I Have A Firey Hatred For Heelys

I don't understand what right the kid on Heely's has over the other pedestrians in the area. In fact, the pedestrian always has the right of way over a vehicle. And with Heely's the kid becomes a vehicle. Kids on Heely's need to yield the right of way, especially to walkers who are having more difficulty.

I've never been to a skating rink where they allowed people to walk on the skate floor going in an out of the skates. Why should skaters be allowed to run in and out of the walkers on a walking venue?
... and Heelies or not, what parent wouldn't put a child in his place for WALKING in front of or into the path of a person on crutches or using a cane?
 
I don't understand what right the kid on Heely's has over the other pedestrians in the area. In fact, the pedestrian always has the right of way over a vehicle. And with Heely's the kid becomes a vehicle. Kids on Heely's need to yield the right of way, especially to walkers who are having more difficulty.

I've never been to a skating rink where they allowed people to walk on the skate floor going in an out of the skates. Why should skaters be allowed to run in and out of the walkers on a walking venue?

Well, you quoted me questioning the person who said they would walk into the path of a kid wearing Heelys, apparently because the kid was so dangerous. To me it seems a lot more dangerous to cause an accident than avoid one, but hey, maybe that is just me. Other posters have gleefully said they want to stick out their foot and trip kids on Heelys, or secretly want them to fall. Whatever floats your boat, I guess. Seems to me these are not people who really care that much about dangerous situations if they are going out of their way to cause a dangerous situation or imagining what fun it would be to see one happen.
 
Oh, and If I am ever with my kids and you stick your foot out to trip them on skates, you better steer clear of my wrath, is all I can say. Now that would be a dangerous situation.

-----------------------------------

Would never, EVER do anything of that sort - but if a child runs into me and causes any kind of physical injury, said parent will not want to deal with ME either..

Keep those liability policies beefed up and you shouldn't have anything to worry about..;)
 
-----------------------------------

Would never, EVER do anything of that sort - but if a child runs into me and causes any kind of physical injury, said parent will not want to deal with ME either..

Keep those liability policies beefed up and you shouldn't have anything to worry about..;)

That seems fair. Stay out of our way, and we will stay out of yours.

Not that I am the slightest bit worried about my kids running into you on Heelys. Besides the fact we don't use them in crowded public places, my kids are also a lot more coordinated on skates than most people are on feet.
 

but if a child runs into me and causes any kind of physical injury, said parent will not want to deal with ME either..
You wouldn't have to worry. Said parent would be shopping in another department of the store, and the kid would have "Heeled" his way out of there before you had a chance to get up off the ground. When the kid told his mom what happened, she would say, "Doesn't she know to watch out for kids on Heeleys?"
 
That seems fair. Stay out of our way, and we will stay out of yours.

Not that I am the slightest bit worried about my kids running into you on Heelys. Besides the fact we don't use them in crowded public places, my kids are also a lot more coordinated on skates than most people are on feet.

-----------------------------

Would that include not having them race up and down past my room at Pop at all hours of the day and night? If so, I would be eternally grateful..:goodvibes
 
-----------------------------

Would that include not having them race up and down past my room at Pop at all hours of the day and night? If so, I would be eternally grateful..:goodvibes

I dunno. Did you ask their parents? :confused3 Seems to me if it was something that was bothering you, perhaps you should have gone out to confront the parents of the children who were causing you such distress. I know thats what I would have done. If that did not prove to be satisfactory, I probably would have called down to the front desk and ask that security deal with it.
 
/
You know, I didn't think of it until you mentioned it, but last summer at Pop, this family next door to us had a kid that went up and down the hallway from about 11:30pm to 12am. At 12am we called security, security came and told the kid to go in, but at around 12:15am, the kid was back out. He stayed out at least another 15 minutes... and you can't tell me it didn't reverberate into his parents room the same way it did in ours. What's with THESE parents???

I dunno. Did you ask their parents? :confused3 Seems to me if it was something that was bothering you, perhaps you should have gone out to confront the parents of the children who were causing you such distress. I know thats what I would have done. If that did not prove to be satisfactory, I probably would have called down to the front desk and ask that security deal with it.

She did ask Security to deal with it. And the kiddo came back anyway. Some parents, huh??
 
Well, you quoted me questioning the person who said they would walk into the path of a kid wearing Heelys, apparently because the kid was so dangerous. To me it seems a lot more dangerous to cause an accident than avoid one, but hey, maybe that is just me. Other posters have gleefully said they want to stick out their foot and trip kids on Heelys, or secretly want them to fall. Whatever floats your boat, I guess. Seems to me these are not people who really care that much about dangerous situations if they are going out of their way to cause a dangerous situation or imagining what fun it would be to see one happen.

As I'm one of the posters who stated, without a single ounce of shame, that I'd LOVE to see any kid wearing heelys fall and hurt themselves (not that I'd purposely cause them to fall; that would be breaking the law), let me explain myself. First of all, any parent who would let their child wear and use heelys in a public place (such as a mall, grocery, WDW) has to KNOW, beyond any shadow of doubt, that they would be posing a risk to both the public at large and their own child (especially since, at WDW, heelys are prohibited). I'm just assuming that, in that situation, the parent either couldn't find the stones to tell their little darling that, in certain situations, it's not appropriate to use their new toy (e.g., just couldn't say "no"), or they just don't give a fig what happens, as long as their little darling gets whatever they want.

So. If and/or when said little darling rams into an adult (and, hopefully, doesn't hurt that innocent bystander) or some inanimate object, falls down, and hurts themselves, (a) the child gets some--SOME--idea that doing "whatever they want, whenever they want" many times has some not-so-appealing consequences to be faced; and, (b) the child's very probably apoplectic, looking-to-place-the-blame-ANYWHERE-but-at-their-own-feet parents get to witness, first hand, the consequences of not having told their child "no", even when it was right, proper, and prudent to do so.

And, either way, it's tremendous entertainment for me. :lmao: :lmao:
 
As I'm one of the posters who stated, without a single ounce of shame, that I'd LOVE to see any kid wearing heelys fall and hurt themselves (not that I'd purposely cause them to fall; that would be breaking the law), let me explain myself. First of all, any parent who would let their child wear and use heelys in a public place (such as a mall, grocery, WDW) has to KNOW, beyond any shadow of doubt, that they would be posing a risk to both the public at large and their own child (especially since, at WDW, heelys are prohibited). I'm just assuming that, in that situation, the parent either couldn't find the stones to tell their little darling that, in certain situations, it's not appropriate to use their new toy (e.g., just couldn't say "no"), or they just don't give a fig what happens, as long as their little darling gets whatever they want.

So. If and/or when said little darling rams into an adult (and, hopefully, doesn't hurt that innocent bystander) or some inanimate object, falls down, and hurts themselves, (a) the child gets some--SOME--idea that doing "whatever they want, whenever they want" many times has some not-so-appealing consequences to be faced; and, (b) the child's very probably apoplectic, looking-to-place-the-blame-ANYWHERE-but-at-their-own-feet parents get to witness, first hand, the consequences of not having told their child "no", even when it was right, proper, and prudent to do so.

And, either way, it's tremendous entertainment for me. :lmao: :lmao:

Well, as I said, whatever floats your boat I guess. We all gotta get our entertainment from somewhere. :confused3
 
I dunno. Did you ask their parents? :confused3 Seems to me if it was something that was bothering you, perhaps you should have gone out to confront the parents of the children who were causing you such distress. I know thats what I would have done. If that did not prove to be satisfactory, I probably would have called down to the front desk and ask that security deal with it.
---------------------------

Much as I love Disney, security is about as helpful with kids on heelys as they are with the Pop Warner group.. Zip, zero, nothing..

I'm going back again Jan. 16th.. If there are any similar incidents I will find out exactly what room the offenders are in and then I will go and stand outside their room in the wee hours of the morning with my cell phone SCREAMING into it as loud as I possible can.. Should the parents complain to me - or security - I will simply point out that I had a "bad connection - sorry".............:rolleyes1
 
As I'm one of the posters who stated, without a single ounce of shame, that I'd LOVE to see any kid wearing heelys fall and hurt themselves (not that I'd purposely cause them to fall; that would be breaking the law), let me explain myself. First of all, any parent who would let their child wear and use heelys in a public place (such as a mall, grocery, WDW) has to KNOW, beyond any shadow of doubt, that they would be posing a risk to both the public at large and their own child (especially since, at WDW, heelys are prohibited). I'm just assuming that, in that situation, the parent either couldn't find the stones to tell their little darling that, in certain situations, it's not appropriate to use their new toy (e.g., just couldn't say "no"), or they just don't give a fig what happens, as long as their little darling gets whatever they want.

So. If and/or when said little darling rams into an adult (and, hopefully, doesn't hurt that innocent bystander) or some inanimate object, falls down, and hurts themselves, (a) the child gets some--SOME--idea that doing "whatever they want, whenever they want" many times has some not-so-appealing consequences to be faced; and, (b) the child's very probably apoplectic, looking-to-place-the-blame-ANYWHERE-but-at-their-own-feet parents get to witness, first hand, the consequences of not having told their child "no", even when it was right, proper, and prudent to do so.

And, either way, it's tremendous entertainment for me. :lmao: :lmao:

Well said.

Their child would be the one doing wrong yet they go on about how the others better be worried about their wrath. :rolleyes1
 
As I'm one of the posters who stated, without a single ounce of shame, that I'd LOVE to see any kid wearing heelys fall and hurt themselves (not that I'd purposely cause them to fall; that would be breaking the law), let me explain myself. First of all, any parent who would let their child wear and use heelys in a public place (such as a mall, grocery, WDW) has to KNOW, beyond any shadow of doubt, that they would be posing a risk to both the public at large and their own child (especially since, at WDW, heelys are prohibited). I'm just assuming that, in that situation, the parent either couldn't find the stones to tell their little darling that, in certain situations, it's not appropriate to use their new toy (e.g., just couldn't say "no"), or they just don't give a fig what happens, as long as their little darling gets whatever they want.

So. If and/or when said little darling rams into an adult (and, hopefully, doesn't hurt that innocent bystander) or some inanimate object, falls down, and hurts themselves, (a) the child gets some--SOME--idea that doing "whatever they want, whenever they want" many times has some not-so-appealing consequences to be faced; and, (b) the child's very probably apoplectic, looking-to-place-the-blame-ANYWHERE-but-at-their-own-feet parents get to witness, first hand, the consequences of not having told their child "no", even when it was right, proper, and prudent to do so.

And, either way, it's tremendous entertainment for me. :lmao: :lmao:

-----------------------------------------

Have to agree with everything except your last statement.. I don't find it "entertaining" - I find it a sad commentary on parenting and teaching children respect..:(
 
Ack.

I can see someone in DakotaLynn's place doing what she did. I think any of us would do the same thing, whether it would be to protect an elderly loved one, or a loved one on Heelys about to be run into by another Heely person. I don't understand the other people who want to run into the kids or trip them for the heck of it though, just because they don't like the sight of them or don't like the way the kids are using them. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Around here they've had to station security people at both entrances of one of our grocery stores. I imagine to stop all sorts of things, but for sure to stop the Heely people from even wearing the shoes into the store! The wheels don't have to be out, they can be turned away at the door immediately upon one of the security people seeing the shoes. I imagine something must have happened for them to take such a hard stance. I have been behind Heelers twice now entering the store, who were on the shoes, not wheels, and both times they were turned away at the entrance. Neither was angry, the store has HUGE signs stating "No Heelys Inside the Store" or whatever the signs say. One teen girl was embarrassed and turn to her mother where upon her mother said, "See I told you, you'll have to wait in the car now."

Anyway, I see no problem with them if they aren't used in stores, malls, schools etc. Just like anyone who would use a skateboard, roller blades etc. I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to stop any child who was speeding by unless they were definitely about to slam into someone, especially an elderly or little person, but I would do it in the best way I could, so hopefully no one would get hurt. :eek:

I know if I were a kid, I would want a pair! :hippie:
 
That seems fair. Stay out of our way, and we will stay out of yours.

That was nice. :rolleyes:

People with mobility issues can't jump out of a child's wearing Heelys way.

She did ask Security to deal with it. And the kiddo came back anyway. Some parents, huh??

The parents were probably at PI. They left their children at POP by themselves because the kids are so wonderful and would never get into a spot of trouble!
 
... and Heelies or not, what parent wouldn't put a child in his place for WALKING in front of or into the path of a person on crutches or using a cane?

Lots, believe me!

I don't have anything against these Heeley things, I just dont think they should be allowed at malls, schools blahblahblah. And I would never get enjoyment in seeing a child injured using them.
 
That was nice. :rolleyes:

People with mobility issues can't jump out of a child's wearing Heelys way.



The parents were probably at PI. They left their children at POP by themselves because the kids are so wonderful and would never get into a spot of trouble!

Huh? I just said that my children would stay OUT of the way, not run INTO people with mobility issues. That wasn't nice, or did you mean to use the smiley instead of the rolleyes? :confused3

I agreed with everyone from the beginning, Heelys are not meant to be worn in crowded public places. I don't, however, agree with people who feel the need to stick their foot out and trip said children. If that makes me not so nice, I guess I'll have to live with it. :)
 
I bet they're straight A students and volunteer at a homeless shelter too, don't they?

One is a straight A student, the other not. Neither volunteers in a homeless shelter on a regular basis, no. Why do you ask?
 


/











Receive up to $1,000 in Onboard Credit and a Gift Basket!
That’s right — when you book your Disney Cruise with Dreams Unlimited Travel, you’ll receive incredible shipboard credits to spend during your vacation!
CLICK HERE








New Posts







DIS Facebook DIS youtube DIS Instagram DIS Pinterest DIS Tiktok DIS Twitter

Back
Top