How rude!

[MyMagicKingdom]

During that same trip I was on my own with my DD3 and DS1 while the rest of the family went on test track and soaring. I had to use the bathroom very badly and DS was asleep in the stroller. My only choice was to take the stroller with me into the handicap bathroom. When we came out a woman came up and scolded me for using that bathroom because I was taking away resources from people who really need it.

So you're just supposed to leave your sleeping son outside unattended? I wouldn't be surprised if you then got scolded for leaving your child unattended! If my son is in a stroller I must certainly will use the handicap restroom as long as there isn't someone waiting that needs it more than I do. Able body people parking in a handicap spot, however is a whole other story...


When we were in AK last year there was a man and his son about 10 people behind us waiting in line for Kali River Rapids. Directly behind us was a young father, his dd and ds, both of whom were most likely no older than 6. We struck up a really nice conversation with him because he noticed we were on our honeymoon and they just seemed like a really nice family. After a bit, DH and I had our own little side convo and when we turned around to talk to our new buddies, he was suddenly gone and random guy with his son were right behind us. Hmm, ok, no biggie, maybe one of our bud's kids had to use the bathroom. All of a sudden I feel tapping on my ankle, like a little foot was kicking me. I didn't think much of it because, hey we're in WDW little kids are excited, every time their feet move an inch, they're closer to the ride. Then I head random guy say "harder buddy, we're not going to cut in front of all of these people unless you really kick and push to get your way." Now, I was on my honeymoon, I didn't want to start a scene or anything but what the hell dude, first of all you're purposely cutting people, second of all you're teaching your young, uber impressional son to do the same?! So I turned around, asked politely for him to give me little space (the father was suddenly inside my shorts more or less) and that we'd all get on the ride soon. Then I see our friends peering out behind rude random butthead guy and he gave me a shrug and a look like, "eh he did it to us too" and his little daughter was crying. Then the ride got shut down temporarily because of a thunderstorm and rude guy flipped. I mean, flipped. CMs had to come and talk to him and this guy's going nuts as if some CM was like "ya know, I think it would be hilarious to just shut down the ride and piss everyone off for no reason." While rude guy was busy screaming at a poor young girl, I pulled our buddies from behind him because its not fair that they got pushed and kicked out of the way. He confirmed that rude guy's son was kicking his 3 year old dd so much that they just let them buy. The little girl had serious red marks on her ankles too. In the end, rude guy ended up behind us and our buddies, complaining the entire way. Its just ridiculous that people can be so inconsiderate and deliberately scold their child for not pushing and kick enough to cut in front of people. I'm sorry, they weren't oblivious and just too into their own world to not realize they were hurting people. They, or at least rude butthead father, was intentionally doing it and teaching his son to follow suit.

Ah, sometimes I wish our biggest worry was whether or not Gladys Kravitz was peering into our windows. I always say that I wish I lived in Bewitched because everyone is disgustingly nice and polite most of the time.

 

[lathamary]

If I didn't believe in Karma, I wouldn't make it through most days

There are a lot of really, really awful, angry, unhappy people out there with an insatiable sense of entitlement. I wish they'd stay away from Disney!

 

[aduck126]

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!

it is like you read my mind, I completely agree with everything you said. People seem to go insane and lose all sense of decency when they go to disney world. it is horrible. And the tour groups..... I like how they act like they don't speak english or can't understand when a cast memeber tells them to move for the 80th time. They are honestly the worst people. And the ECVs, dont get me started on those. its like my disney trip isn't complete until I am almost mowed over by one and then given a dirty look by the driver.

 

[iwrbnd]

If you had a microphone planted in my house the phrase you would hear most is "Think of others". We say that to our children all the time! It seems like almost every fight or argument that goes on could be solved by that one little phrase! My kids still can be rude (mostly to each other) but they are learning and hopefully will end up being adult that can "think of others"!

 

[rosebud4]

I am currently hear at WDW with my daughter and two granddaughters. This has been the worst trip for rudeness I've been on so far. We had an incident in Epcot and HS with people walking up and taking pictures of my grandchildren with the characters and then getting upset with me when I asked them to stop and delete the pictures of the grandchildren. Foreigners are another issue with going to the front of the lines at the bus stops and claiming not to understand that there is a line because of the laungage barriers. Smokers everwhere but in designated areas. And last but not least, the people who have step out not looking in front of the sit and stand stroller and expecting me to be able to stop it immediately because they wanted to walk there and then cussing me out for hitting them. I was pushing the stoller down the walkway at the Brown Derby and a lady was looking at her cell phone while leaning on the rail. She didn't look up but started to walk across to her family on the other side just as I got the front of the stoller right next to her. I love Disney, but the heat is really bringing out the rudeness. I haven't had any ECV issues but have seen two or three younger children riding in "grandma's/grandpap's" wheelchair while they walk. I hope the next few days here will be better.

 

[arcticdisneylovers]

We must have been lucky. We never encountered a single rude person on our last trip

 

[CrazyaboutCinderella]

When we went in 2009, we were waiting for the spectromagic parade and were sitting on the corner of main street near the exit. There were some people sitting in front of us who had been there since 3 so their kids could have a good view. Another family came along and wanted just 1 small kid to sit up there with them and they bit their heads off for blocking their kids view. How dare they come in at a later time and try and take their view. It didn't even block their view. Needless to say the family moved. Then another family started to do the same thing and we warned them what had happened. They are like thank you for telling us. Disney is supposed to be a fun magical place.

 

[maxiesmom]

I am currently hear at WDW with my daughter and two granddaughters. This has been the worst trip for rudeness I've been on so far. We had an incident in Epcot and HS with people walking up and taking pictures of my grandchildren with the characters and then getting upset with me when I asked them to stop and delete the pictures of the grandchildren. Foreigners are another issue with going to the front of the lines at the bus stops and claiming not to understand that there is a line because of the laungage barriers. Smokers everwhere but in designated areas. And last but not least, the people who have step out not looking in front of the sit and stand stroller and expecting me to be able to stop it immediately because they wanted to walk there and then cussing me out for hitting them. I was pushing the stoller down the walkway at the Brown Derby and a lady was looking at her cell phone while leaning on the rail. She didn't look up but started to walk across to her family on the other side just as I got the front of the stoller right next to her. I love Disney, but the heat is really bringing out the rudeness. I haven't had any ECV issues but have seen two or three younger children riding in "grandma's/grandpap's" wheelchair while they walk. I hope the next few days here will be better.

I am not in any way trying to pick on you. However, I do think you should look at these things a bit differently, and hopefully that way you won't have such a cloud hanging over your vacation.

Many people do not want to wait in line for a character picture, so they just snap away whenever they see them, even if they do happen to have a child with them at the time. It doesn't mean they are going to do something bad with the picture(which is what I am guessing your problem was with that), it just means they want a pic of that character. I don't see them as being rude, and I think you over-reacted a bit by making an issue of it. With so many people running around taking photos, you are bound to have some of people you don't know. Or be in people's pics that you don't know.

Second, depending on what resort you are staying at, some of them do not have lines for the busses. All busses do leaving the parks, but unless you are staying at a Value resort, the resorts don't have lines going to the parks. If you are sitting on a bench at a resort waiting to get on a bus, you are not in line. You are just at the bus stop. I'm not sure if that is where you are having your line problems, but I just wanted to point that out.

I do agree that smoking outside of a DSA is rude. As far as people popping out in front of your stroller, having been on the pusher side of the stroller, it is a pain. But many people just are not thinking of traffic flow when they are at Disney World, and move without being aware that they may be placing themselves in someone's path. I don't think they are being rude as much as just not being aware. Annoying, yes. But try not to let it get to you so much.

Here are some wishes that your vacation becomes all that you want it to be!

 

[polineedyan]

well the arguments nearly a year old, but im jumping in.
In the US, a civilized nation, we no longer whip people. At time, it was legal to whip adults..and they could probably take it better than a child. We no longer do that.
Similarly, there is this show called the DOG WHISPERER..Ive never seen him offer advice to whip a dog.
When a baby cries, do we whip them? How about a wife or spouse? When the mail is late?
Children are your mirror. They do what you do. Its that simple. Children must have boundaries, but those boundaries should be taught in a manner that easily transitions to real life events.
Natural consequences are of no value to children because of the under developed (or hyper) ego's. However, virtually every psychologists office today will have a person in it that is suffering the ill effects of abuse.
They are not necessarily filled with people suffering the effects of lenient parents.."Im here today, because my mom shoulda whipped me.." is not a common thread in psychology.
However, when you dont know how to address a situation, or evaluate what you see, it sure is easy to say "that kid needs his butt beat"..because after all, 'that'll "fix" him'...right?
How sad..

 

[bdoyledimou]

I am humbled to be able to socialise with the worlds greatest most patient and perfect people, with the most polite and perfect kids under the heavens; and to think they are all congregated into this one thread!!

Sometimes I am pleasent and observant, sometimes, i am distracted and clumsy. Sometimes i have patience with my children sometimes i have none.
Sometimes my children use their manners, and sometimes they get excited, tired, upset, distracted, overwhelmed etc etc etc and are monsters.

But now that I know where you are congregated, i will be able to look here for guidance and advice.

 

[gillenkl]

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On the teacups a woman bashed my DD7 away from a tea cup with her butt! And it wasn't a small one....

it wasn't a small one....

I'm not sure if this goes under your topic, but a few years ago we were waiting in line to get a bus back to our resort. While waiting in line, the child in front of us pooped his pants. Accidents happen. However, do you just take off the poopy underwear in a public busline and drop it on the ground, drop the hotel washcloth you used to clean him up and leave them at my feet in the line? That's what they did. Let's not walk 20 feet to the nearest trashcan...no, just leave the poop mess at my feet.......Then he sat on the bus seat in his poopy pants. Now everytime I sit down, I wonder what sat there before me. Wipes and clean change of clothes.....never leave home with them.