How rude!

[ScotsMinnie]

Just back and noticed this time more than before that the number of rude people had increased a lot. Some of my experiences to give you an idea.

On our first day at rope drop there was a cast member handing out stickers to the kids. My DD7 asked me if she could line up for a sticker which was fine. She got to the front of the line and a woman pushed in and stuck her open palm in his face. He put a sticker in her hand and she wiggled her fingers as if to say "more". When she got what she wanted she walked off. My DD7 said please and thank you as she has been taught to. I really wanted to point out to the woman that really butting in front of children is not really very polite but also that little things like stickers are not part of your admission. ie you are lucky to receive a sticker and not entitled to it.

My DD3 was nearly knocked off her feet by a woman passing in the opposite direction when her bag hit her in the face. She turned round looked at her crying and kept going. No sorry or anything. It was a sore one too.

On the teacups a woman bashed my DD7 away from a tea cup with her butt! And it wasn't a small one so it did push her quite far. Hello! There are enough for everyone - no need to be so rude.

People line cutting. I was in the line for the magic carpets behind a couple and in front of them was a woman. Now bearing in mind I was about 10 people from the end of the line - not at the front - 2 people pushed past saying they were joining the woman. Ten more, And more. 11 people joined that woman! She could have just waited for them to join her. As i said when they started we were not far from the end of the line. No please can i get past either. Just pushing.


In general I just found that I heard and saw more people with bad manners than ever before.

Also people driving ECVs There were millions of them and most of them seem to have never driven one before. They are dangerous! After the parade one day when they were doing the hoovering of main street one man saw his chance for a bit of speed and took off down main street at a speed I had no idea that those things could pick up. If someone had found themselves in the way they would have got a sore one.
In DHS an older lady was driving one and there was a young girl of about 12 walking past me. Not running - not zigzagging but just walking like everyone else. This woman suddenly veered into her and caught her legs. The woman shouted watch where you are going (??????) and made out that she had walked in front of her. Not a sorry or are you OK to the poor little girl who did nothing wrong. She just got abuse from a lady in a dangerous vehicle.


What is wrong with people nowadays? Is common courtesy out of fashion?

And don't get me started on tour groups!!!!!!! The tour guides obviously thought that the bridge to asia in AK was a great place to meet completely blocking the walkway. Would they move? What do you think? Do they take rudeness lessons on the bus on the way to Disney?


The angels in all of this are the cast members who despite the rudeness they are sometimes faced with always seem to keep that smile. I think they deserve a medal sometimes! They make disney such a great place and the ones we had the pleasure of meeting were fantastic!

 

[bratmomma]

I am so sorry you encountered such rudeness. I despise rude people.

My children are taught to wait their turn, use manners, be polite and considerate, etc. I often ask why children today are so self-centered and rude, I know its because the parents act that way. Its an awful shame. If I caught my children acting with as few manners as many adults exhibit they would be in it DEEP!

I hope the trip was enjoyable despite the rude people.

 

[Sammie]

The happiest place on earth certainly seems to bring the worst out in some. And Yes the scooters are out of control.

 

[tjbaggott]

Thanks for posting. It's a reminder to us all to Always be considerate of others even if the consideration doesn't go both ways.
At McDonalds the other day, while waiting in line to order our lunch, my 5 year old couldn't stand still and began spinning himself around as he walked a few steps away from me. An elderly lady was walking towards the counter for serviettes, she was carrying a HOT coffee (thank goodness there was a lid on it). My son bumped her elbow and she almost spilled the coffee. My She looked sternly at my little guy but then quickly turned to what she had set out to do. My son had said a very quiet "sorry" the moment it happened but I knew she didn't hear it.
So I gently explained to my son, this is why he is NOT to jump and fool around. I also explained to him that he should apologize again because she didn't hear him the first time. So he shyly walked over to her at the serviette/condiment counter, got her attention and said "I'm sorry I bumped into you". She smiled, bent down to him, gently pinched his cheek and told him "Thank you, I know it was an accident". Later she came over to me, and thanked me for teaching my son such Good manners. The way she thanked me, it would seem she didn't think many parents did that any more.

 

[BigEeyore]

So sorry for you - sounds like you had more than your share of rude folks on your trip! It never fails that we come across at least one rude person per trip, but never as many as you had. I am with you on the ECV issue as well - I have seen plenty of reckless ECV drivers at WDW!

 

[HardShell]

... Is common courtesy out of fashion?...

Not out of fashion... dead.

Dead and buried, right between Common Decency and Common Sense.

I am doing my level best to raise my DS5 to be a gentleman, like my father raised me to be, because we are, sadly, a dying breed...

 

[AmyBWV99]

We agree with you it has gotten worse over the last few trips we've taken. Not sure if people in general are living under more stress and forgetting basic manners or what but we meet more nice people than rude and try not to let it dig under our skin too much. It's hard to look past it when you're in your happy place and people pee all over your cereal.

The incident that accused us of being rude at MNSSHP parade was more than I can handle. We get there early. Way early, we allow kids (at every parade, fireworks, etc) to sit infront of us (adults) even tho we come well before their parents gave it a thought. DS#1 has low tone sits in a stroller most parades to see and rest, one parent who actually shoved her kid infront of mine got mad b/c I didn't let her in too. She 'needed' to be with the kid. I didn't say it but wanted to shout THEN GET HERE EARLY OR KEEP HIM IN BACK WITH YOU! What I said was I'm sorry that won't work for our family, jr sits or stands with you in back. To which she said I was selfish by robbing her child of the experience when WDW is for children not adults. I had no desire to go into all the things wrong with that statement and just left it at the fact that if jr. needed to be with her for viewing he'd be in the back with her. My son's issues aren't hers and I didn't make them so but she sure tried to make her issues ours! Grabbed some cocktails at the resort and my blood pressure returned to normal.

We've seen this happen to more than just us, Illuminations multiple times, tho not to us directly there yet.

 

[ckdsnynt]

Rude people are just that - RUDE! But let me tell people something some people may not be aware of.

I rented an ecv for the first time this past May due to some mobility issues I have. I had never used one before and tried to take my time and be very careful with it. But people, they do nto stop on a dime! They do not have a brake! They stop by letting off of the handle that makes them go forward or backward. In other words, they have to glide to a stop. Perhaps if more people were aware of this, they would not cut in front of ecvs. I cringe at the number of times I did this (before I needed to use one myself) without knowing the person on the ecv could not stop it with a brake.

I realize this is not what happened in your situation with the elderly lady, but I did want to point that out for those that might not know.

 

[ckdsnynt]

We agree with you it has gotten worse over the last few trips we've taken. Not sure if people in general are living under more stress and forgetting basic manners or what but we meet more nice people than rude and try not to let it dig under our skin too much. It's hard to look past it when you're in your happy place and people pee all over your cereal.

The incident that accused us of being rude at MNSSHP parade was more than I can handle. We get there early. Way early, we allow kids (at every parade, fireworks, etc) to sit infront of us (adults) even tho we come well before their parents gave it a thought. DS#1 has low tone sits in a stroller most parades to see and rest, one parent who actually shoved her kid infront of mine got mad b/c I didn't let her in too. She 'needed' to be with the kid. I didn't say it but wanted to shout THEN GET HERE EARLY OR KEEP HIM IN BACK WITH YOU! What I said was I'm sorry that won't work for our family, jr sits or stands with you in back. To which she said I was selfish by robbing her child of the experience when WDW is for children not adults. I had no desire to go into all the things wrong with that statement and just left it at the fact that if jr. needed to be with her for viewing he'd be in the back with her. My son's issues aren't hers and I didn't make them so but she sure tried to make her issues ours! Grabbed some cocktails at the resort and my blood pressure returned to normal.

We've seen this happen to more than just us, Illuminations multiple times, tho not to us directly there yet.

Yeah, I have seen moms like this too. But we also get to the curb area at least an hour before the parades because we like to hjave a good spot. And we generally have plenty of room. So, if a child is behind us, we can scrunch them in if their parent doesn't mind. The joy on that kid's face is so awesome (our kids are grown now). We have had so many parents thank us for allowing their kids to sit in front of us on the front row so they could view the parade so close. It gives you a great feeling to know you helped someone have a small piece of magic.For every rude person out there, thereare a whole bunch of us that are grateful for everything others do to make our lives so special.

 

[ScotsMinnie]

Glad I am not the only one to notice it!

We did meet and experience hundreds more great people than rude but they did stand out a bit I must admit.

It did not spoil our holiday at all. Nothing could do that at Disney.

I am also wondering why - if as a PP has said these ECVs are so hard to stop why they are allowed in the parks? Could a wheelchair not do the same job? I know it might be hard to push about or difficult if it is just you and kids but there are so many of them. And so many little accidents.

 

[Dani C]

This is only my opinion and may be worth exactly what you pay for it, but I have noticed that as the government seems to take more control away from the parents the children seem to behave worse. And it only stands to reason that as children without boundaries grow into adults and have children of their own, society as a whole will suffer the consequences.

 

[picktails]

Wait - the government has limited my control as a parent? Do tell...

 

[maxiesmom]

Glad I am not the only one to notice it!

We did meet and experience hundreds more great people than rude but they did stand out a bit I must admit.

It did not spoil our holiday at all. Nothing could do that at Disney.

I am also wondering why - if as a PP has said these ECVs are so hard to stop why they are allowed in the parks? Could a wheelchair not do the same job? I know it might be hard to push about or difficult if it is just you and kids but there are so many of them. And so many little accidents.

What about the people who use ECVs that don't have anyone capable of pushing them around in a wheelchair?

I think of the ECVs the same as I think of the strollers. The accidents caused by either are probably 50/50 as to who is at fault, the driver/pusher or the one who cuts in front of them.

I did notice some rude people during my last trip, but I made a decision to not let them ruin my vacation. It is easy to see rudeness, and to let it affect you. Goodness knows I wanted to kick the man who cut in front of me at the BTMRR fast-pass machines. But you can tune most of it out if you try! I had to tell myself to not give those rude people so much power over how my vacation was going to be. But I was much happier when I decided to just ignore all the rude people and enjoy my vacation.

 

[luvsJack]

This is only my opinion and may be worth exactly what you pay for it, but I have noticed that as the government seems to take more control away from the parents the children seem to behave worse. And it only stands to reason that as children without boundaries grow into adults and have children of their own, society as a whole will suffer the consequences.

HUH?? When did the government take away any of the control I have over my children? What are you talking about?

 

[dogodisney]

Rude people are just that - RUDE! But let me tell people something some people may not be aware of.

I rented an ecv for the first time this past May due to some mobility issues I have. I had never used one before and tried to take my time and be very careful with it. But people, they do nto stop on a dime! They do not have a brake! They stop by letting off of the handle that makes them go forward or backward. In other words, they have to glide to a stop. Perhaps if more people were aware of this, they would not cut in front of ecvs. I cringe at the number of times I did this (before I needed to use one myself) without knowing the person on the ecv could not stop it with a brake.

I realize this is not what happened in your situation with the elderly lady, but I did want to point that out for those that might not know.

I did not know that. Thank you for tellng us!

This is only my opinion and may be worth exactly what you pay for it, but I have noticed that as the government seems to take more control away from the parents the children seem to behave worse. And it only stands to reason that as children without boundaries grow into adults and have children of their own, society as a whole will suffer the consequences.

I agree.

 

[deedeetoo]

Sorry about the rude people that the OP ran into. Maybe we were just lucky but we didn't see any. We were there the last week in June and I have to say that we saw very few ECVs and tour groups. We were actually wondering if the economy was causing the tour groups to stay home. We were also thinking that people who really didn't need an ECV were thinking twice about renting them to help their budget. We were there for an entire week, using Disney transportation the whole time and only once was there an ECV on our bus.

 

[ScotsMinnie]

What about the people who use ECVs that don't have anyone capable of pushing them around in a wheelchair?

I think of the ECVs the same as I think of the strollers. The accidents caused by either are probably 50/50 as to who is at fault, the driver/pusher or the one who cuts in front of them.

I did notice some rude people during my last trip, but I made a decision to not let them ruin my vacation. It is easy to see rudeness, and to let it affect you. Goodness knows I wanted to kick the man who cut in front of me at the BTMRR fast-pass machines. But you can tune most of it out if you try! I had to tell myself to not give those rude people so much power over how my vacation was going to be. But I was much happier when I decided to just ignore all the rude people and enjoy my vacation.

I did say that it would obviously be hard for some people without them. I know that everyone cant use wheelchairs but I would imagine that many who rent these probably can.

And rudeness did not ruin our holiday at all. As I said nothing could spoil my disney trips!!!! Just an observation thats all.

 

[lntsmom]

see a huge difference between DisneyWorld and Disneyland when it comes to this! I have limited park experience, but in two trips to Disneyland...a total of 9 days in the parks there...we've never encountered a single rude person. (We did run into a rude tour group from Isreal this last trip...but their issues seemed to be cultural, not personal.)

At DisneyWorld it was completely different...we ran into three major PITA's- one man who was such a wacko that it was scary.

I'm still trying to come up with theories. Could it be the climate? It's been cool and comfortable for our CA trips...hot and humid for Florida. Maybe it's the fact that a much larger percentage of WDW guests are not locals...maybe the fact that they don't go as often and spend tons more when they do sets them on edge.

I dunno....

On the other hand, I've found that the CMs in Florida go above and beyond to make your visit magical, while the CMs in Califormia seem to be your summer work crew kids- pretty clueless.

 

[RMulieri]

Not out of fashion... dead.

Dead and buried, right between Common Decency and Common Sense.

I am doing my level best to raise my DS5 to be a gentleman, like my father raised me to be, because we are, sadly, a dying breed...

AMEN It is so dead, and very very very SAD.It is all about entitlement and me me me me me me me me me me me ....

 

[duffy]

Not out of fashion... dead.

Dead and buried, right between Common Decency and Common Sense.

I am doing my level best to raise my DS5 to be a gentleman, like my father raised me to be, because we are, sadly, a dying breed...

I respectfully disagree. I see examples of politeness, common sense and common decency every single day. It is all around.