My rant for today

[ktpool]

Have a wonderful trip and don't let the crabbies get in your way

I admit I am a sometime-crabby and an nervous I will be stressed coordinating the trip for 17 people, but I hereby vow:

I will not be crabby at WDW
I will not be crabby at WDW
I will not be crabby at WDW
I will not be crabby at WDW

 

[2Princes2Princesses]

Hey - what's field stripping?

(other that possibly getting nudie in a pasture??)

It is where you remove just the burning ember from the cigarette...DH is good at this from doing it in the Army. I am not, and burn myself. So he does it for me. You then have a cold butt that you can toss in a garbage can or in your pocket until you find a garbage can.

I guess the term is military speak......the first time he said it, I had no idea what he was talking about. I think they do it in the service to avoid leaving a trail for the enemy or something along those lines.

Nude in a pasture...... Now everytime he says field strip I am going to giggle like a goof.

 

[Michelle2]

Steph, thanks for the post, I feel the same way on these boards sometimes. I just usually shrug it off because no matter what anyone does SOMEONE will find offense to something. Even the ones with the strong opinions about sneaking a person in the hotel room, smoking, breastfeeding in public, refilling older mugs, etc. I can guarantee that they do something that is offensive to someone else...no matter how moral they make themselves sound while flaming others.

We are human. Everyone does something that will get someone upset...so I agree with the other posters and that is the best way to be happy (at WDW especially) is to stay as positive as possible, and not focus on what others are doing, and try and be considerate to others. I guess I am a believer in karma..."you get what you give"--- This is all advice I tell myself, not to anyone directly. And believe me, after reading these boards I am even afraid to put my seat back on the plane....oye! I am getting a little paranoid at the things that people find offensive??

 

[JR6ooo4]

... and worse, it seems the rude, me first people are driving the huge SUVs and mercedes, etc....

While taking a break from the hot afternoon sun and waiting for a MK parade we watched this very well dressed family pull a bench about twenty feet so they could sit down right up next to the rope for the parade route! I almost said something but disney came along and politely asked them to refrain from rearranging the magic kingdom to their liking.

It is the same way with rude drivers. how hard is it to signal? It should just be an automatic response to thinking about a turn!!! But to take a lesson from full time drivers. Either learn to let it go or you will go insane.

Mikeeee

 

[kimmikayb]

Okay, I can't help myself and may get flamed...but whatever. I gotta be me.

Sometimes I am nervous about saying or posting something for fear of being attacked one way or another. And it has really had an impact on my mood for the upcoming trip.....a mild deflation, if you will. I DO know I should not let things bug me and believe me, when we hit the FL border, I doubt I will care. But thought I would share my little rant here, since DH gives me a when I rant to him.

We are smokers, stay in a nonsmoking room with the kids, and DO NOT smoke in it. EVER. PERIOD. When we smoke at the bus depots or whatever, we go way over in the corner away from anyone who might be around. If it is too crowded, we just don't.

No ashtray around? No problem. DH "field strips" the butts and has a little baggy in his pocket that they go in, to be disposed of in the proper receptacle. No butts on the ground from us.

We never smoke in the parks except where we are allowed. And never would. Too many kids, too dangerous, someone could get burned. If you are near me and I am smoking...say walking around the resort for example and you say, "excuse me, that is just blowing right at me." I would put it out. In a second.

But if I say I am a smoker on a thread about it, automatically I am a litterer, ruin the hotel rooms, have no respect for others, and don't deserve to share space with other people because I dont care about their health. But I do, which is why I act the way I do.

I breastfed my son last year. Apparently this was some sort of crime. I was discreet and careful...as I explained to DH "No parent should have to explain BFing to their 4-yr-old in the middle of Disney because the kid saw me." I also changed my son on a bench. Changed him, then wiped the bench down with a wipe just in case. I have determined from posts on this board that I should be dragged out and stoned to death for this, as well.

We are polite to the CM's, even if they are not in return. I always say "Kill them with kindness" since nothing makes someone feel ickier than being nice to them when they KNOW they were just nasty to you.

We don't cut in line and will happily let you pass us to catch up with your 2 kids who ran like nutcases past us into the line. They are excited...we know this, so why make everyone cranky.

We don't expect an upgrade, towel animals, or anything special when we go. Yes, this trip cost 1/2 my salary for the year, but nothing "special" is guaranteed. Hence the word "special." But other people feel entitled to "special" and so now the CMs don't do as many special things. That makes me sad.

We do not fudge our kids ages or sneak an extra person in our room. This had me indirectly referred to as a hypocrite. Yes, I tell little white lies and sometimes some real whoppers. But things like that rack me with guilt. Maybe it was the catholic elementary school. I have guilt issues, so I would not be able to sleep or enjoy myself knowing I lied. So I am not a hypocrite...the word you are looking for is NEUROTIC.


We try to be nice to others in Disney....big mistake sometimes. I have been treated like doo doo by many people there (other guests). Does it ruin it for me?? No. I love it there. BUt it does detract from the overall well-being I feel there.

I just want to know why a mom and her DH, who have 4 kids, full time jobs, stress, and all of that can have common courtesy for others, but that it cannot be returned.

I get so bummed reading about people wanting to get things faster than everyone else and better than everyone else in Disney. Because we try not to be rude, the people that they will be shoving out and stepping on, unfortunately, will include us. And probably many of you.

When I reply to something, I guess maybe I just want it known that that is REALLY how I feel and REALLY how I would act. And I am not a hypocrite or being a "do as I say, not as I do" type.

And to the other Disney lovers who enjoy being there so much that you are friendly and courteous to others, I cannot wait to see you in a couple weeks. We have run into so many nice people in Disney...it is what helps counter the rudeness for me.

Thanks for letting me rant and babble. And I am not trying to and start anything, so if you want to blast me, please take notice that I will NOT be debating...I don't want to get into an argument and irritate the moderators.

well as long as you aren't filling your 2 year old mug or swimming in a different resort's pool you're ok with me

Seriously, I wish I was going the same time you are...you are my kind of gal. I hope you have fun. I felt the same way you did at first too. On our last trip I kept saying to my DH...we can't do that DIS said so! He finally told me to stop it.

I especially know now that nobody from here will ever want to meet me and my family..I break many of the rules!!

 

[Royalbear]

I never intentionally annoy people, but it seems that I do something at least twice a day that someone could complain about (CathrynRose--a little late, but my son and his friend do airsoft fights throughout the neighbor hood).

Fortunately, someone would have to take a brick and hit me upside the head for me to be offended by their actions (or cut in front of me in the line for EE), cuz I don't have the energy to worry about the little things like someone changing their kid on a bench.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Hmmm, a baggy for the butts......Note to self - bring baggies. My DH field strips when we are at places without ashtrays, etc. Always stuffs them in his pockets though and forgets about them. Lots of fun doing the wash.

 

[stopgo]

Right on! I'm mostly a lurker around these parts (registered 6 months ago and have fewer than 20 posts) but I've noticed exactly the same thing. Too often there's an almost cultish fervor toward all things Disney and, to some peoples' way of thinking, that precludes granting any quarter to those whose behavior they find offensive. Sometimes I feel like I'm in... church! (no offense to the more spiritually active here )

In the end it's just not worth burning a gear over. If someone has so few worries in their own life that they can afford the time to nitpick the way we enjoy our vacations or interact here then bless 'em. It's not gonna stop me from dancing my lady down Main Street USA, smiling the whole time.

 

[poohandwendy]

I think the best thing any of us can do is take the good that you gather from here (or any message board) and do your best to shrug off the negative.

There is a vast amount of enormously helpful information and people here, try to focus on that and walk away when you feel some of the heated posts/threads are bringing you down. (at least, that is what I do)

I hope you have a wonderful trip!