How insensitive

[GoofyBaby]

Wow. . .just. . .wow.

Knowing that these type of hurtful people exist in the world makes my heart ache. . .I cannot even fathom that anyone could be so cruel and stone-hearted. Life can be difficult and people have bad days but to attempt to make oneself feel better by tearing others down? Absolutely unexcusable.

 

[Uncle Remus]

Been thinkin' about that nasty woman in the OP's story.
Wish I could tell y'all what I been thinkin'.
Uncle's version would have to include a li'l tar and
of course, a briar patch.
G'night y'all. Tomorrow's another day.

 

[pampam]

When I read the OP my jaw dropped for the longest time, as I tried to process it. Then I cried. Then I wept. My heart aches for people who experience such injustice. I'm sorry, I don't really know how I would have responded. I think shock would have stopped me dead in my tracks, and the woman would have been long gone, before I thought of a retort. As a mother of a serverely disabled daughter, I have to defend her, because she can't defend herself. However, when things come out of the blue, I am never prepared.

 

[Charleyann]

I would have personally taken her out! As a mom of a special needs child and seen my fair share of rudeness...well, I'm fiercely protected! Just like a bear with her cub! When I was finished I WOULD HAVE SPIT ON HER!

Charleyann

 

[bobbiwoz]

I'm sorry I read the original post, but the responses give me hope!

Bobbi

 

[disneydancer1969]

oh my gosh! how dare she! how dare she! i would have been furious
oh my gosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LADY WHAT THE **** IS WRONG WITH YOU!

 

[disneydancer1969]

My Jaw Is Still Dropped!

 

[AKLRULZ]

I pity the life this woman leads.

 

[momofprincess]

Well, here's a brief story where I did speak up. I'm not very proud of the language I used, but we had a similar experience with a rude person at L!M!A! as well.

It began to rain in the middle of the show, and the show was ended early. My niece is in a wheelchair and because as anyone with sense knows, when thousands of people are exiting a theater (under duress, because people were getting wet) you can't just push a wheelchair into the middle of it. You have to wait for people to clear out.

We were patiently sitting in our assigned seats, and this obnoxious woman and her daughter tried to save themselves a whole two feet of walking (literally, two steps) by cutting in front of my niece and I who were sitting. Now, this wouldn't have been much of a problem had my niece not been in a chair, but the foot rests go right against the seat in front of you. In order to get past us, the woman had to literally CRAWL over my niece. All to save two feet of walking!

As she was doing it, I said, "Excuse me?" twice. She just stared ahead and pretended to ignore me.

She stumbled over my niece (again, we were IN OUR SEATS), sticking her large butt right in her face, and led her snitty little daughter with her. In reality, it took longer for her to "jump" over my niece than if she'd just gone the normal way.

Anyway, I still hadn't lost my temper, but did say, "Next time, please don't step on a child in a wheelchair."

She looked at me, gave me one of those fake patronizing looks like I was being unreasonable in asking her not to jump over a kid in a wheelchair, and then rolled her eyes as she started to walk away.

So I said, loud enough for those around me to hear, "Inconsiderate witch..." while looking straight at her. (And no, I didn't say "witch" LOL). She stopped dead in her tracks, turned around...and realized that it wasn't worth trying to fight with me because she was completely in the wrong and slinked away.

I do regret using the language I did, but that woman was just so dang arrogant she thought that climbing over a child in the wheelchair section (that didn't even save her any time in the long run) that I just couldn't help it. I'm sure her kid was embarassed, but I'm sorry - in the long run, that's a good thing. The kid will learn not to be like her "we're better than everyone else" parent.

While it's never "okay" to be rude back to someone, sometimes it just feels...appropriate. And, thankfully, "witches" like that are very few and far between, and the vast majority of people understand how to be decent human beings.

NED

Huzzah for you!!! While you may regret your choice of adjectives, hopefully that woman will think twice next time and be a little more considerate. (Or, more likely since she obviously doesn't understand being considerate, she won't repeat a behavior that made someone call her a name

 

[seashoreCM]

if your kid needs a break, TAKE A BREAK. Don't just throw it in the stroller

OT: Describe the insensitivity here. Ph.D. not required. Hint: If translated into French, the insensitivity disappears.

 

[garris3404]

That's just sooo sad, and wrong!!! That lady, scratch that, she's no lady, should have been thrown out of the park, forever! Disney is a place for people to experience the best of people, like love, kindness, understanding, patience, etc

My heart goes out to that girl, and her family, that have to live with that memory. I pray that God will help them forget that incident and that He will shine His mercy and grace on them.

 

[annakris1973]

That is just so very sad. As a nurse, and a relative of someone with special needs, it is sad to say that this sort of thing happens....entirely too much. The whole world has become so "me" and "mine" focused, its just so heartbreaking. I truly believe that you get back what you put out there, and I only hope that that horrible woman realizes one day just how hateful she is, and what she has put out there is returned to her.

Unfortunately, as we all know, Disney is not quite magical enough to prevent all the negative from happening in the parks. I was in line to see a character when a CM asked if a Make a Wish child could go in front of me. Of course I didn't mind, because as a nurse I knew that it may be the only trip that child may have to WDW. The people behind me huffed and puffed about it. When you have a child with special needs, you live day by day and take each day as a gift. You never know if it may be the last.

Be good to each other people!

 

[cabanafrau]

Sounds like someone needs a big pile of pixie dust dropped on her head! Maybe enough so she could make a good friend, a soulmate -- maybe that would help? If I might be so bold to suggest she might get along swimmingly w/ Karma -- I've heard she's a nasty wench, too!

 

[BelleBoo&AmisMum]

OT: Describe the insensitivity here. Ph.D. not required. Hint: If translated into French, the insensitivity disappears.

Was that supposed to make sense?

 

[Blondie]

Karma will get her one day.

 

[LoraJ]

If I was there I would just
I would let her have a piece of my mind.

I have been one to say something. If I had seen that couple in line at Soarin', I would have spoken up. The thing is, I have seen a few situations like this, and I have asked the woman if they are okay, or if they need some sort of help. They always say they are fine, and they may even laugh.

 

[beck0321]

Most people don't know what their response would have been to this situation. I can honestly tell you that mine would have simply been "I can't believe you just said that!!!" if I was standing next to the woman. Or "I can't believe she just said that!!!" loud enough to where she could hear if I wasn't.

What a freakin idiot!

 

[Smooshdog]

It is hard to believe that there are people in the world who would act this way...had I been the CM I would have been fired and it would have been worth it.

 

[soupy11]

Horrible situation, what can you do? The poor kid is right there so by confronting that lout you would only scare or upset the little one. No one wins. Maybe just maybe she is sitting in her house somewhere guilt stricken and weeping in her cereal over what a failure of a human being she has become.

One can hope!

 

[D L and K's Mom]

No , we can tell the difference. The people who just look are OK the people who stare, turn their noses up and look mean...those are the yucly ones I totally understand people looking but staring and making faces we can do without.