Have you ever had a shock?

[Lizzybee]

I have another theory on the WDW flatulence "issue". Maybe if they hold it in for 45 mins while waiting in line they may explode

 

[DisneyGirl]

I saw something I thought was shocking this past week-- there was a girl their with her parents (at least, I assume they were her parents). She was maybe 12 or 13-- she was wearing a shirt that said "Who Needs Brains When I Have These." You can figure out where the words were situated.

I think it's shocking that shirts like that are made, but it's a free market, and if people buy them, then, hey-- what can I say??

What I think is unbelievable is that the parents actually LET this girl BUY and WEAR this shirt!

Does a great job of teaching young girls how important it is to be intelligent and independent and keep their personal integrity!

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

Why, for the love of God WHY do people seem overly free to pass gas at WDW? Its not that much trouble to stop by a rest room to "relieve" yourself. Has anyone else noticed this?

In normal public situations people tend to act with more decorum - at work, at a movie theater, in the shopping mall. But not at WDW. No, these people wait until they are on the enclosed stairs of BTMRR or in the stretching room of HM to share their stench with people who are trapped in an enclosed space and can't get away. Its like they wait for an enclosed space or area of stagnant air to let go. Even walking down the wide walkways jammed with people I've witnessed individuals just "letting go" with a blast on every other step. It's disgusting and I've had enough of it!

It's bad enough when you can walk, but as one poster pointed out, when you are in a wheel chair, it puts you at "brown eye" level and there is no escape from the odors. Trapped in your wheelchair, you often can't get the benefit of the breeze that folks standing can count on to clear the air. Instead you are condemned to marinate in the fetid stench of body odor, dirty diapers and flatulence. Your only view is a sea sweaty buttocks - any one of which may eject a burst of foul gas at any moment. And they do.

Sorry for the rant. But just because we are all on vacation doesn't mean we should leave our manners and decorum at home.

I agree with everything except the part I underlined. I always seem to "walk through one" in the grocery store, Target, etc. I don't know why! I even had a student let one go in class once. Very classy.

 

[Goobergal99]

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[LuluLovesDisney]

I saw something I thought was shocking this past week-- there was a girl their with her parents (at least, I assume they were her parents). She was maybe 12 or 13-- she was wearing a shirt that said "Who Needs Brains When I Have These." You can figure out where the words were situated.

I think it's shocking that shirts like that are made, but it's a free market, and if people buy them, then, hey-- what can I say??

What I think is unbelievable is that the parents actually LET this girl BUY and WEAR this shirt!

Does a great job of teaching young girls how important it is to be intelligent and independent and keep their personal integrity!

On this note,

Shirts I've Seen Worn In High School that Shocked Me

1. "I'm good, just as your boyfriend"

2. "Define girlfriend"

3. "Caution: Big (let's just say candycane instead)"

4. "Eatin' Ain't Cheatin' "

5. "You're Next on my to do list"

6. "Skinny (let's just say witch)"

I will tell you that any parent who buys, washes, folds (or doesn't put into a a cross cut shredder) a shirt like this when they have a fifteen year old daughter, is not sending a good message.

 

[dwheatl]

OK this is not part of the leash debate, but a shocking thing for one woman that happened with my DS's leash. He was about two, and my DD was about 3 months old. My sister had come with us to DL, and she offered to watch the kids while my DH and I did the mountains. It was a hot day and my sister let my son drink 3 bottles of pear juice! She had kids of her own, so I don't know why she didn't know what this would do to him. When we get back from the rides, he's bouncing up and down in his rented stroller, with his harness down the back of the seat behind him, and poo squirting out both sides of his diaper! I ran him into the ladies room, threw his poo-covered harness into the sink at the far end of the restroom to be dealt with last, then proceeded to change him and clean him up. I got many sympathetic comments from the other ladies around me, which I appreciated. I got him and the stroller mostly cleaned up (although I did take the stroller back as soon as we got out and explained to the CM what had happened), and I was about to turn my efforts to the harness, when a "princess", and I mean that in the worst possible way, walks in, grabs the harness out of the sink (even though there were open sinks much closer to her), and says in a snotty voice, "Who does THIS belong to?" I answered apologetically, "It's my son's. I was just going to clean the poo off of it as soon as I finished with him." She dropped it like a hot potato, and the look on her face was priceless. Everyone else in the ladies room was hysterical.

 

[Corryn]

I wish more people would respond like you did.

Good job carone0318 !!!! If you make it to the World this october I'll buy you a Sam Adams.

Darian

I've only read a couple pages of this thread and I'm getting mad!
Whenever I see someone trying to cut the line, etc. I get my Bronx Puerto Rican up and call them on it....Like you said, people count on the fact that most will keep their mouth shut and the wrong-doer won't be challenged. But if I'm waitin' on line, guess what, you bet your heiny you ain't cuttin' in front of me! (Much to my more reserved husband's delight.... )

A few years ago, my cousins went down (during the Brazilian's vacation) and they were in the bathroom in the America section of EPCOT waiting on line. It was hot, crowded and the line for the ladies room was loong. A girl a few spots in line ahead of my cousin obviously couldn't wait, because she dropped her pants and proceeded to do a poopy, in front of everyone!!!!! The kicker is, the lady didn't even pick it up and throw it out!!! She just wiped with a tissue, threw it on the "pile" and walked out!!!!
That is a true story. My cousin said she'll never go during the Brazilian's vacation again.....

Speaking of T-Shirts, I was in my bank without my kids (which is rare, they were Always with me) and there were two teenage boys on line behind me. It was a long line and we were waiting in the que (spelling?) and every once in a while we would meet up and be side by side. The line was filled with people my age and much older. Anyway, the boy's T-shirt said something to the effect of, get on your knees and do your business, you female dog.

Well, after looking at that shirt and all the older people on line, every time I met up with this kid I was getting more and more pissed off. Finally when I was almost up to the front of the line and we met up again, it was now or never.
I said, Excuse me, but that is the most horrible shirt I've ever seen. You are so lucky I don't have my girls with me to ask me what your shirt means. They just learned how to read and they read EVERYTHING! I hope when you have daughters some stupid idiot wears a shirt like that and your daughter asks you Daddy, what does that mean?

Man!!!! The whole line was snickering, it was great! So the kid gets all red-faced and says, Uh, Oh, I didn't realize I was wearing this shirt...and his friend is bustin' a gut....
So I add, The only place you should be wearing that shirt is while hanging out with your friends after 10:00, not in the middle of the day at a bank! I can't believe your mother let you out with that shirt on!

Man, that felt so good!!!

I also refuse to let my daughters wear the words JUICY on their butt...What the heck is that? I don't care if it's a brand name, but to walk around with the words Juicy on your butt????????? You know, parents let their daughters wear these things, I'm guessing, so they'll be more attractive to the boys...But what about the perverts, young and old? Dontcha think they're gonna notice, and want a piece of that Juicy butt? It's crazy

 

[LadyZolt]

I was at MK last week and was sitting down near the curb waiting for Spectromagic. There was a family in front of us (DH and me), and there were people lined up all along, as normal. I'm sitting "Indian style" (what it was called when I was a kid -- my kids call it "criss cross apple sauce") and this boy -- maybe 13 or 14 years old and a big kid -- steps right ON my left knee! He doesn't say "excuse me" or "I'm sorry" or anything, but he did turn and look at me. I figured he was trying to get across the street before the parade starts, so I said, "It's okay, just go ahead and cross" and instead, he plops himself down right in front of me! Then I realize his parents are behind us, and I said, "No, you can cross the street from here, but you can't sit here. I'm sitting here." This kid was taller than me (I'm 5'4") in the first place, and secondly, I was sitting down. He could have easily seen the parade from standing behind us. I was shocked that he didn't even acknowledge stepping on someone who was clearly smaller and weighed less than he did when he was old enough to know better, and also that his parents didn't say one word about this. The kid did get up and move back with his parents. One member of the same family set down sodas on the ground and knocked one over, too, getting Coke all over my DH. Again, no apology or anything, and in fact, they didn't even clean it up. At the end of the parade, they picked up the cups that still had soda in them and left the spilled, empty cup there on the ground. I picked it up and threw it away. But we did get to see the parade and Wishes, and that was the only "shocking" incident that happened to us.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

 

[loribeth]

I was at Magic Kingdom one day last month. We took the ferry over to the park. On our way off a woman and her kid cut my aunt off and got in front of her. Her husband and other child shoved their way in front of me. So we're walking down the dock and the kid in front of my aunt pulls back from his mother and comes to a dead stop. That caused him and the stroller my aunt was pushing to bump into each other. The father immediately starts yelling about how my aunt wasn't paying attention. She politely told him that she didn't mean to do it. He then starts to yell at her. Asking if she would like it if he bumped into her. Then he said that maybe he should hit her and see how she likes it. I really thought he was going to hit her. She picked up her cell phone and told him that she was going to call the police. He still continued to yell at her. She never did call the police though.

 

[mom2alix]

I'm almost afraid to post this, but I was REALLY shocked at Epcot last month....

I had just finished getting my bag checked before heading into the park and this guy about 10 feet in front of me who had also just had his bagged checked says really loudly: "We should have just killed all the muslims and then we wouldn't have to go through all this $%*#!"

I just couldn't believe it. Especially as he was heading into a park containing the World Showcase. I wonder if he kept his opinions to himself around Morocco?

 

[Dislifer]

A few years ago, my cousins went down (during the Brazilian's vacation) and they were in the bathroom in the America section of EPCOT waiting on line. It was hot, crowded and the line for the ladies room was loong. A girl a few spots in line ahead of my cousin obviously couldn't wait, because she dropped her pants and proceeded to do a poopy, in front of everyone!!!!! The kicker is, the lady didn't even pick it up and throw it out!!! She just wiped with a tissue, threw it on the "pile" and walked out!!!!
That is a true story. My cousin said she'll never go during the Brazilian's vacation again.....




Is there a particular time that the Brazilian's vacation? I have read so many stories about this group of people that I find shocking, that I would like to be sure to avoid this time!!!

 

[LindsayDunn228]

We witnesses a shocker Friday at the Dinosaur ride. I was waiting in the gift shop for the baby swap when I noticed a man at the exit getting very aggitated. He had a video camera and was moving his arms around and pacing back and forth complaining. A CM was on his radio and then would calmly talk to the man and his family to try to calm him down. The guy was with his family (there were 2 kids and about 4 other adults with him). We ALL heard that his kid could not get on the ride when according to him 4 little girls smaller than his son were let on.

Let me just say that his son was 2 or 3 years old, and I would NEVER let one of my kids that age go on that ride. My family comes out, and I felt the need to warn him about the man, because he looked like he was going to lose it.

My ride is over and I am exiting and the man is video taping MY kids and everyone elses to "catch" smaller kids getting off the ride. My husand informs me that while I was on the ride the man was SHOUTING words that should NEVER be said at Disney or anywhere else for that matter. And I am talking 4 letter words and more. My husband (he is a big guy) was just about to try to calm him down and suggest that he not use those words around the kids (we are after all in the baby swap area! Ya'll know where I'm talking about... the back of the gift shop where all the little kids and their parents wait around). For most of this time there was just one CM on a radio trying to deal with him and his family.

Anyway, I think he was escorted out of the park because several minutes later we see his family waiting on a park bench and then they are meeted by a CM and start to walk to the entrance of the park. One guy's temper tantrum ruined his whole families day. I was just glad the guy did not have a physical altercation with someone. He was to that point. The CM was very calm during this whole thing. I was just shocked, and glad that my older kids did not witness most of it.

Yeesh, this is beyond creepy!

 

[Ishy]

We were at Typhoon Lagoon last October and were in line to ride one of the faster water slides. There was a family with a teenage daughter (age about 13 or 14)who's dad kept trying to pull down her top and bikini bottom to expose her hiney. Once he pulled out her bikin bottom front to take a peek. Mom seemed indifferent, pretended not to see. They were not from the US and thought maybe they had a different cultural values and so I should just mind my own business, but man, even so....

The girl didn't seem to be appreciating all the "Lolita" attention she was getting. It was disturbing and I considered asking her if she was "ok" or getting a cast member. "Perv" dad saw DW and I glaring at him and he kept his hands to himself. Maybe it was "innocent fun" and he was just teasing his daughter, but I'm thinkin not... more like wanting to throw him from the top of the TOT and see if he can fly like peter pan....

Darian
(not handling the memory well)

We were there I end of September into the October weekend. I was disgusted at the mans behavior - It was child molestation and the mom just didnt seem to care.

In 2004 a nanny stood by while a 3 or 4 year old boy just whipped out his dingaling and pee'd by the fountains in Epcot... a mens room was not far away. We were horrified and the nanny gave me a nasty look and said something under her breath. I walked right up to her and told her if she could train it, she should have it on a leash.

 

[MickeyP]

A few years ago, my cousins went down (during the Brazilian's vacation) and they were in the bathroom in the America section of EPCOT waiting on line. It was hot, crowded and the line for the ladies room was loong. A girl a few spots in line ahead of my cousin obviously couldn't wait, because she dropped her pants and proceeded to do a poopy, in front of everyone!!!!! The kicker is, the lady didn't even pick it up and throw it out!!! She just wiped with a tissue, threw it on the "pile" and walked out!!!!
That is a true story. My cousin said she'll never go during the Brazilian's vacation again.....




Is there a particular time that the Brazilian's vacation? I have read so many stories about this group of people that I find shocking, that I would like to be sure to avoid this time!!!

I'd like to know to. Is it July or Aug.?

 

[Corryn]

A few years ago, my cousins went down (during the Brazilian's vacation) and they were in the bathroom in the America section of EPCOT waiting on line. It was hot, crowded and the line for the ladies room was loong. A girl a few spots in line ahead of my cousin obviously couldn't wait, because she dropped her pants and proceeded to do a poopy, in front of everyone!!!!! The kicker is, the lady didn't even pick it up and throw it out!!! She just wiped with a tissue, threw it on the "pile" and walked out!!!!
That is a true story. My cousin said she'll never go during the Brazilian's vacation again.....

Is there a particular time that the Brazilian's vacation? I have read so many stories about this group of people that I find shocking, that I would like to be sure to avoid this time!!!

My cousin's week at Vistana is in July, but I know I've gone in September and there were packs and packs of Brazilian tour groups. When I went down last Spring, I didn't see one.....My cousin says every year when she goes down, they're always down there, too (or up there, if you're Brazilian )
Maybe someone else knows - I'm going on my cousin's conversations with me.

 

[DISNEYLOVER70]

A few years ago, my cousins went down (during the Brazilian's vacation) and they were in the bathroom in the America section of EPCOT waiting on line. It was hot, crowded and the line for the ladies room was loong. A girl a few spots in line ahead of my cousin obviously couldn't wait, because she dropped her pants and proceeded to do a poopy, in front of everyone!!!!! The kicker is, the lady didn't even pick it up and throw it out!!! She just wiped with a tissue, threw it on the "pile" and walked out!!!!
That is a true story. My cousin said she'll never go during the Brazilian's vacation again.....




Is there a particular time that the Brazilian's vacation? I have read so many stories about this group of people that I find shocking, that I would like to be sure to avoid this time!!!

After I got over the initial shock, I would have had to make a scene. "That may be acceptable in your country, but not ours. Find a place to vacation there if you can't adjust to our customs." Or direct her to a local farm where she can feel "at home" to vacation. Some people just completely disgust me. No excuse for them. I hope I am never witness to anything so offensive.

 

[Darian]

After I got over the initial shock, I would have had to make a scene. "That may be acceptable in your country, but not ours. Find a place to vacation there if you can't adjust to our customs." Or direct her to a local farm where she can feel "at home" to vacation. Some people just completely disgust me. No excuse for them. I hope I am never witness to anything so offensive.

Hey there DISNEYLOVER70 man I'm with you! In countries south of the US border its common to just relieve yourself where ever you are. I had a friend who was a missionary to Columbia and while there she asked where the nearest restroom was. Her reply from a local was "all of Columbia lies before you."

The reason I go to EPCOT instead of the "real" countries is because I don't want to step in human poop and pee. (among other things.) I wish the security people at Disney would start writing up citations for public urination/defecation. It is against the law by the way. If people (parents, brazilians) had to pay big monetary fines/get jail time for this sort of behavior it would end - and quickly.

I don't believe for one second all this "multicultural" garbage. Some cultures are just defective plain and simple. And forget this "who's to say whats right and wrong." DUDE!!! if your culture encourages the spread of disease (as pooping and peeing all over the place do) then your culture is defective and needs to either be changed or eradicated. Encephalitis, tuberculosis, dysentery are just some of the diseases spread this way. I don't want to catch any of them or any of the host of other diseases spread this way.

I would encourage all members of the DIS to vocally confront anyone doing the public peeing or defecation thing. Its a public health issue and its against the law. Sorry for the rant guys. I've just read one too many post about peeing. And what happened to poor loribeth with that loudmouth guy just pushed me over the edge.

PS: Dislifer The next time you or your cousins go to WDW, carry a latex glove so you can pick up the poop and smear in on the person who made the mess. Now thats being proactive!

 

[jezebella]

Not so shocking...but irritating nonetheless...Last weekend DF and I saw a girl about 10 wearing a baby tee that said "DuuMi" with the pronunciation under it saying "Do Me" -- I know my DD is only 5, but she will NEVER wear anything like that as long as she lives with me..

Same day, we got DD a Pineapple Float and went over for a smoke in the designated "you naughty smoker" area. A man sitting next to DD looks at us and says "how much did you pay for that?", to which I told him "$3.50". He then proceeeds to go off with his entire family about the prices at Disney and that it's just not the same and that it probably cost $.05 to make and the fiasco with Splash Mtn. (apparently they had gotten stuck) and that it sucks now...well...GO HOME THEN! Oh, and also that you can't buy a house here now for $100 per square foot! Are you nuts???

 

[rejobako]

if your culture encourages the spread of disease (as pooping and peeing all over the place do) then your culture is defective and needs to either be changed or eradicated.

I could have done without that. All cultures have differences. You're lucky to be living in a country with perhaps the highest standard of living in the world. To suggest that those cultures which do not live up to your standards should be "eradicated" smacks of intolerance. Instead of suggesting that people be arrested or smeared with their own feces, perhaps they need to be taken aside and educated.

Recent studies have found that only 3 of 4 American men wash their hands after using the bathroom. Less than 1/3 of Americans wash their hands after sneezing or coughing. Clean hands is the first step in preventing transmission of infection and disease, and yet many Americans do not care enough to wash them when warranted.

Does that mean our culture is "defective" or needs to be "changed or eradicated"? No. It means we have a long way to go before we can claim we've done everything possible to live in a germless, disease-free glass house.

 

[jjarman]

Hey there DISNEYLOVER70 man I'm with you! In countries south of the US border its common to just relieve yourself where ever you are. I had a friend who was a missionary to Columbia and while there she asked where the nearest restroom was. Her reply from a local was "all of Columbia lies before you."

The reason I go to EPCOT instead of the "real" countries is because I don't want to step in human poop and pee. (among other things.) I wish the security people at Disney would start writing up citations for public urination/defecation. It is against the law by the way. If people (parents, brazilians) had to pay big monetary fines/get jail time for this sort of behavior it would end - and quickly.

I don't believe for one second all this "multicultural" garbage. Some cultures are just defective plain and simple. And forget this "who's to say whats right and wrong." DUDE!!! if your culture encourages the spread of disease (as pooping and peeing all over the place do) then your culture is defective and needs to either be changed or eradicated. Encephalitis, tuberculosis, dysentery are just some of the diseases spread this way. I don't want to catch any of them or any of the host of other diseases spread this way.

I would encourage all members of the DIS to vocally confront anyone doing the public peeing or defecation thing. Its a public health issue and its against the law. Sorry for the rant guys. I've just read one too many post about peeing. And what happened to poor loribeth with that loudmouth guy just pushed me over the edge.

PS: Dislifer The next time you or your cousins go to WDW, carry a latex glove so you can pick up the poop and smear in on the person who made the mess. Now thats being proactive!

Although you will probably get flamed for it, I totally agree. There is just no excuse in this modern day and age for people from any country to act the way some do. I know they know better. Gee, they didn't do it on the plane on the flight over here. They have learned that that kind of behavior is something they can get away with and use the excuse of "that is how we do it at home". I bet the more civilized citizens from south of the border are just horrified to read of such behavior just as I am when I hear of rude behavior of americans in other countries.