Have YOU ever had or witnessed a rude incident in the park? Tell me about it!

[SabbyR]

Edited because my opinion doesn't really matter.

 

[alvernon90]

Edited because my opinion doesn't really matter.

Oh no! By that standard I have 762 posts to edit. I better get started!

 

[Robo]

Oh no! By that standard I have 762 posts to edit. I better get started!

Wait. I need to find a calculator.

 

[vrajewski10513]

While I'm one of the first people to give an understanding smile to a parent with a child having a meltdown, or give an "I'm sorry, excuse me" to someone who accidently ran into ME... My biggest pet peeve at the parks is not children who misbehave, but their parents who watch and don't bother correcting poor behavior. Yes, vacation is a time for people to relax and leave your troubles back at home, but that doesn't mean that manners and common courtesy should be left back home too.

 

[Magpie]

While I'm one of the first people to give an understanding smile to a parent with a child having a meltdown, or give an "I'm sorry, excuse me" to someone who accidently ran into ME... My biggest pet peeve at the parks is not children who misbehave, but their parents who watch and don't bother correcting poor behavior. Yes, vacation is a time for people to relax and leave your troubles back at home, but that doesn't mean that manners and common courtesy should be left back home too.

Yes, we actually witnessed a couple of kids trying to jump on PUSH. They were shoving him around and hitting him! We only noticed because we were in the middle of a meet with Alice, and suddenly she began shouting (in character), "Oh, poor PUSH! Poor, poor PUSH! Where are their *parents*? Those dreadful boys! Stop it, stop it, you bad boys!"

The cast member with Alice actually went over to stop them, leaving Alice with us, which is probably a violation of something or the other, considering he was very hesitant to do it.

Meanwhile, the parents in question were standing there like a couple of gormless idiots, completely useless.

Alice was really upset about it. She went on at some length about "poor PUSH". But she never broke character, which really impressed me! Her handler, on the other hand, had a few very pointed words to say about the parents when he rejoined us.

I'm sorry we won't be seeing PUSH again!

 

[larryz]

gormless

Thanks for sending me to the dictionary. I'm feeling a bit gormless myself, now.

 

[Magpie]

Thanks for sending me to the dictionary. I'm feeling a bit gormless myself, now.

It's a terrific word! Now that you know it, you must use it at every opportunity (of which there will be many).

 

[Islamom]

Several years ago I was in line for Buzz Lightyear with my 2 daughters & 2 grandsons. The line was very long and at one point made a right angle turn around the corner of the building. At this point a man of about 50 and his wife/girlfriend tried to jump the line in front of us. I pointed out to him that the line started "way back there" He proceeded to call me many names unprintable here . My older daughter said he couldn' t talk to me like that. So he moved behind us but still in front of about 50 other people. His wife cooed to him " sweetie, are you ok, honey? " Was HE Okay?? What??

 

[DLandgirlie]

Well one incident comes to mind, at DL...

Family and I were on our way out of the park after a mid day parade. Well heading down Main St. we got bottle necked as we exited on the right side. It was enough room for about two people to sand side by side and exit without crowding others around. Well, we were behind a grandma, who was in a ecv and her grandchild (about 9-12 yrs old) and in front of them were another family, specifically, a dad and his daughter. We were all moving at a snails pace and people's tempers were short and the crowd started to condense more and more. Well the dad in front of the grandma had gotten his heels hit about twice and on the third time he went off. He turned around and said " If you hit my foot one more time I'm going to skgjwrjsgk knock you out of that shgsoigws chair!!!"
My reaction was total shock: IF he did this he would have injured her and her grandchild (who was apologizing to the man, as I think the gma couldn't speak English), also would have injured us, I was livid scared and shaken. It would have been a domino effect. She tried her best to stay away from his heels as best she could but his family forced/pushed their way through the crowd afterwards! I just kept thinking, this guy seriously is willing to cause multiple injuries because his heels got hit?! His reaction was unnecessary. Ugh I was ready to report if he attempted anything. Looking back I wish I would have reported him; I admit I was scared, there are crazy people everywhere.

 

[Beezle2]

I'll share a couple experiences from our Dec '12 family trip. We had a group of 17 for a family get together and about 5 of us went to the top of the train station to stake out a spot for the afternoon parade. We had a family member who was in an ecv because he was recovering from knee replacement surgery. We were about an hour early and there was only a few feet off to the right side up next to the rail not already being saved so we went and stood there, got a few of the chairs that were left and started to wait. We were polite and told people we had a larger group coming but didn't have a problem with people who wanted to take pictures or anything. More people from our group arrived with FIL in the ecv and we were visiting and talking before the parade. The space was really filling up so our group was pretty compacted in the space and we had the ecv right up to the rail. As the parade was about to start some ladies head popped out I swear at knee level and she pointed to 2 inches of space by the ecv that was not occupied by anything and asked if her son could stand there. It was bizarre! I told her no because it was right by the ecv holding the old guy who had just had knee surgery. She was really upset that I told her no and she and her husband ended up behind me and I could hear them complaining "Yes, I asked them if he could stand there but she said No!" They thought I was really rude for not letting there kid into the 2 inches of space.

From the same experience: As we are standing at the rail all jammed together a lady was trying to put her arm and camera through the space she imagined was available near my head but her problem was every time I turned my head it would hit her camera and ruin her shot. She was angry that I was turning my head to watch the parade go by Crazy!

And last from the same experience: My MIL was standing behind the ecv mashed up as close as possible in the crowd and there was a guy next to her taking pictures. Every time he would raise or lower his arm with the camera he would hit her in the head he was so close!! He had to know he was hitting her but he kept doing it. I moved over there and asked him to stop hitting her in the head please. We had some tense words and then the man was pissed at me. He glared and muttered and carried on to the point he was STILL glaring at me and staring as he left.

This was the single worst parade viewing experience I have ever had and we have experienced many of the things other people mention even to the point of kids leaning on the top of our stroller back in the day. I get stressed out still thinking about it!

But I want to end on a good note so I will share a beautiful experience before I end. My new favorite place to be during fireworks at MK is now the Speedway! I was lucky enough to be in the exact right spot going around a curve when Wishes was going off and it was amazingly beautiful. So now it is a game to be over there during the fireworks to see if I can do it again!

 

[CampbellzSoup]

Just came back from a cruise to catch up on this thread and just as many interesting stories! Thanks so much for posting

 

[Brooke Pleins]

I've seen a lot since I have to be in an ECV or wheelchair (depending upon whether my husband is with me) due to a bad foot. I think the worst were the Brazilian teenagers who practically sat in my lap...WTH?

 

[Oathkeeper13]

The most rude thing I ever experienced came from the leader of one of those obnoxiously large tour groups full of teenagers. I was in line for the backlot tour in HS. I was about to board the tram when the guide put her hand across my chest and held me back so approximately fifty people could cut in front of me. It was just obnoxious, I was too shocked to say anything to her and it appeared the cast members were as well.

My other horror story comes from several family members, though I did not witness it personally. They were at the Finding Nemo show in AK when they saw a woman pull down get sons pants and hold him over a trash can where he began to pee. A cast member tried to get the woman to stop but she didn't speak any of the languages she attempted to use.

Bottom line people in the parks are rude because people in general are rude. You hopefully meet a lot more nice people then you do rude ones, but it's bound to happen. Threads like this are a great place for people to share their horror stories and bond, I don't understand why someone gets mad every time a thread like this gets posted.

 

[MyPrinceWillCome]

Two instances stick out in my mind (and I've gone 30+ times, so for the most part I don't encounter TOO much rudeness... both of these instances occurred within the last 5 years.)

1. I was staying at POR with three girlfriends and we were at the main bus stop waiting for a bus to MK. We had been waiting quite some time, and the stop was very crowded and busy with people waiting. Unfortunately, POR doesn't have ropes for "organized waiting" so when the bus pulled up everyone just kind of swarmed the doors. I was about to board when I felt two hands on my shoulders, pulling me back. I thought it was one of my friends fooling around when I heard a voice hiss in my ear, "You'll wait your turn!" I turned and it was an older man with his hands on me. Whether or not he was at the bus stop before me, I have no idea, but the fact that he felt it was appropriate to touch me, even if he felt I was cutting him was just too much. I pulled away from his grasp, told him to get his hands off me and boarded the bus. He and his wife whispered and shot me nasty looks the entire ride to the park.

2. I was in the bathroom at the Prime Time Cafe, waiting for a sink. A child, probably around 7 or 8 was wearing princess shoes with a kitten heel and backed up into me, stepping on my foot. I was wearing flip flops, and it hurt. In pain and surprise, I said "ow!" The girl stared at me without a word. Her mother, who was still at the sink turned and spat nastily, "She's sorry! You didn't have to do that!" Incredulously I replied, "I'm allowed to say ow, when something hurts...."

 

[elcapitanJack]

Do the kamikazi stroller pushers count?

 

[Lynn2205]

I think the worst thing i saw was in the bathroom in the Contemporary outside of CM. A woman and her daughter were just leaving as i entered. I crossed in front of the garbage can and the girl stood with her piece of paper towel waiting till i passed. Her mom pushed her daughter on the shoulder and told her "just throw it on the floor, that's what that lady is supposed to do, clean up after us." While i was washing my hands i turned to the CM & thanked her for doing her part in making my holiday so special and tears trickled down her face "no-one ever talks to me, you have no idea how much this means to me"

True, the job of custodial staff (ANYWHERE) is to keep things clean BUT does that mean you can encourage your child to deliberately make a mess???

I ALWAYS make a point of acknowledging and talking to custodial staff. They do a fab job and sadly they tend to be the most ignored yet the most important people. Things like this annoy me!

 

[think-like-tink]

Yes.One that bothers me to this day.

We waited for over an hour in our spots for MSEP. The CM's came around and roped our area, said we were all fine as other people were lining up around us. To our left a family of Arabic decent were already there and comfortable. Lot's of smiles exchanged. Then it went cray. This Couple and 2 big boys came bouncing right on in. The mom actually sat down on the Arabic womens knee. They couple next to Arabic people took up for them saying "I am sure those people didn't appreciate that". Non kid friendly language was exchanged and men got into each others faces. My kids got scared so I went to get a CM. Kinda calmed down. Through out the whole parade I got massive stink eye from the mom that just came busting in. I didn't make eye contact once the parade started but, out of the corner of my eye I know she was looking at me. Which I thought sad, she should be watching the parade she so rudely came in on. Afterwards, I told the Arabic lady that I was sorry and hoped she was having a good time in our Country. She hugged me and said she was having a great time that it had been a long day for all.

 

[think-like-tink]

I ALWAYS make a point of acknowledging and talking to custodial staff. They do a fab job and sadly they tend to be the most ignored yet the most important people. This like this annoy me!

I do too. I walked up to a CM that was taking out the trash in a one park and I thanked him for all his hard work that it doesn't go unnoticed. He got a big smile and said "thank you that made my day".

 

[ICF]

These have probably been covered in the 1st 10 pages -- but we made a one night visit on 2/14 and my 2 biggest pet peeves of rude behavior from then (and from our other visits (last having been June '13))...

1. People that decide to just stop and talk or look at a map while they are walking....like they are the only people in the world....and then get upset when someone behind them runs into them.
2. People that use their strollers or ECV's to try and part the sea of people. You aren't Moses.....slow down and move at the pace of the rest of us.

 

[KingofJapan]

These have probably been covered in the 1st 10 pages -- but we made a one night visit on 2/14 and my 2 biggest pet peeves of rude behavior from then (and from our other visits (last having been June '13))...

1. People that decide to just stop and talk or look at a map while they are walking....like they are the only people in the world....and then get upset when someone behind them runs into them.
2. People that use their strollers or ECV's to try and part the sea of people. You aren't Moses.....slow down and move at the pace of the rest of us.

The people in the ecv's drive me nuts, especially when they run into the back of your ankles and don't apologize. I had one run into my ankle one time. She said I need to move which I couldn't due to the crowds. She bumped me a second time which then I turned around and said "you have a problem, no one can move." Finally she hit me a third time which prompted me to turn around and yell "Your diarrhea will have to wait." She didn't bump my ankles after that.