I expected some rude people, but some of this was ridiculous...

[W.E.D.]

I'm sorry to hear this from everyone. I usually only run into the people that like to stop dead in front of you. I usually say "not a good place to stop" they turn around to say something and just turn and walk away. It helps to be 6'2" 295lb powerlifter. My size usually stops all the line cutters and pushers in a crowd. My wife and kids just line up behind me in a crowd and hang on.

THIS! I'm 6'3", 250lbs. My friends tell me I look p***** off even when I'm totally enjoying myself. I think it does help because I've never had these issues either. Not saying they don't happen, because I've seen them, but the jerks seem to steer clear of me.

 

[jdmccol]

Well I don't fall in either category & I don't want to see your(general) ****s. I was *trying* to enjoy dinner with my family one night & this woman pulls up her entire shirt w/ no bra on to breast feed in a footbal hold. I'm sure that you're familiar with that hold, right? Well where was her other breast the whole time? Just sitting there on her stomach with an erect nipple. So because she has the *right* to breast feed, everyone around she be exposed to that view?

Maybe there needs to be a "people of WDW" site - similar to the "people of Walmart" one where pictures of all the oddly dressed, rude, etc. are shown.

 

[tyzzle]

Okay, so since this has turned into a bf-ing thread, I have a question. If I'm at Disney and a woman who sits next to me on a ride starts to bf her baby without a cover and I watch appreciatively, is that rude? I'm not a guy, nor gay, just appreciative of the female form.

I nurse in public discreetly w/o of cover though, you can look all you want, doesn't bother me a bit, they are just ****s

 

[stashbin]

I only had to deal with two rude people on my trip and both of them were part of the same incident. We were waiting for the Backlot Tour and were in the part where it's divided into 3 or 4 lines right before you go to the special effects water tank. I was standing with my hand on one of the handrails. In the next line over, a preteen girl was sitting on the handrail right next to my hand. After a couple minutes, I heard someone say, "excuse me, can you please move?" I hadn't even had time to look where it came from when the girl turned to me with a nasty look on her face and said "MOVE!" I told her she didn't own the handrail and refused to move my hand. Her little brother sat on my hand for a couple minutes but ended up moving over as I can't imagine it's comfortable to sit on someone's hand for very long. Especially since I started using his back as a lean rail.

If my kid ever talked to an adult that way, that would be her last trip to DW.
That is ridiculous!!!!!!!!!

 

[BillBrasky]

Maybe there needs to be a "people of WDW" site - similar to the "people of Walmart" one where pictures of all the oddly dressed, rude, etc. are shown.

Oh, there was. Google people of the park. Tis no more.

 

[stashbin]

Maybe there needs to be a "people of WDW" site - similar to the "people of Walmart" one where pictures of all the oddly dressed, rude, etc. are shown.

Oh lord yes there does! We could have a whole thread about the crazy things people wear at DW!!!
I saw a lady wearing skinny jeans, long sleeved skinny top, converse tennis shoes in the hot august sun!!!!

 

[JetsetJAK]

I guess I'm lucky in the sense that I've never had a bad encounter like those described here at Disney, but on our trip in 2010 I did have one bad experience at Universal.

My father & I were getting ready to enter the "Twister" attraction. We were in that pre-show area where they show the video with Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt waiting for the doors on the right to open so we could go into the main part of the attraction. Well, as soon as the doors opened, this little teenaged punk (I remember noticing that he was wearing a ridiculously large t-shirt that hung to his knees and made him look like he was in a mu-mu) decided he needed to be the first person in there, and literally shoved my father - who's in his mid-60's - out of the way and down onto the steps. Didn't apologize, didn't even slow down for a second and look back. I helped him up (along with a couple other concerned and very kind park-goers), he was ok, and we went in, but suffice it to say at that point I didn't really get any enjoyment out of the attraction because I was so furious over what had just happened. When it was over, since that kid had been the first in, he was also first out and I didn't see him when we exited. I calmed down and we enjoyed the rest of our day there, as well as the entire rest of the trip. But I just hate that something like that had to kind of "stain" our day, ya know? But as people have said, rudeness is everywhere so I guess you just have to prepare for it.

 

[Hannathy]

Wow, didn't take long to get flamed at all. #1 its a toliet, would you eat your dinner in a restroom stall? #2, its a handicap stall with the only changing table. The woman was neither handicapped nor changing her child. I know you're ready to type "OMG She could have changed her child first!" Yes, she likely did but she should have then exited the stall when the diaper was changed. #3 Sure the benches are dirty but the air is much cleaner. Fecal matter is much more likely to contaminate a surface for a short period of time in a restroom (including a b00bie) than it is in an open air environment. There are actual scientific studies to back this up. Nope, baby isn't licking the toliet but it is breathing the air and its also likely moving its mouth when feeding.

complaining about the changing table is valid. That I can understand. You stated the child would get E coli and I pointed out the chance of that is very slim. Unless the Mom was going as she feed the child and then flushed. She was in a stall and any droplets from the last person would have settled and the droplets from other people would have been contained by the stall walls. So just because you don't like the idea of feeding in a bathroom it has been done for decades and really isn't that big of a deal.

 

[stashbin]

I guess I'm lucky in the sense that I've never had a bad encounter like those described here at Disney, but on our trip in 2010 I did have one bad experience at Universal.

My father & I were getting ready to enter the "Twister" attraction. We were in that pre-show area where they show the video with Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt waiting for the doors on the right to open so we could go into the main part of the attraction. Well, as soon as the doors opened, this little teenaged punk (I remember noticing that he was wearing a ridiculously large t-shirt that hung to his knees and made him look like he was in a mu-mu) decided he needed to be the first person in there, and literally shoved my father - who's in his mid-60's - out of the way and down onto the steps. Didn't apologize, didn't even slow down for a second and look back. I helped him up (along with a couple other concerned and very kind park-goers), he was ok, and we went in, but suffice it to say at that point I didn't really get any enjoyment out of the attraction because I was so furious over what had just happened. When it was over, since that kid had been the first in, he was also first out and I didn't see him when we exited. I calmed down and we enjoyed the rest of our day there, as well as the entire rest of the trip. But I just hate that something like that had to kind of "stain" our day, ya know? But as people have said, rudeness is everywhere so I guess you just have to prepare for it.

You're a better person than me. I think I may have been thrown out of the park on that one.

 

[Kimi313]

I can't stand when people say or do rude things! People, treat each other like people not like objects. We just returned from DW last night and on Wednesday we were going thru the turnstile and the man in front of men doesn't put his finger on the scanner so his tickets comes out and the light is red. The CM very politely takes his ticket puts it back thru and ask him to place his finger up the scanner where he proceeds to do but says "its the same damn finger i've had my whole life, it hasn't changed since yesterday!". Also on the same day but at a different park a child's tickets doesn't take (because he put it in upside down) so the CM takes the ticket and puts it back thru and the child's mother just goes off on the CM "you just took off another day off his ticket, what are we suppose to do tomorrow!" The CM took the ticket put it back through and showed her it had not taken any more days off, the CM kept her cool. The mother never apologizes or nothing, just takes her stuff and goes. I really admire them, great job CMs.

 

[bakenatj]

It's getting more difficult each year to explain such obnoxious behaviour by adults. It does give us plenty of opportunities to emphasize the importance of proper behaviour and upbringing.

And I have in some occasions said things loud enough to, possibly, educate adults and children around me. At this point, there are more people who appreciate it than not. I had one woman lean over to me and say that she wishes I could go on the "announcement" system to broadcast what I just said. I've had quite a few people smile at me with a encouraging nod. As long as we, as adults, behave properly and try to instill this in our children, we can still outnumber the "bad apples".

I think you have found the underlying problem with society today. Upbringing. The family structure is no longer what it should be. Children don't know what it is to live in a loving family environment. Values, manners, and morals aren't being taught in the family anymore and are being learned by wathcing TV, Hollywood and a failing education system.

This just didn't happen overnight. It's been a slow but evident problem not only in the USA but all over the world.

I like the poster who said the best way to combat rude behavior is to show kindness and respect for everyone. So many people see bad/evil that by showing love/kindness when least expect or undeserving, it has a profound effect on others.

 

[t_catt11]

complaining about the changing table is valid. That I can understand. You stated the child would get E coli and I pointed out the chance of that is very slim. Unless the Mom was going as she feed the child and then flushed. She was in a stall and any droplets from the last person would have settled and the droplets from other people would have been contained by the stall walls. So just because you don't like the idea of feeding in a bathroom it has been done for decades and really isn't that big of a deal.

I'd agree that it's not a big deal - but I can also agree that expecting a mom to go feed the baby in the bathroom IS a big deal.

Be discrete, be polite, but don't feel like you have to go hide in a bathroom to feed your baby. That's ridiculous. If a person is so sensitive that seing a baby being naturally fed offends them, they need to stay home.

No, I'm not talking about the topless moms of this thread, the ones that let b00b #2 hang in the breeze - that falls under the "discrete, polite" blanket above.

My wife has breastfed all five of our children. She typically employs a cover when in public, but she has been known to discretely feed without one, even at Disney - Florida can be quite hot. I can promise that she has never flashed nipple, however.

The militant breastfeeders amuse me, as do the OMG BLEACH YOUR EYES ITS B00BIES crowd.

 

[cheerful chickadee]

our trip was filled with the pushers, the line cutters, the people who think they're the only people in the whole wide world and hog up common areas. I noticed a lot of grown men cutting in front of children.

The worst was at AK in the camp minnie mickey character meeting trails. We went into each trail and waited in line just to have 8 people (yes I counted) come up through the line to meet their family member at the front of the line. We were like really?! So we move on to the next character trail and the same exact family did the same thing, they had 1 or 2 people up at the front holding their spot and then the rest joined them. This happened on 3 trails, same exact family. On the last one all 8 family members joined the line at the front, got their meet and greet on with mickey and then of course the CM come to the rest of us waiting patiently in line and says it's time for Mickey to take a break. Now I'm not heartless, I could see getting seperated from your family and then having to meet back up with them so one or two people having to join their family but 8? My 4 y.o. DD who has no filter totally called out cutters on this trip lol It's very hard to explain to a little one that you're supposed to wait your turn to do things when they see so many adults not abiding by those rules also.

 

[surrealrain]

Which camp do you fall in?

1. Are you insecure about your husband looking at another woman, or
2. do you feel guilty because you did not breastfeed?

It's always the women who complain! So much for sisterhood and unity. Men are usually the understanding ones who don't give a rip.

Exactly! I breastfed my son for over 2 years and the only people who ever seemed offended were women. What's really fun is breastfeeding a toddler. The dirty looks really start then.

Of course, I've even pumped breastmilk in public with a manual breast pump. I have to say though, all in all, I've gotten more thumbs up than rude comments.

 

[surrealrain]

I nurse in public discreetly w/o of cover though, you can look all you want, doesn't bother me a bit, they are just ****s

Yep. I say look all you want. Obviously thouse of us breastfeeders who will just pop it out don't really care about people looking. The more stares the better, at least we are doing our part in showing young girls that breastfeeding is natural and what babies are meant to consume.

 

[Hannathy]

Yep. I say look all you want. Obviously thouse of us breastfeeders who will just pop it out don't really care about people looking. The more stares the better, at least we are doing our part in showing young girls that breastfeeding is natural and what babies are meant to consume.

Or completely turning them off by your lack of discretion or consideration of others.

 

[surrealrain]

WOAH! why are people still talking about the breastfeeding?

Anyway, back to the subject. If people are being rude towards me, and I'm feeling extra sassy that day, I'll call them out on it. I'm also really good at giving them the death stare.
I once was standing in line to buy a treat at a store and a man came up and jumped in front of me. He could obviously see me, and he took the hint that what he did was NOT happening. I stared him down and he said "OH? There's a line" and he quietly moved to the back. Sometimes people don't even realize what they're doing. Understandable. After that I just smiled and went back into my happy mood.

Perhaps people continue to be rude because NO ONE calls them out on it. Most people need a reality check.

I agree. Sometimes people are just flat out being rude, but I think a lot of times people don't realize what they are doing. Our first time at Disney World we had no idea about the parades, so we get done eating lunch and walk out to see everyone lined up, we stopped in the front of the crowd on Maine Street looking around wondering what was going on. I'm sure some people thought we were being rude, but in reality we were just puzzled and out of the loop. Finally I asked someone what was happening and they told us about the parade. So we moved aside and found a spot at the back of the crowd.

 

[surrealrain]

Or completely turning them off by your lack of discretion or consideration of others.

LOL. I love hearing this one from formula feeders. It's not very considerate to feed a baby infant formula which increases their risk of cancer, diabetes, asthma, food allergies, and even death. So if increasing my child's chance of lifelong health is inconsiderate to others, then so be it.

My first concern is my child's health. Anyone who has a problem with that can mind their own business.

 

[Figment43]

The more stares the better, at least we are doing our part in showing young girls that breastfeeding is natural and what babies are meant to consume.

Peeing is also natural. Would you like me to start peeing in public? No, you wouldn't. I find it ironic that the same people who are shocked that a little boy whizzed in a potted plant get angry when someone suggests they keep their bra on at a family theme park.

 

[bakenatj]

LOL. I love hearing this one from formula feeders. It's not very considerate to feed a baby infant formula which increases their risk of cancer, diabetes, asthma, food allergies, and even death. So if increasing my child's chance of lifelong health is inconsiderate to others, then so be it.

My first concern is my child's health. Anyone who has a problem with that can mind their own business.

Lactation consultant per chance???