i'm like reading with one eye open LOL.

geek