Have you ever had a shock?

[LiLIrishChick63]

Both of these happened at night time shows:

The first was while we were waiting for the Main St Electrical Parade. I have to use a ECV in the parks. We ate dinner and went to get our places very early for the parade. We found a place in front of Main St and settled in. The was a small space in front of the ECV and wheelchairs for a companion to sit. Hubby elected to wait and sit in one of the planter's benches behind me. As the time of the parade got closer, more than one person stopped to ask if they could sit there. After a while everyone around me responded "NO", before I could. Well, this one woman, in Eastern Indian dress, didn't even ask. She just flipped up her long top and was ready to plant her bottom in front of me. EVERYONE around me yelled "NO" before she even got half-way down. She just looked at all of us and stared at us like we were crazy, then just walked off. Even if she didn't know english, she could have gestured to ask if it was ok. And, what made her think she could get a curb side seat 10 minutes before a parade anyway? In the end hubby elected to stay on the planter bench and I gave the space in front of me to a couple who had their teenage children nearby. They were very grateful and helped hubby move the ECV off the curb later on.

The second incident happened at Fantasmic. We did the dinner thing to get good seats. Hubby was tired and didn't want to stay for Fantasmic, so he went back to the hotel. I got into the handicapped area of the reserved seating and a little while later the CM's started general admission. The theatre filled up very quickly. Well, when there was standing room only, people started trying to sit on the two benches in front of me. They had handicapped decals on them and were for the families of people in wheelchairs. The CM's gently told people that they could not sit there and made them move. As the theatre really filled up, this guy goes to move his family to these benches. The CM tells him "NO", and he pulls out papers, and starts pointing to them and yelling at the CM about the "resort fees" he paid! As soon as the CM's back was turned, he sat on those benches and motioned for his family to join him, which they did. The saddest part of the story is that families who had disabled people in their parties had no place to sit. I was shocked at the rudness and held one little boy on my knees thru the show.

In fact, there was a shocking lack of courtesy toward people using wheelchairs and ECV's. This was my first trip having to use one. I was kicked, ignored, delibertely stood in front of, had doors slammed in my face and had rude comments made to me. Some people would see me and deliberately would cross my path to try to "beat" me before they got run over. I took to honking my horn and telling people, esp. kids, not to try it because I didn't want them to get hurt. Hubby said that I needed him to run interference for me. It really was shocking. I posted about it on the (Dis)Abilities board when we got back.


I'm going to need an ECV in August too. But, hubby won't be there. My Sister is going to have to help me.

Daisimae

when i went to Universal 2 years ago i had to get a wheel chair. i have hypoglycemia and sometimes i have a hard time walking around. anyway, most of the time people were very nice to me. the employee's there were friendly and i got upfront for some of the shows and people would open doors for me. but one incident kind of bothered me. i was at a restaurant with my boyfriend and we were talking about our reservations to the one hostess and i said "should i leave the chair out here, or is there a place to sit with it inside?" and she completley ignored me and asked my boyfriend "can she walk?".......it kind of irked me. she knew i was capable of talking.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

This happened in Dec 2001 -

We were waiting in line for Thunder Mt and heard hollering and screaming ahead of us. We saw a man grabbing and hitting a girl who was probably about 10 yo. Evidently she was afraid to ride the train and he was mad about it. At one point he started to strangle her. A couple of CMs witnessed the entire thing and didn't do anything. The man and girl were with several other people (members of the family I assume). The dad and daughter eventually got out of line and disappeared. Later in the day we saw them again outside HM. She was sitting on a bench crying and had red fingermarks on her throat and bruises on her face. I guess she was afraid of HM too.

I felt bad for her but what are you supposed to do?

strangleing her!?! oh my lord! i would have went up to a CM and insisted that i wouldn't leave until they called security. he would have probably got thrown in jail for that. it's time like those i wish i had my video camera. i'd show security when they showed up

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

Thanks She really does want to. Right now we are both under a lot of stress due to family problems (it involves other family members. Our relationship is going great), so right now isn't the best time for her to approach this. She has mentioned recently about wanting to quit and I think she is sincere about it. I think once the other stuff is behind us we will sit down and seriously talk about it.

stress isn't an excuse. i've seen what smoking does first hand with lung cancer and it's something i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. the faster the better for her to stop!

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

2 years ago in December i was waiting for the Spectro Magic Light Parade to start. my boyfriend and i went really early to get good seats(it's my favorite parade). we sat there for about 2 hours, and as you FL residents know, it does get pretty cold down there in December once the sun goes down. i want to say it was about 40 degrees. anyway, a woman, who is definatly from a foreign country, comes up behind me with her son and a few family members. so her son was in a stroller and i had moved so the little boy could have a clear view between me and my boyfriend. but mommy still wasn't happy with the arrangement. she kept running the stroller into my back. she kept doing it, and giving me dirty looks and talking in her language(i do believe they were muslim) to the other family members. finally she ran into me one last time and i grabbed the stroller before it hit me and gently(remember, there's still a kid in here) guided it back to it's spot. she stopped after that. anyway, so later on she somehow gets a Turkey Leg and is eating it, with peices falling off into her son's stroller all over him. she didn't even pay attention to where the fallen peices were going. it made me so aggrivated but i continuted to watch the parade

 

[tlbwriter]

the mother said that she begged her for it and if she didn't get her permission she'd get it done herself anyway........

Let's see... I don't want my child to do something, but I know that if I tell her "no," she'll do it anyway, so I say yes... sounds like a parenting strategy doomed to failure!

 

[bigmerle1966]

Not shocking but kind of aggravating. This past trip we stayed at POR. During our first 3 days there was a Pampered Chef thing going on with about 800 staying at POR alone. I don't know if this was just consultants or they and their families, but we seemed to follow them to whichever parks they were going to each day. This was on extra magic hour days too. But we left Epcot at a time that we thought would be okay before everyone else, at about 11pm LOL. Well we got to the line for the POR bus and the line was through all the lanes of the line and back past the bus transportation building. There were several hundred people in line. My cousin and friends son both went and stood in line while me, my friend, her two youngest and another cousin waited on a bench. We actually waited for over an hour to get on a bus. A woman came and sat down on the next bench over and my cousin made the comment, in a nuetral tone, not nasty or anything, that maybe PC should have chartered buses for their people. This woman says "They paid for us to come here just like you did" in an outraged tone than suddenly gets up and runs to get in the Corrinado Springs line that was only through half of the lanes with maybe 50 people in line.

And then we perpetrated a shocking thing ourselves. We got in line with the two who waited when they got to the end of the lanes and waited through the rest of the lanes. By this time the transportation people had called for reinforcements and were loading two buses at a time. As we get to the front of the line my friends youngest, who is four, suddenly announces that he has to pee. He had been taken to the bathroom once already by his brother less than a half hour before. At this point we had been waiting to get on a bus for over an hour and the line for POR was still as long as before. He couldn't wait so I emptied a water bottle and we all huddled around him while he peed in it. We're all laughing hysterically and I am standing there thinking, "Someone is going to report this on the DISboards, I know it"

 

[Jen D]

We're all laughing hysterically and I am standing there thinking, "Someone is going to report this on the DISboards, I know it"

Everytime I had to nurse my seven month old on our last trip-- which I often did during rides and shows to keep him quiet and stop him from making noise and disturbing others... I wondered if one of the anti-public nursing crowd was going to report me on this thread.

 

[musicalSaranader]

when i worked at Claire's i used to pierce ears and a lot of them were on kids between 2-9 and in those ages children freak out because the pain(which isn't really bad) and the noise(which scares them more) and the kids never wanted to get their ears pierced and the parents would literlary force them. i've had parents screaming at their kids and i've had them tell me "oh i'll sit on her and you can do it".........well since i was the Manager on Duty most of the nights(because i was by myself) i told them "i'm sorry but if your child really does not want this done, i'm not going to do it" and they'd get mad and i'd explain to them that there was another piercing place in the mall if they'd like to go there or that they can call and speak to my manager if they wanted to. most of the time they just left mumbling obcenities to me. it just amazes me what some parents do to their kids.

Good for you! If it was up to me, forcing kids to get their ears pierced would count as child abuse.

 

[roberrl187]

Holy Cow. It has taken me the better part of a week to read each post. I cannot believe that I havent' seen some of these things in the parks. I am going next month and will keep my eyes open for something to report.

 

[Handbag Lady]

Well gee thanks!

After reading all of that, for our upcoming WDW trip I can't drink from a fountain, touch a rail, look at anyone else, eat any food with a fork that is not served in sealed plastic, or sit any place near a wee one in a diaper!

Some time ago at Disneyland we saw a lady change her kid's diaper in Cosmic Waves in TL. Total ew factor. I wonder if that's why they took out that attraction?

 

[Daydreamer]

One of my most shocking, or aggravating, moments came during our last trip. I was in line with my three children waiting to ride the Magic Carpets of Aladdin. As we were waiting a child, maybe 5 years old, pushes past us. I though he was trying to get with his family so I didn't pay much attention. In a minute a very large man tries pushing through saying he needs to get with his child, the little boy who has just pushed through. After the man has made it through he proceeds to tell everyone they need to move to the side so his wife and older son can join him. Once they are all together he tells the smallest child to push forward through the line again.

I guess people like this should know they will get what's coming to them. They no more than get on the ride until the youngest son is complaining that he doesn't feel good. During the ride he gets sick and covers dear old Dad not once but twice before they can leave the magic carpet.

 

[Mom Of 2 Girls]

In May (2005) we were part of the group of people who were next up to get on Goofy's Barnstormer rollercoaster. The previous riders were all getting up and exiting the rollercoaster --- except for two riders. They had decided they could stay on the ride and ride it again. The CMs working the ride told them several times that they would have to get out and then they could get back in line if they wanted to ride again. They just sat there and said, "No. We can go again." I was in total shock as I could not believe what I was seeing.

They did eventually get up but not before insisting that they should be able to stay on and ride again.

 

[nancycg56]

I guess people like this should know they will get what's coming to them. They no more than get on the ride until the youngest son is complaining that he doesn't feel good. During the ride he gets sick and covers dear old Dad not once but twice before they can leave the magic carpet.

Gives new meaning to the phrase what goes around, comes around, LOL!

I just have to wonder what makes some feel they are entitled to butt in front of everyone else in line

 

[Belle5]

One of my most shocking, or aggravating, moments came during our last trip. I was in line with my three children waiting to ride the Magic Carpets of Aladdin. As we were waiting a child, maybe 5 years old, pushes past us. I though he was trying to get with his family so I didn't pay much attention. In a minute a very large man tries pushing through saying he needs to get with his child, the little boy who has just pushed through. After the man has made it through he proceeds to tell everyone they need to move to the side so his wife and older son can join him. Once they are all together he tells the smallest child to push forward through the line again.

I guess people like this should know they will get what's coming to them. They no more than get on the ride until the youngest son is complaining that he doesn't feel good. During the ride he gets sick and covers dear old Dad not once but twice before they can leave the magic carpet.

That certainly gives new meaning to someone getting their "just desserts"!!!

 

[MaryKatesMom]

bump

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

This was not at a Disney park, but it WAS shocking.

We went to a water park on Monday. We're standing there in the queue and there is a girl in a bikini in the row next to us. She has her belly button pierced. She is looking at the spike (or whatever it is that she had poked through there) and she starts squeezing it. Gunk comes oozing out. She wipes the gunk off with her finger, wipes her finger on her swimsuit, and proceeds to squeeze MORE gunk out of it! YUCK!!!

More chlorine over here, please!! Some things REALLY don't belong in public.

 

[disneymouse]

ok, the most shocking moment for us was at AKL pool area this past june.
my husband and i were walking around the pool looking for some chairs. HOT day so lots of people around the pool. we walked past this one lady (her chair next to a heavy traffic area, i might add) she was laid completely back in her chair wearing headphones, acouple of bottles of beer next to her chair. however...her swimsuit didn't cover the fact that her 'hedges needed a good trim"

 

[mitros]

Good Lord, some people got no couth! [pardon me while I puke!! }

 

[GrumpyBa*D]

i was bad,
last year while waiting in the lobby for the CBJ, i was standing in a somewhat crowded lobby when another family came in. i had been standing there a while when one of the kids, 5 or 6 starting jumoing up and grabbing the ropes and began swinging on the rope he kicked me three or four times with the parents standing there with their heads up their butt.... i gave him a stare and he kept doing it hitting me...... well finally when the kid was taking a running jump to grab the rope i lifted it and he fell flat on his butt......


ok so i'm mean, the child didn't get hurt and must have known he was wrong because he didn't tell his parents just his older brother.... you know what he stopped doing it...... i just have to ask sometimes what the hell are parents thinking sometimes????

 

[mitros]

You ain't bad, your GOOD! Too bad the parents weren't trying for the rope as well!