Pet peeves I saw today at Magic Kingdom

[MermaidsMom]

Well, my pet peeve is that folks are in such a gosh-darn hurry all the time that I can't even sit at a table if I'm not eating the WHOLE time I'm there, stop to look at anything without everyone behind me giving me the evil eye for not "moving with the traffic", LOOK at my eggs before I put them on my plate, lean down to LISTEN to something my son is saying, give him a minute to decide if he wants to see that 10 foot tall Mouse or not, or, for heavens' sake, have my dh stand in line while I take my kid to the bathroom!

If they are in that big a hurry, why on earth are they there at busy season when I am?

I love it! Great way to turn it back around!

 

[dpuck1998]

I'm allergic to smog so I think we should do away with all cars that are not fuel efficient. So no SUV's, mini-vans, hummers etc.

Yea, and I'm allergic to dust....can someone clean up that haunted mansion...

 

[Boater]

I love it! Great way to turn it back around!

We need to get back to ragging on the cheeleaders

 

[cornflkgrl]

Geez, why even bother opening a specifically titled "pet peeves" thread with an attitude like that? Sounds like you hate this thread, in which case you should never have opened it and read it. Did you read the dozen or so posts by the OP stating that his trip wasn't ruined, and that this thread was specifically one to list peeves?

If you can't handle a little venting by people, ignore the thread and read the hundreds of other threads that are nothing but positive about the WDW experience. Just because the OP mentioned some specific annoyances with WDW and rude guest behavior, that does not mean he "hates being around people". Also, these boards may be a place for Disney fans, but that doesn't mean we can't criticize at times, along with praise for things done well.

Okay here is my petpeeve. This thread!
By the way, it is a perfectly free country (almost) in which it is legal for me to smoke, talk loudly, talk on a cell phone, take forever to order, drag my kids out in front of people and get in other people's way, and even POST on this board! I just think that if you don't want to deal with other people's behavior (One person said deoderant, for instance and it is not something people in a lot of european countries use. Another person said something about not liking looking at people in their bathing suits because they are unattractive.) From reading this board if you combine all these things, the Disney you would like to visit (you, being the combined posters) would be smoke-free, nobody with vision problems allowed (trying to read the menus taking up time), no fat people, nobody who looks bad in a bathing suit, no phones, no strollers, nobody that gets in your way or disturbs you....hey, let's just say nobody in the whole park but you!
I think of Disney as a melting pot of cultures. We should all just learn to deal with eachother. If you don't like what I have to say, don't read it!

 

[paigevz]

Ooooh, nobody in the park but me! Now THAT'S a great idea! I can take my time and be as annoying as I want!

 

[dpuck1998]

Just thought I'd toss this in to keep the fire going.....

The devices are banned in most industrialized countries, which don't take kindly to disruption of licensed radio services.

"Obviously, spectrum is licensed by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and purchased by broadcasters of all kinds to transmit information," said Larson, the cellular industry spokesman. "And those pieces of spectrum become the property of those using them for the length of the licenses. So using a jammer is analogous to taking someone else's property."

and...

The U.S. Communications Act bans devices like jammers that emit radio frequencies to interfere with other radio communications equipment, said Travis Larson, spokesman for the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association.

and...

"Law prohibits it," he said. "Doctors, the law enforcement officials need to have access."

just FYI, no opinion...just random quotes...

 

[grimley1968]

Okay here is my petpeeve. This thread!

Then why read it?

If you don't like what I have to say, don't read it!

If you don't like what all the others in this thread are saying, then why read this thread?

People also have the freedom in this country, and on these boards, to be critical of pet peeves, just as they do to be annoyances themselves. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean people should be bottled up and be pollyannish about everything Disney-related. Whether you like it or not, this thread has "pet peeves" in the title, which therefore means it's a negative topic. If negative topics are your pet peeve, then by all means, skip them. I bet there are more topics about Crocs on here than negative topics about WDW!

 

[CheshireVal]

From reading this board if you combine all these things, the Disney you would like to visit (you, being the combined posters) would be smoke-free, nobody with vision problems allowed (trying to read the menus taking up time), no fat people, nobody who looks bad in a bathing suit, no phones, no strollers, nobody that gets in your way or disturbs you....hey, let's just say nobody in the whole park but you!

Excellent idea!

Methinks you're taking innocent vents a little too seriously, by the way.

 

[Fredd's Girl]

I can't believe I've read 19 pages and one of my pet peeve has never come up! Maybe I'm the only one that it bothers. People that stand in my personal space in a single file line. Rides like Space Mountain, or while I'm moving to fill in all available seating like a good guest.

Why do people have to be right on top of you??? Did you lose something in my back pocket? I'm sorry but if I can feel you breathing, you are too close. You're not getting there any faster by being on top of me.

I have to say, I agree with the cheerleader comments. I think as a whole they are very loud and not always well behaved. Last December we saw a group start cheering while people were trying to leave the Candlelight Processional. For anyone who's ever been to CP you know how crowded it is leaving. It was not the time or the place and frankly, they were probably a safety issue doing routines while people are trying to walk. If I wanted to see or hear your routine, I would have gone to the competition. No need to do a replay on my account.

Fun thread. My family believes that Disney World is the most magical place, but it's still a place with a big mix of people and things are bound to aggravate you. I'm glad we can talk about them, that no one feels like they are strange if every single second of their trip isn't full of magic. Nope, sometimes people just tick me off!

 

[cornflkgrl]

By the way, I opened the thread to read because I thought it would be pet peeves about DISNEY (ie. rides, certain restaurants, shows, hotels etc.) and I am planning a trip there and we haven't been since before epcot and I was trying to see if there was anything about the park that I should know. I didn't know I was opening up an endless rant about other people visiting the parkl.
Don't worry. This is my last post on this useless topic.

 

[MissSixty]

This applies anywhere....Please do not stand so close behind me in line that I can feel your breath on the back of my neck. You will surely receive an elbow jab that otherwise would not have happened had you not invaded my personal space. Thank you!

 

[waltfan1957]

I've stripped right down to my undies and gone wading in the Epcot Fountains out side of Spaceship Earth... LOL.... Gee, I don't see a problem with that....... SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Refreshing!! LMAO....

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wonder how long it will be before that actually happens the way things are going

 

[willis37862]

This applies anywhere....Please do not stand so close behind me in line that I can feel your breath on the back of my neck. You will surely receive an elbow jab that otherwise would not have happened had you not invaded my personal space. Thank you!

An elbow to any sensitive area will fix the standing to close problem. I even hit a guy in a very sensitive area once by accident because he was to close. Then they get annoyed with you for hitting them. Back off then. Give me at least a foot of space.

 

[willis37862]

So, in other words, if he's sitting next to me in a restaurant and his conversation with his companion is annoying me and interrupting my quiet meal, I can feel perfectly free to go "jam" a sock in his mouth?

That sounds like fun!

I just have to say too funny. Point well made.

 

[Nimblethimble]

Who FORCES anyone else to listen to their cell phone calls?

To quote Billy Crystal in "Mr. Saturday Night," don't get me started.....

- The loud, pretentious type A lobbysit in the seat behind you, 22 seconds after the shuttle lands in Washington, D.C. (no, they are not responsive to polite requests to change any of their behavior).

- A number of Senior Executives I regularly deal with (in meetings where their subordinates are not exactly in a position to say "can it, Jack.")

- The Brazillian in line behind me at Snow White in the Magic Kingdom ("ahem, excuse me....."no comprenede" grin grin)

Now, anyone who tries to "deal" with this via technology (which again I am not blessing, some here apparently never learned 'don't shoot the messenger") is apparently being summarily labeled "passive/aggressive." Pray tell, what is the term for the pathology held by the people who are so addicted to the phone that they feel the need to access it anytime and anywhere, irrespective of whether it's appropriate or polite?

Normal? Yes, certainly

On private property owners using jammers to block out guests' phone calls, you need to cite something to back up this claim. I don't know of anyone who does this. Call me naive, but I'm skeptical about whether anyone outside govt. does this.

You wouldn't know of them, because the businesses and organizations employing them understandably don't promote that fact. It's not on CNN or Oprah. But the documentation is out there:

http://www.netline.co.il/CAA.htm

Note the verbiage "Israeli, who asserted that the device had been sold to American customers but would not name them"

And let's not bring in terrorism as a justification for blocking a WDW guests' cell phone call.

I'm not, you are confusing my mention of Homeland Security -- and the fact it may do de-facto result in EXACTLY what you say is "ridiculous' -- with "promotion" or "justification" of cell phone jamming.

It is isn't. Simply an example to show the outcome people fear could come about through multiple means.

 

[maddhatir]

If negative topics are your pet peeve, then by all means, skip them. I bet there are more topics about Crocs on here than negative topics about WDW!

What if CROCS are your pet peeve-

i am tired about reading how comfy they are-- i tried them on and i look like a duck! i think i will stick to my flip flops so i can show off my painted tootsies and toe ring!

 

[grimley1968]

You wouldn't know of them, because the businesses and organizations employing them understandably don't promote that fact. It's not on CNN or Oprah. But the documentation is out there:

http://www.netline.co.il/CAA.htm

Note the verbiage "Israeli, who asserted that the device had been sold to American customers but would not name them"

Could this be because this practice is illegal? See the above quotes about how this is completely illegal according to FCC regs., and even statutory law.

That link didn't list a single company who actually uses this technology. That didn't document anyone that actually uses this, and I read the whole thing, as disturbing as it was. I don't doubt the technology exists, though. But that's not what this is about.

This still does not give ANYONE the right to jam cell phone calls he finds objectionable. Besides, in the vast majority of cases, I would bet that the same people who are obnoxious while using a cell phone would be equally as obnoxious off the phone. What to do with all those non-cell using obnoxious people? <--- this is an illustration of the "Personal Jammer" I'm inventing. My BIL has requested a device that will teleport all people he deems obnoxious to some other dimension so they won't bug him during his WDW vacation.

 

[grimley1968]

What if CROCS are your pet peeve-

i am tired about reading how comfy they are-- i tried them on and i look like a duck! i think i will stick to my flip flops so i can show off my painted tootsies and toe ring!

Showing off painted tootsies and toe ring = good thing

Crocs covering up said tootsies and toe ring = major pet peeve

Is there a Crocs-jammer available? Of course this would only apply for use when Crocs-wearers are covering cute painted tootsies and toe rings.

 

[maddhatir]

Showing off painted tootsies and toe ring = good thing

Crocs covering up said tootsies and toe ring = major pet peeve

Is there a Crocs-jammer available? Of course this would only apply for use when Crocs-wearers are covering cute painted tootsies and toe rings.

nooot exactly sure about that one.. you might want to ask Nimblethimble's BIL about that one-- he may be able to hook you up!

 

[new_mouser]

Is there a Crocs-jammer available? Of course this would only apply for use when Crocs-wearers are covering cute painted tootsies and toe rings.

Never mind Crocs-jammers, someone needs to invent a cheerleader-jammer, or at least a mute button.