Have you ever had a shock?

[dwheatl]

I was at the the MK, waiting in line for POC (in the area where it's pretty dark). I felt a hand going up inside the leg of my shorts, and it grabbed near the crotch of my underwear! I was obviously surprised, and my immediate reaction was to swat at whoever it was as hard as I could. Turns out, it was a little boy about 5 years old. His mom really lit into me for smacking the hand of her 'little precious'. When I explained what had happened, she didn't see any problem -- he must have thought I was her, and she couldn't understand why I swatted his hand. She continued to make rude remarks to me, as if protecting myself from being fondled in public was some sort of crime. I don't know what goes on at their house, but little kid or not, there are certain behaviors that should be off limits, with mom as well as with strangers. And no, she never did reprimand him or tell him to apologize.

My sister got fondled on HM at DL in the stretching room. The guy slid his hand down the front of her shirt and she elbowed him. He apologized (when he got his breath back) and said he thought she was his wife. Riiiiiiiiight.

Oh, and Darian, I've never been afraid of any other characters but Pluto and the evil queen from SW. My kids were scared spitless by Jafar; you should have seen his hands. His fingers were extra long and bony, with a "cadaverous pallor". DD was 3 y.o. and backpedaled like a bat out of you-know-where when she saw him.

 

[qanita92]

what does cm mean?

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

what does cm mean?

CM stands for Cast Member.

 

[qanita92]

CM stands for Cast Member.

thank you

 

[Darian]

My sister got fondled on HM at DL in the stretching room. The guy slid his hand down the front of her shirt and she elbowed him. He apologized (when he got his breath back) and said he thought she was his wife. Riiiiiiiiight.

Oh, and Darian, I've never been afraid of any other characters but Pluto and the evil queen from SW. My kids were scared spitless by Jafar; you should have seen his hands. His fingers were extra long and bony, with a "cadaverous pallor". DD was 3 y.o. and backpedaled like a bat out of you-know-where when she saw him.

That is just too funny. I always like to get my picture taken with Alice. I always loved that movie! And the ride at Disneyland too! It sort of makes me feel like I'm still a kid. Guess thats kinda weird for an adult to say, but feeling "timeless" I think is a good thing.

 

[njchris]

I was at the the MK, waiting in line for POC (in the area where it's pretty dark). I felt a hand going up inside the leg of my shorts, and it grabbed near the crotch of my underwear! I was obviously surprised, and my immediate reaction was to swat at whoever it was as hard as I could. Turns out, it was a little boy about 5 years old. His mom really lit into me for smacking the hand of her 'little precious'. When I explained what had happened, she didn't see any problem -- he must have thought I was her, and she couldn't understand why I swatted his hand. She continued to make rude remarks to me, as if protecting myself from being fondled in public was some sort of crime. I don't know what goes on at their house, but little kid or not, there are certain behaviors that should be off limits, with mom as well as with strangers. And no, she never did reprimand him or tell him to apologize.

You'd think she would have apoligized and let it go. Kids are kids.. they don't know what they did and it was an honest mistake. Is it me, or are parents more over protective (ie; wearing blinders) than they used to be?

It's as if they turn psychotic and enter another reality.

 

[Lizzybee]

You'd think she would have apoligized and let it go. Kids are kids.. they don't know what they did and it was an honest mistake. Is it me, or are parents more over protective (ie; wearing blinders) than they used to be?

It's as if they turn psychotic and enter another reality.

That's exactly what I thought. When my kids were little we used to go to play groups and that happened to me several times, someone else's kid grabbed my leg or slid their hands up the bottom of my shorts. I can understand smacking a hand if you are in a dark area and you don't know you are surrounded by kids like I was. If I were the mother, I'd have just said "oh I'm sorry he must have thought he was grabbing for me." and then the person who was "groped" would be likely to reply "Oh I didn't realize it was a child, I thought someone was grabbing me, I'm sorry". Done! Simple and civil.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

I was at the the MK, waiting in line for POC (in the area where it's pretty dark). I felt a hand going up inside the leg of my shorts, and it grabbed near the crotch of my underwear! I was obviously surprised, and my immediate reaction was to swat at whoever it was as hard as I could. Turns out, it was a little boy about 5 years old. His mom really lit into me for smacking the hand of her 'little precious'. When I explained what had happened, she didn't see any problem -- he must have thought I was her, and she couldn't understand why I swatted his hand. She continued to make rude remarks to me, as if protecting myself from being fondled in public was some sort of crime. I don't know what goes on at their house, but little kid or not, there are certain behaviors that should be off limits, with mom as well as with strangers. And no, she never did reprimand him or tell him to apologize.

 

[The Sweetness]

Thank God nothing like that has happened to me! I am afraid I wouldnt be able to remind myself that this was just a very small child, not an adult assaulting me. Words sicko or pervert would have left my mouth before I had a chance to think about them

 

[Deebo]

You'd think she would have apoligized and let it go. Kids are kids.. they don't know what they did and it was an honest mistake. Is it me, or are parents more over protective (ie; wearing blinders) than they used to be?

It's as if they turn psychotic and enter another reality.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Once I discovered it was just a little kid--no real harm. But the mother really created a negative situation. I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees this mother's overprotective behavior as being a little crazy.

 

[ellebeegee]

Wow....good thing I teach and have the summer off. I just signed up here; I've been reading this thread for 3 days and I'm only on page 40. Only 180+pages to go!

On our visit in May of 2005, we were at AK and decided to go into the McD's in Dinoland for lunch. While DH went up to place our order, DD and I went to the condiment station and got napkins, straws, ketchup, pickles, etc. and found a table. We sat there for a few minutes, then when DH got up to the counter she and I went up to him to help him bring drinks, etc. We got the drinks first and she and I brought them back and found someone SITTING AT OUR TABLE with everything we had gotten still on it. It's not as though there was nowhere to sit; otherwise I wouldn't have gotten up. My guess is that 75% of the tables were empty, actually. I was stunned. I told the woman, "Excuse me, you're at our table." She said, "Well, what of it? You weren't here." I said, "Our stuff is here. You can tell it's new; nothing has been opened." She said, "So? It could have been anybody's stuff." I said, "EXACTLY! It COULD have been anybody's BUT YOURS! It's not yours, why would you sit here?" She just waves me off and has absolutely no intention of moving. I was so stunned I didn't evenknow what to say or do. She obviously was NOT from FL or any of the other 49; she sounded European. I asked if she was French, and she said, "No, why?" I replied, "Because I've heard that they're the rudest people on earth, so I just assumed you were French." I turned and left, got new "stuff" and found us a new table. I immediately wished I had just sat down and had DH and DD sit down, too. I literally fumed over that for HOURS.

And, in line for POTC, a woman who was there with a convention (she was with other folks in matching t-shirts) sniped at my 5-yo DD and my DH for "cutting in line." We were gathered at a point where the CM had told us to "fill in every available space, do not make a line." She and her companions just stood there so my DD went around her and we followed. My DH very politely apologized and said he didn't mean to cut, just was "filling in the available space." She kept getting in his face and getting loud. I am a southern girl and while I may get in my DH's face sometimes, LOL, I do NOT take kindly to anyone else dissing my man! So I interjected myself in the situation and gave her "what for" right back. She and a couple of her convention buddies ended up to be in the same boat as us. My DH wanted to stand back and wait for the next one, and I said, out loud, "Absolutely not, our boat is here and we're riding." That happened to be the first time we had ever ridden POTC and we don't like that ride to this day.

And now we stay on the lookout for the crazed Cherished Teddy fans, LOL!

 

[Corryn]

I would have never thought of sitting at the table with that woman.....Now I know what to do, thanks!! And I liked your French comment
As for rides, you should really try POC again, we think it's one of the best!

When my girls were young (7 & 8, I think) we were waiting on line for the Countdown to Extinction ride (now Dinosaur) and there was a group of goofy high school girls in front of us. They were being typical high schoolers, loud, you know...Anyway, they were loud the whole time we were on line and I knew I didn't want to ride with them, but I never vocalized my feelings.

After watching the pre-show, my youngest daughter became apprehensive about riding. Well, it was our turn to get into the immediate queue for the cars, and I told my husband I didn't want to ride with the teenagers, but he said, oh, c'mon. (the girls didn't hear me, I whispered it to him) So we get on.

We're in the front seat of the car and the girls are behind us. The ride didn't even start yet and they're screaming bloody murder. My youngest was starting to cry that she didn't want to go on, she's scared, etc. and I'm trying to soothe her. Before we even left the platform, I turned to the girls and nicely said, can you please stop screaming like that? You're making my daughter cry..Just then the ride started.

Do you know what those little B*&#$@s did? THEY LEANED FORWARD AS MUCH AS THEY COULD TOWARD MY DAUGHTERS SEAT AND SCREAMED LOUDER - THE WHOLE FRIGGIN RIDE!!!!

So my daughter has out and out lost it. You know how that ride is, and I turned back to the girls and was yelling at them to shut up, but we're all bumpin' and jerkin' and I didn't want to get whiplash, so I turned back around.
That whole ride was the most miserable ride we've ever ridden.

So when the ride was over, our family got off first and we were at the stairwell starting to ascend when the girls ran over and started shoving us out of the way!!! Well, they got past my husband and my other daughter, and I didn't realize what was going on since they were stampeding like a bunch of bulls, but when I feel a stranger touch me in any way, especially in a rough way, I react. I felt like I was under attack and my elbow went back and jabbed whomever in their body...The girls quickly backed off.

I immediately went to guest services (my daughter was still crying) and I was told that there were a couple of local high schools visiting and there was nothing they could do. In fact, I didn't even get a genuine "I'm sorry for your negative experience". I got this look like, lady, give me a break.

Right after that I told my girls if I EVER see or hear that they're harrassing a little kid or a family or anyone they would incur my wrath. I always had respect for my elders, and why the heck would I want to scare the heck out of a stranger's kid?

I really forgot about that because we've had soooo many excellent experiences while vacationing at Disney. We've had other little things, but I think that was the worst. I hope it's the last!

 

[familydisney]

We were at Fantasmic last year and we waiting the obligatory 30 minutes before the show started when the family behind us, already annoying, starting to force feed their 2 yr. old daughter macaroni and cheese. Mom said she was worried because she had thrown up earlier and hadn't been able to keep any food down. Sure enough, about 10 minutes later, she projectile vomits all over the row in front of her, most of which were the seats I had saved for my family. I was also the proud recipient of a lot of it. Now I know you can't control those things, so I tried to deal, squisihing kids on laps and trying to ignore the stench. But what happened next was the kicker....NOTHING!!!! They didn't apologize to any of us who had just been sprayed, they didn't clean her up or do what I would have done....TAKE HER OUT! She and the entire family stayed exactly as they were. I'd have been so mortified I would have paid people and high-tailed it out of there.. Amazing.

 

[kurt90]

This June at Chef Mickey's, I went downstairs to the bathroom and while in the stall, a father and his young son entered the stall beside me. The boy obviously wasn't feeling well and was crying a lot. But what really made me almost cry was when the dad started the threats by yelling things like, "I'll hit you if you throw up on me!". It was one of those times when you just want to go hug the kid because you feel so bad for them. Luckily, the father seemed to cool down after a while.

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

This did not happen in WDW, it took place at a TGI Friday's on 192 East. My family & I were seated right by a family who had a baby that would not stop crying the whole time we were there. Well he did stop but would start up again every few minutes. It's not the baby's fault but I wished that the Mother or Father would have taken him outside the restaurant for a few minutes to calm him down. It was our fault for not asking to be seated to another table, because if I remember correctly the restaurant was not busy at the time. Anyway during the dinner I whispered to my Dad, god can't this kid shut up already, however it turns out I was not quite enough because the Mother heard me say this. Anyway she got really mad & told my family calm down because he is just a baby, then maybe because of what I said she made a nasty remark about me right in front of my parents. Well after that my Mom made a nasty remark to her, which I will not repeat. Anyway after that they finally left the restaurant & we just put the whole thing behind us & did not let it ruin our vacation.

 

[Viori]

Ack!! After reading all these I'm re thinking my plans to go to Disneyland...but I really want to go; it's been far too long.

Viori

 

[Viori]

This did not happen in WDW, it took place at a TGI Friday's on 192 East. My family & I were seated right by a family who had a baby that would not stop crying the whole time we were there. Well he did stop but would start up again every few minutes. It's not the baby's fault but I wished that the Mother or Father would have taken him outside the restaurant for a few minutes to calm him down. It was our fault for not asking to be seated to another table, because if I remember correctly the restaurant was not busy at the time. Anyway during the dinner I whispered to my Dad, god can't this kid shut up already, however it turns out I was not quite enough because the Mother heard me say this. Anyway she got really mad & told my family calm down because he is just a baby, then maybe because of what I said she made a nasty remark about me right in front of my parents. Well after that my Mom made a nasty remark to her, which I will not repeat. Anyway after that they finally left the restaurant & we just put the whole thing behind us & did not let it ruin our vacation.

However, I figure that there's a way to reward the kids who behave well in restaurants. Several times, I've sent dessert to families with well behaved kids, and it's always gone over well. The kids find out that people are aware of their behaviour, they get rewarded, and their parents or grandparents can dine out on the story for ages.

Viori

 

[hogwartsdropout]

This was a shock, but quite funny at the same time.
We were on a Disney bus, going to one of the parks. As the bus was driving on the way to the park, the driver spotted 2 people, just walking at the side of this huge main road. They were dressed very much like tourists, which I think made the driver pull over to see what they were doing.
When the driver asked them what they were doing, they said "we're looking for River Country!!" Not only was this crazy because they were literally walking at the side of a huge interstate, but River Country had closed years earlier! We all cracked up on the bus, as did the driver.

 

[Kath2003]

We were at Fantasmic last year and we waiting the obligatory 30 minutes before the show started when the family behind us, already annoying, starting to force feed their 2 yr. old daughter macaroni and cheese. Mom said she was worried because she had thrown up earlier and hadn't been able to keep any food down. Sure enough, about 10 minutes later, she projectile vomits all over the row in front of her, most of which were the seats I had saved for my family. I was also the proud recipient of a lot of it. Now I know you can't control those things, so I tried to deal, squisihing kids on laps and trying to ignore the stench. But what happened next was the kicker....NOTHING!!!! They didn't apologize to any of us who had just been sprayed, they didn't clean her up or do what I would have done....TAKE HER OUT! She and the entire family stayed exactly as they were. I'd have been so mortified I would have paid people and high-tailed it out of there.. Amazing.

I agree with all of it except for the being mortified bit. I would apologise but it's a child, they aren't great at controlling being sick. It's not the parent's fault their kids threw up on you but equally I would apologise for the situation arising but I wouldn't be ashamed of my child because he or she got sick. I would, however, have been apologetic for the situation (which clearly this woman wasn't) and I would have removed the child because he or she clearly wasn't well - it is in the best interests of the child, primarily, to be taken to a quiet place where he or she can get the rest and attention they need.

 

[Deebo]

We were at Fantasmic last year and we waiting the obligatory 30 minutes before the show started when the family behind us, already annoying, starting to force feed their 2 yr. old daughter macaroni and cheese. Mom said she was worried because she had thrown up earlier and hadn't been able to keep any food down. Sure enough, about 10 minutes later, she projectile vomits all over the row in front of her, most of which were the seats I had saved for my family. I was also the proud recipient of a lot of it. Now I know you can't control those things, so I tried to deal, squisihing kids on laps and trying to ignore the stench. But what happened next was the kicker....NOTHING!!!! They didn't apologize to any of us who had just been sprayed, they didn't clean her up or do what I would have done....TAKE HER OUT! She and the entire family stayed exactly as they were. I'd have been so mortified I would have paid people and high-tailed it out of there.. Amazing.

YUUUCCCKKK!!!!!!!!
She force feeds mac & cheese to a vomiting toddler, and what does she expect to happen? Given her obvious lack of good judgment, it is no surprise that it didn't occur to her to (1) apologize to you and (2) take the child back to the hotel so she could rest, or (3) at a minimum, try to clean up your seats or offer to switch with you. The more I read, the more I am convinced that people should have to pass a test before being allowed to reproduce.