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

[donaldlovesdaisy]

Those were always my favorite places to nurse too--but for my own comfort, not to "not offend" people around me. Those places tended to be cooler, quieter, and a relaxing place away from the crowds and chaos.

Yes I agree!

 

[Butterbunkins]

I get annoyed but can look past rude guests. My last trip (my honeymoon) was full of rude CMs. I had never seen anything like it. After so many to Disney and being a former CM myself I know what is expected. I mean I know people have bad days but it seemed like the bad ones were everywhere that trip.

We had 3 nights in St Pete Beach after Disney and for the first time in my life I was actually happy to leave knowing I had the beach to look forward to.

And don't get me wrong we also had some incredibly awesome CMs, the rude ones were just overhelming!

 

[a1tinkfans]

inconsideration abounds more so now adays...Not sure why, but for some reason, people feel entitled to do as they please...

Like being totally ignorant of the fact that you are spraying people in the face when you mist behind you to get your back cooled down...
Or
Using your stroller as a weapon to move or should I say plow thru people
Less often, but the motorized scooters are not too far behind on that one
Or
some scooter users that suddenly arrive at the bus depot just as the bus pulls up and then go right ahead of you...with their whole family...
Or
seeing little ones urinate everywhere but in a bathroom ...whats with that???
Or
People that scream for their families RIGHT in your ears....h e l l o ever hear of tinnitus...OUCH, that does not help....
Or
Pushing shoving groups of teens that literally will knock you down if you are in their way
Or
The AWFUL screaming of songs, words chants by groups of kids
Or
The adults And Kids that for some reason feel the need to be VERY loud, as they come back to their rooms very late at night and wake up everyone that unfortunately has a room near them??
seriously..sometimes common sense and decency goes out the window...but its not just Disney, its sadly the decline of our society as a whole ...
Fortunately....the GOOD
far outweighs the NASTY people

 

[OhioDisneyDad]

Thanks for reminding me why I haven't visited the DIS in a long time. Still just a bunch of prattling on about some perceived social injustice or slight by someone against someone else. If I could sell manners and common sense on here I could OWN Disney. Lord knows many of you need it. Pull up your big girl panties and get over yourselves.

 

[Jedana]

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.

I just have to say, that I find your comment rude and offensive. Are you saying that anyone who chooses a different path from yours DON'T care about their kids, or are you saying that your rights EXCEED everyone elses?

I wasn't able to BF my girls. Neither one has had cancer, diabetes, asthma, or died. DD2 does have food allergies--she is allergic to dairy and soy. We had to get a special formula for her--it was like $45 a can. I wish I could hav BF'd her--I'd have a nice bank account!
My son BF'd for 2 short months. Again, he does not have cancer, diabetes, asthma, food allergies, and hasn't died yet.

My grandfather had a twin. She died as an infant, because she was allergic to dairy and there wasn't a formula back in 1912 to sustain babies (at least, one in the country where they lived).

One of the boys in my son's cub scout den has severe allergies to nuts, peanuts, dairy, eggs and certain fruits. He was on a special formula like my daughter, only he almost died before they figured it out.


People like the lady who threw a temper tantrum at Target because they asked her to not sit in the clothing section and BF because PEOPLE DON'T LOOK DOWN AND SHE WAS AT RISK OF GETTING HIT WITH A CART make people HATE BFers. People who preach that BFing is the only way to ensure a healthy baby and that if you don't BF, then you suck as a parent, make people HATE BFers.

So, keep your darn nose about my business about how I feed my kids, and I'll do the same. But if you open your mouth to me about my parenting, be prepared to hear it back.

 

[LisaCat]

My favorite is still the woman who was holding her (I assume) toddler grandson on her lap and allowing him to "drive" her ECV. And beep the horn. And shout, "Move it, bustah!" as we were all trying to make our way down Main Street right after fireworks. After she let him run into me the third time, I turned around and asked where she expected everyone to go and she explained that they were in a hurry to get back to the resort because it was well past his bedtime and they didn't want him to have a meltdown. Yeah. Oh, and mommy was video "taping" him beeping the horn and shouting at people to move and laughing about how "cute" it was. She also had the nerve to say that he DID tell me to move. Ugh.

I will say, however, that since many of my Disney trips are solo, I have been invited to share curb space at parades, offered a seat at crowded counter service areas and once even offered a sweatshirt while waiting for Holiday Wishes. The good ones are out there, but unfortunately, the bad ones are generally loud and draw attention to themselves. Usually by dropping an f-bomb, it seems.

 

[tinkerbellybutton]

I often think a lot of the rudeness has to do with the heat. Not that it's any excuse for so many people to be rude.

On our trip in June of 2010 my DH and I noticed that there were so many rude, grumpy people around us. Much more than on previous trips. Even the CMs were so rude there were times I just couldn't believe what I just saw or heard. My hubby was on his 2 week R&R from Iraq so we were just so happy to be together as a family and in our favorite place, but all the rudeness, especially from the CMs, did put a bit of a damper on our trip in some situations. We are not hard to please and for the most part we can just turn the other way and ignore it, but it was all around us, felt like no where to escape it. And we pretty much blamed it on the heat. Over tired, hot, exhausted people often do rotten things they wouldn't normally do.

Since that June trip we've been back in Oct. 2010, March 2011 and Dec. 2011 and noticed that we did not encounter any of that on those trips. We'll be back in July/Aug. of this year and I'm prepared to face lots of rude people, and I'll try to just blame it on the heat.

 

[GameDevLovesDisney]

Women breastfeeding discretely doesn't bother me in the least, but as a direct result of this thread the next time I'm in WDW I vow to stare uncomfortably at any fully exposed breasts I see, drool optional. After all, if it's legal and you're comfortable doing it without giving a second thought to those that might NOT be comfortable with it, then I'll blatantly stare away. As far as I know, THAT is still legal in FL too, regardless of how inconsiderate and classless it may be.

 

[tallen429]

I have to chime in re: the kid peeing in the plant.
This is NOT an "excuse" but more of an explanation...

We lived in Europe for a number of years and it is considered perfectly acceptable and commonplace where we were for not only little boys, but also grown men to urinate outside. At the side of the road, under a tree in a park, etc. Many aren't even remotely discrete about it.

I certainly have no idea where this little boy was from but it isn't out of the realm of possibility that he was acting in a normal way for his cultural background.

 

[Franziska]

Last year, I was at Hollywood Studios for The Voyage Of The Little Mermaid. I had just received a new camera and was taking pictures during the show. One thing I always do is turn off the LCD in a dark environment so it doesn't disturb people. Half way through the show this girl who was sitting with her boyfriend asked me to stop taking pictures because it was annoying her. I did not have it on silent mode and turned it on silent mode after she said that. I really didnt think the noise could be heard because the show was so loud. Also allot of people were taking pictures, not just me. When the show was over I took some time to put my camera back in the bag. When I got out of the show, they were waiting outside for me. It was mostly the girl and she stood there with her arms crossed, shaking her head, staring me down and I asked her if she had a problem and she said, yes with losers like you. I said, you really have some nerve, you told me that the camera was annoying you and I switched it to silent mode but that still wasn't good enough for you and now you are waiting outside to harass me. She then said, if you have some kind of a mermaid fetish you really need to get help. I told her that she really needed to watch her mouth because its going to get her in trouble one day. Her boyfriend got in my face and said, now you are in trouble. I told him to back off because if he even tried to swing at me, I'm calling the cops and letting them know that they were both waiting for me to confront me after the show and he will spend his vacation in jail. And I was starting to boil up at that point and said, plus if I have to act in self defense you will need an ambulance to get there. He did back off but the girl was still running her mouth cupping her hands and saying, hey everybody check out the big loser with the mermaid fetish over here. I ended up leaving and going to the MK because I really didnt want to run into them again and I wanted to enjoy my day.

Normally you see rude people that cut lines or think its OK to curse and have no respect for people around them and with those people, I just walk away from them and do something else. But these two went out of their way to confront me. I really think the guy didnt want any part of it but his girlfriend had an axe to grind and I told him he needs to find a better girlfriend because one day her attitude is going to get him in trouble.

To be fair, she asked you to stop and you didn't. It was rude of her to get in your face and yell, though.

 

[CamoMama]

To be fair, she asked you to stop and you didn't. It was rude of her to get in your face and yell, though.

To be fair, there is nothing wrong with taking pictures on rides so long as you're not using the flash. Asking someone to stop taking pictures on their vacation is rude.

 

[livndisney]

To be fair, she asked you to stop and you didn't. It was rude of her to get in your face and yell, though.

How is demanding strangers follow YOUR rules fair?

WDW says no flash photos-pp wasn't flashing.

 

[Joe Buck]

To be fair, she asked you to stop and you didn't. It was rude of her to get in your face and yell, though.

They tell you before the performance that you can take pictures during the performance but they ask you not to use a flash and I made sure I didn't. There were many people in the audience taking pictures too. She seemed to be upset with the sound so I turned off the sound. I can see it being a problem if they said no photography was allowed. There was nothing wrong with what I did. Other than sit next to a jerk.

 

[KimiCoconuts]

I just have to say, that I find your comment rude and offensive. Are you saying that anyone who chooses a different path from yours DON'T care about their kids, or are you saying that your rights EXCEED everyone elses?

I wasn't able to BF my girls. Neither one has had cancer, diabetes, asthma, or died. DD2 does have food allergies--she is allergic to dairy and soy. We had to get a special formula for her--it was like $45 a can. I wish I could hav BF'd her--I'd have a nice bank account!
My son BF'd for 2 short months. Again, he does not have cancer, diabetes, asthma, food allergies, and hasn't died yet.

My grandfather had a twin. She died as an infant, because she was allergic to dairy and there wasn't a formula back in 1912 to sustain babies (at least, one in the country where they lived).

One of the boys in my son's cub scout den has severe allergies to nuts, peanuts, dairy, eggs and certain fruits. He was on a special formula like my daughter, only he almost died before they figured it out.


People like the lady who threw a temper tantrum at Target because they asked her to not sit in the clothing section and BF because PEOPLE DON'T LOOK DOWN AND SHE WAS AT RISK OF GETTING HIT WITH A CART make people HATE BFers. People who preach that BFing is the only way to ensure a healthy baby and that if you don't BF, then you suck as a parent, make people HATE BFers.

So, keep your darn nose about my business about how I feed my kids, and I'll do the same. But if you open your mouth to me about my parenting, be prepared to hear it back.

WOW! You are so angry.

I cannot believe you hate bf's because of one person talking. I hope that is not true.

Why would you allow one person to have that much power to upset you over her choices and beliefs.

We all have our own way of mothering. We are educated to feed by the breast and that it is best. Thank GOD there are other options when mothers need them! We all need to be tolerant, our children deserve that.

 

[ben1993]

In Disneyland Paris I witnessed a man hold his child over a drain in the line for Mad Hatters Tea Cups whilst she urinated. Everyone around them didn't bat an eyelid, I was appalled (and I'm not the type to be 'outraged' at the drop of a hat). My friend and I commented that we'd never see that in Orlando. Hmmm...

 

[Hannathy]

WOW! You are so angry.

I cannot believe you hate bf's because of one person talking. I hope that is not true.

Why would you allow one person to have that much power to upset you over her choices and beliefs.

We all have our own way of mothering. We are educated to feed by the breast and that it is best. Thank GOD there are other options when mothers need them! We all need to be tolerant, our children deserve that.

This was in response to a very rude and nasty post by a "militant" breastfeeder who actually called woman who choose to use bottle "formula feeders" like you would call a fish a bottom feeder and with as much disdain. She was really belligerent and trying to be demeaning.

This poster was simply responding to the other ignorant post.

 

[Hannathy]

I can deal with little kids peeing, that doesn't bother me. Although I don't see the need to do it in a public park when there is a ton of bathrooms.

What I can't stand and find incredibly rude, vile and nasty is people spitting!!!!

It is disgusting, filthy and illegal in a lot places. But how nasty do you have to be to do that where people will be walking and sitting? Yuck

 

[disneyshakeygirl]

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.

Your post is incredibly rude and offensive. You don't know any of the reasons why people use formula, so how dare you be so judgmental? I wasn't able to have breastmilk, my allergies were that severe and it was causing me to react. I'm not dead, I do not have cancer or diabetes. I have allergies and asthma, both of which were inherited.

My mother's first concern was my safety and general well being. If you have a problem with that, then you can mind your own business and stop being so judgmental.

 

[LuvClarice]

We had our rudest encounter just a couple of weeks ago at MK - after 40 years of visits. We went staking out a spot early for the castle projection show because it was the highlight of what we were planning that day. There were many people standing in front of the stage. We were on the left side (near Frontierland) of the hub. Everyone who was already there was sitting. We saw a little open spot, so my DH, DD and myself asked the people there if they were saving it for anyone and they replied no. We were directly in front of a disabled child in one of those wheelchairs that is built more like a stroller. There were about 3 regular stollers in our section too. We all chit-chatted and the time passed quickly. Just as the show was beginning, a middle aged couple squeezed in front of my DD and DS of the couple who were seated next to us. My DD is an adult, but the neighbor son was about 7. After it became evident that they were not going to sit down like everyone else, several of us squished together to make sure they had plenty of room and asked them to sit. They wouldn't even answer us. The couple next to us poked the lady in the leg and told her that they were totally blocking the castle from their son's view and would they please sit like everyone else. Again, nothing. By this time, at least half a dozen people were grumbling and saying they couldn't believe how rude these people were. People were shouting that the child in the wheelchair could no longer see and the woman just looked back at her and moved a little closer to her companion. When Wishes was about to begin, she pulled out her smart phone and video'ed the whole thing. There was no failure to communicate. They spoke to each other in English and just made comments like "well, nobody is stopping them from standing up". We couldn't stand because if we did, we would have blocked the children in stollers & the wheelchair. Not that it would have done us that much good, my DD is 5'3" and I'm 5'2". They were way taller than us. Wishes wasn't really a problem because of their height, but we were all so mad over not being able to see the projection show that it really killed the night.

I have to close by saying I have seen much more good deeds and kindness than the bad behavior and I do believe you're always going to have a few selfish people, but I've experienced way more good than bad.

Kathy

 

[torinsmom]

It would not bother me if a woman discreetly BF'd on a ride beside me. However, my DS17 would be totally embarrassed if he was placed in a ride vehicle with someone doing the same. I guess I should make sure I don't have him sit with any women with infants this trip

I did NOT breastfeed DS. I could say I was on medication, which is a fact, but in all honesty, I also had a very bad body image at the time, and did not feel comfortable with it. That doesn't mean I didn't care about my child or his health. He does not have asthma, or food allergies, or diabetes. He is actually totally healthy. My sister BF'd her boys and both ended up with ear tubes, and the older one has asthma and food allergies. I don't buy into there being more bonding either. A mom who formula feeds can make eye contact, talk to the baby, just the same as one who BFs.

To be fair, I agree that breastfeeding is great for babies. I am more educated now, and I would BF if I had another baby. I just don't think it's something that makes one mom better than another. We should all support each other instead of arguing about it.