Have you ever had a shock?

[musicalSaranader]

Krismas, what wonderful stories! Those are the most magical stories I've read yet! We should hear more of those happy stories!

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

What the heck? When did this turn into a breastfeeding debate?

Why'd you quote ME? I'm not the one that brought it up again. I just responded to someone else's post! Quote the person that brought it up again why don't you. geesh

 

[Tinkerbell10403]

I finally get to post!!

Ok...well not to much shocked me at World about 2 weeks ago.
Everything was magical except for a couple minor things....however just because they are minor does not excuse them.

1. I did see many people wearing very revealing outfits. One lady on a bus had on purple shorts and as plain as day her black and purple thong was hanging right out. How can you get ready for the day and not notice that??? I am a teenager myself...19 but almost 20. I am very modest and do not feel the need to "let it all hang out" like some other young people do I guess to get attention.

2. Some people were very greedy and selfish. I witnessed cutting in lines and people just blatently barging into others without saying 'I'm Sorry'. If I run into to someone, I will appologize. But some people just kept on walking. A lady walking by hit DBF in the head hard with her hand as she was flailing it for some reason and did not even stop. I was almost run over by a man in a stroller coming right at me. He saw me, and did not even attempt to slow down. Had I not jumped out of the way at the last minute...he would have run me down!! I also saw people taking turns riding the ECV carts. That is really sad.

3. The last night we were there the monorail was packed. As DBF and I walking down the car to find a seat we spotted one at the end of the train. I witnessed the guy who was sitting in the car see us come to sit down and purposely scooted over to take up the space so we could not come in!!! How rude! So we waited for the next train. I also saw three older women who were forced to stand because the younger crew the car did not want to get up.

I think that some people's manner need a tune up!!!

BUT other than that...it was magical as always and we had a Grand Time!!

 

[CheshireVal]

Why'd you quote ME? I'm not the one that brought it up again. I just responded to someone else's post! Quote the person that brought it up again why don't you. geesh

Because I didn't see anyone bring it up anywhere in the past 3 pages. I looked! You were the first one to bring it up again, unless I'm completely blind and missed something. AND you devoted a whole huge paragraph to the subject.

That's why I quoted you.

 

[LoriDee]

My story happend in Feb 1998. My DH, self, DD(5) and DS(2) were at one of the rides in MK. My DD had been given a Make-A-Wish trip and had been given a wheelchair to get around. At the ride, we were moved to the front of the line. A woman standing there starting complaining because we were moved to the front of the line. Well, I squated down and turned the wheelchair sideways so that the woman and the folks she was with could see my DD. And yes, DD was bald due to Chemo, very thin and still had dark rings under her eyes. A woman with the woman complaining told her to shut-up and look. I didn't say anything but at that point I was so tired of all the pointing, staring, and comments under breath over the past year that I just couldn't take it any long. I understand how frustrating it could be for people to wait in line and then someone get put in front of them. But, it wasn't like we cut in front of everyone and CM put us there.

That trip was one of the happiest times for my DD during her 3 years of treatment. And it has been a great memory for my DH, DS, and I since her passing.

 

[mndisfam]

LoriDee, your experience and losing your daughter humbles me and puts me at a loss for words.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your dear little girl.

 

[Mike]

My story happend in Feb 1998. My DH, self, DD(5) and DS(2) were at one of the rides in MK. My DD had been given a Make-A-Wish trip and had been given a wheelchair to get around. At the ride, we were moved to the front of the line. A woman standing there starting complaining because we were moved to the front of the line. Well, I squated down and turned the wheelchair sideways so that the woman and the folks she was with could see my DD. And yes, DD was bald due to Chemo, very thin and still had dark rings under her eyes. A woman with the woman complaining told her to shut-up and look. I didn't say anything but at that point I was so tired of all the pointing, staring, and comments under breath over the past year that I just couldn't take it any long. I understand how frustrating it could be for people to wait in line and then someone get put in front of them. But, it wasn't like we cut in front of everyone and CM put us there.

That trip was one of the happiest times for my DD during her 3 years of treatment. And it has been a great memory for my DH, DS, and I since her passing.

How very sad. It is always very shocking to me how we all lose perspective on life. The "agony" of waiting in line for an extra 2 or 3 minutes when a precious child is bravely suffering with a disease. I know I am guilty of this as much as the next person .... but we need to realize how fortunate we are, be grateful, and take nothing for granted.

God Bless LoriDee

 

[Lesley]

Okay.. Not so nice shocker.. Going to the Kowabunga slide.. as I was walking up the steps, I reach just shy of the top when the line slows down to the few people actually waiting to step onto the slide when i see passing me on the way down a man and a very small little girl... the man (obviously the little girl's father.. and i use that term loosely) is berating this poor child... yelling at her over and over for not "standing up tall enough" to pass the line marker to ride this pretty steep slide.... Now, mind you.. this girl was tiny.. very thin and not so tall.. if she was 5 years old i would be shocked. Here he is just so disgusted with her for not "standing on her tippy toes" and yes.. that is what he said... this little girl was walking back down the stairs with her shoulder hunched and this very sad little face... I took my turn on the slide and when I exited who is right behind me on the way up the stairs for the next water slide I was heading for?? You guessed it.. this Man.. and I use that term loosely also!! He is STILL yelling at this little girl... calling her all sorts of names.. and just being basically horrible... well.. i have had it... and I turn around and I tell him ..."Would you PLEASE stop yelling at that poor child" What is wrong with you... Is this what you want your child to remember? What kind of father are you?? There are height requirements for a reason... etc... etc.. and I thought perhaps pointing out to him his horrendous behaviour would make him stop.. but Nope.. he just responded to me with some idiotic response .. real adult of him... and I just couldn't shake that poor little girl's sad face out of my mind...

Valentine, I wanted to applaud you for telling off this horrible man so that his little girl could hear it. Sometimes the difference between abuse like this totally destroying a person or getting through it, surviving and moving on...knowing they can be loved without abuse....is the words of a stranger saying "this is not okay, you don't deserve to be treated this way"

Sorry for the OT, but I thought it was important to say!

 

[LoriDee]

LoriDee, your experience and losing your daughter humbles me and puts me at a loss for words.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your dear little girl.

Thank you so much for your kind words. God has blessed our family with the birth of our DD on March 3, 2004.

 

[LoriDee]

How very sad. It is always very shocking to me how we all lose perspective on life. The "agony" of waiting in line for an extra 2 or 3 minutes when a precious child is bravely suffering with a disease. I know I am guilty of this as much as the next person .... but we need to realize how fortunate we are, be grateful, and take nothing for granted.

God Bless LoriDee

I have to say that prior to our experience at WDW. I was guilty as well, but now I'm very aware of things. I would have been upset with someone cutting in front of me but, with a CM putting them there - there has to be a reason.

I would just like people to take a few moments and stop and smell the roses because tomorrow you may not be able. I'm not saying to live in fear but, just be aware of the world around you. Please know that I didn't share my story to make anyone upset but just maybe open some eyes a little more.

Thank you for you kind words. I do have to say that DISers are some of the greatest people I've never met in person. I enjoy hearing your stories and I'm able to learn so much for you.

Thanks so much.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Because I didn't see anyone bring it up anywhere in the past 3 pages. I looked! You were the first one to bring it up again, unless I'm completely blind and missed something. AND you devoted a whole huge paragraph to the subject.

That's why I quoted you.

Well I guess you are completely blind and missed it- because I quoted it in my post and it wasn't anywhere near 3 pages back. In fact it's on THIS page that you posted THIS quote I'm now quoting you above! Her post, my reply, and now your posts about it -all on the same page~! you must not have read the thread... when I posted I quoted her and she's referring to breastfeeding at WDW (and/or in public, but the comments started about doing so at WDW) being non-courteous and disrepectful even though it's legal to do.

And since when does length of post have anything to do with it? So your complaint is that I responded with a huge paragraph instead of just a sentence?

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

My story happend in Feb 1998. My DH, self, DD(5) and DS(2) were at one of the rides in MK. My DD had been given a Make-A-Wish trip and had been given a wheelchair to get around. At the ride, we were moved to the front of the line. A woman standing there starting complaining because we were moved to the front of the line. Well, I squated down and turned the wheelchair sideways so that the woman and the folks she was with could see my DD. And yes, DD was bald due to Chemo, very thin and still had dark rings under her eyes. A woman with the woman complaining told her to shut-up and look. I didn't say anything but at that point I was so tired of all the pointing, staring, and comments under breath over the past year that I just couldn't take it any long. I understand how frustrating it could be for people to wait in line and then someone get put in front of them. But, it wasn't like we cut in front of everyone and CM put us there.

That trip was one of the happiest times for my DD during her 3 years of treatment. And it has been a great memory for my DH, DS, and I since her passing.

Oh that is so sad that you had to endure someone's petty complaining.

Originally Posted by mndisfam
LoriDee, your experience and losing your daughter humbles me and puts me at a loss for words.

Ditto!!!!!!!
{{{hugs LoriDee}}}

 

[CheshireVal]

Well I guess you are completely blind and missed it- because I quoted it in my post and it wasn't anywhere near 3 pages back. In fact it's on THIS page that you posted THIS quote I'm now quoting you above! Her post, my reply, and now your posts about it -all on the same page~! you must not have read the thread... when I posted I quoted her and she's referring to breastfeeding at WDW (and/or in public, but the comments started about doing so at WDW) being non-courteous and disrepectful even though it's legal to do.

And since when does length of post have anything to do with it? So your complaint is that I responded with a huge paragraph instead of just a sentence?

Why are you arguing this? You quoted a post that said absolutely nothing at all about breastfeeding. It was talking about courteous and non-courteous behavior. Whether or not you and this poster had previous disagreements about breastfeeding or not, it had nothing at all to do with the post you quoted. I had to go back 3-4 pages to even figure out why you were mentioning breastfeeding at all.

I mentioned paragraph length because it seemed odd to devote a paragraph-long rant on something completely off-topic.

I'm just confused is all. It shocked me.

 

[krismom]

A few pages back someone commented about large families and shocking things people say to you.... we have 4 kids, the oldest is 6- the twins are 4 and the youngest is 2. You wouldn't believe what people say to us.... at Disney last summer a woman in line for the teacups said to my DH, "don't you have a T.V.?" and then laughed so hard with her husband. We also had somebody ask us if we were a "blended" family. Is that anyone's business??? But the best one was at the Poly pool when a woman asked me "why didn't you bring your nanny?" Let me just say, these are well behaved kids that my DH and I watch very closely. I never know what to say to people when they say such shocking things- usually because they are just "curious" how we could have so many kids so close in age. Last week at the mall when a woman with one toddler (that seemed too much for her to handle!) said. "better you than me!" in reference to my twins, I said "you are absolutley right!" and just pushed my double stroller away.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Why are you arguing this? You quoted a post that said absolutely nothing at all about breastfeeding. It was talking about courteous and non-courteous behavior. Whether or not you and this poster had previous disagreements about breastfeeding or not, it had nothing at all to do with the post you quoted. I had to go back 3-4 pages to even figure out why you were mentioning breastfeeding at all.

I mentioned paragraph length because it seemed odd to devote a paragraph-long rant on something completely off-topic.

I'm just confused is all. It shocked me.

You're confused because obviously you didn't really read before you jumped down my throat. Let me show you again how she quoted me so no it was NOT a random comment about courteous/etc- she was responding to my post and the subject was breastfeeding and how it's considered not courteous or respectful even though it's legal.

Quote:
Originally Posted by BibbidyBobbidyBoo
I'll say one comment though- don't go where you feel the legal activities are not courteous or respectful. (this part she quoted me- then responded below)



If that was the case, I don't think many of us would leave our homes.

Much of the behavior in the WDW stories in this thread (and non-courteous, non-respectful behavior in all of life) are all perfectly legal things - but as the replies show many people find them to be in bad taste. Unfortunately, lack of courtesy and disrespect are rarely illegal.

That is the post I was responding to and it was a continuance on her part of a previous conversation even though people have repeatedly ask that it be dropped. I responded to her post to me- period. It's not fair to then jump on my case for responding to her bringing it up again! And that's why I said why quote me about bringing it up again when I did nothing of the sort. She brought it up- I responded to her post. Please get your facts straight before jumping on me, okay? It most certainly did have everything to do with the post I quoted that was speaking to me directly- and you would know that if you'd read before scolding me for my post. It's shocking to me that people scold others for their posts when they haven't even read to know what is going on or accuse them of bringing things back up when they were not the person that did so.

I'm leaving for WDW this evening so go ahead and post again about how I shouldn't respond to YOUR posts because that's just continuing it or whatever. You'll have the last word.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

A few pages back someone commented about large families and shocking things people say to you.... we have 4 kids, the oldest is 6- the twins are 4 and the youngest is 2. You wouldn't believe what people say to us.... at Disney last summer a woman in line for the teacups said to my DH, "don't you have a T.V.?" and then laughed so hard with her husband. We also had somebody ask us if we were a "blended" family. Is that anyone's business??? But the best one was at the Poly pool when a woman asked me "why didn't you bring your nanny?" Let me just say, these are well behaved kids that my DH and I watch very closely. I never know what to say to people when they say such shocking things- usually because they are just "curious" how we could have so many kids so close in age. Last week at the mall when a woman with one toddler (that seemed too much for her to handle!) said. "better you than me!" in reference to my twins, I said "you are absolutley right!" and just pushed my double stroller away.

Good comeback on the twins thing! I have said things like I don't envy you when someone has twins- but I don't mean any offense. If they had responded the way you had- I'd have agreed with them. LOL

The other things are just flat out rude! You're right- it's not anyone's business! And what exactly is a 'blended' family anyway? *sigh*

 

[Tina]

Ok.... so anyone wanna start placing bets for what time this thread gets locked??

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Bibbidy and Cheshire, you have got to take this private. Everyone is trying to ignore your posts and hoping this thread is not locked. Please be considerate of the other children.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Ok.... so anyone wanna start placing bets for what time this thread gets locked??

I dunno but it better not get all blamed on me- because it's not fair to expect someone to post to me and not let me respond, then have someone else jump on me and not have me defend myself.

 

[Tina]