Pet Peeves

[tony609]

One of my pet peeves is when a child in line keeps on saying "Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom (or Dad)" and the mom just ignores them and keeps on talking to whomever they are talking to. I want to say "Will you please answer your child?" If it were one of my son's I'd say "Excuse me, I'm in the middle of a conversation, you're going to have to wait a minute", but I wouldn't ignore them while they are repeating "Mom" a hundred times.

On the flip side, I love when I hear the parents interacting with their kids while in line. I remember once, a large family was playing "gossip" while standing in line for the bus. I got such a kick out of it, and pleasantly surprised when they invited me and my friend to join in the fun when they saw how amused we were.

My parents did the same thing you said, it works after awhile we learned to nog interrupt or wait our turn.

 

[Tinetine]

2. When the bus is crowded and people are standing, yet there is a small kid taking up a seat. That kid can sit in your lap and allow someone else to have a seat!

Well, after walking 10 miles in the Florida heat, I just want to cool down and rest ! Having my child, 40 pounds and as hot as me sitting on me for 20 minutes is not an ideal situation to relax and rest my legs. It may seem selfish that a child is taking a seat that could be occupied by an adult, but parents are need to rest as well ! That's how I see it

 

[crashbb]

Lessons learned from this thread


--All moms are just awesome no matter what.

--There are tons of childhood pool horror stories that make swimming as an adult an utter nightmare. And they tend to lie when questioned, "Swimming? Ummm.......I cannot, I just had my toes painted....yeah, that's it....." Who knew?

--All moms are super awesome no matter what.

--Kids who want their moms to swim with them are selfish, bratty and spoiled.

-- All Moms are insanely, super amazingly awesome no matter what.

Anything else I forgot?

Oh, yes, moms-- all moms rock no matter what!

You must be reading a different thread than I am. The one I'm reading seems to say - don't make judgement calls and call someone you don't know a nasty name based on a 30 second encounter. Although, the fact that you seem to be able to read things that aren't there, does go well with your ability to see things that aren't there.

 

[mom2rtk]

I wish they had a smile face on the side where it is beating a dead horse.

You just haven't been hanging out on the right threads lately........

 

[CTcruiser]

You know, I live in CT but have never been to Mystic!

Oops! Saw the comment in your profile and mistook it for you writing it!

 

[deegack]

I don't know if anyone has said this yet, but one of my big pet peeves is really tall people who feel the need to get right in front of me before a show, especially one where plenty of seats are available. If you're tall, there's no reason in the world why you need to sit right in front of a shorter person unless you specifically want to keep them from being able to see. I can't tell you how many times I've had to move (or just not see if there aren't other seats available) because some giraffe decided they had to be inconsiderate.

My other huge pet peeve is, as others have said, spoiled rotten, badly behaved kids. (Which, unfortunately, seems to be the vast majority of kids these days...)

And where do you propose a tall person sit? If you are that short why don't you sit in front so no one can sit in front of you. I love that the tall person is automatically inconsiderate instead of they are sitting where the cm told them, they are sitting with their family or simply they were in line for that row (as is the case in several shows at Disney) and sat down.

 

[mad madam mim78]

You just haven't been hanging out on the right threads lately........

 

[sokerfrog]

Well, after walking 10 miles in the Florida heat, I just want to cool down and rest ! Having my child, 40 pounds and as hot as me sitting on me for 20 minutes is not an ideal situation to relax and rest my legs. It may seem selfish that a child is taking a seat that could be occupied by an adult, but parents are need to rest as well ! That's how I see it

I'm not saying give the seat to me, I'm only in my 30s and perfectly fine standing for a few more minutes. However, the grandparents that are left standing while a kid sits is disrespectful. It may not be ideal, but the bus ride really isn't all that long. Those grandparents walked just as much in the same heat.

 

[KigerKat]

Okay, ditto to everything everyone else has said. I do have one more that is a regular, everyday pet peeve of mine that gets amplified at Disney: gum smackers. In my world, if I'm near a gum smacked in public, I can usually move away. But if there is a gum smacked behind me in line for a ride, I'm stuck with it for about 30 minutes. Seriously, like nails on a chalkboard for me. I would much rather suffer ankle cuts and leg bruised being run over by strollers than have to listen to someone chew gum. If I can see it or hear it, then you're doing it wrong.

 

[Mkrop]

Lessons learned from this thread


--All moms are just awesome no matter what.

--There are tons of childhood pool horror stories that make swimming as an adult an utter nightmare. And they tend to lie when questioned, "Swimming? Ummm.......I cannot, I just had my toes painted....yeah, that's it....." Who knew?

--All moms are super awesome no matter what.

--Kids who want their moms to swim with them are selfish, bratty and spoiled.

-- All Moms are insanely, super amazingly awesome no matter what.

Anything else I forgot?

Oh, yes, moms-- all moms rock no matter what!

No one said that all moms are awesome no matter what. There are some real doozies out there, but those are the ones from my real life who I know on a personal basis. I am not going to judge one mom in a brief encounter in a park bc I also know from my real life that there could be a legitimate reason for them sitting out of the pool.


And as far as swimming, it just became the norm that kids have taken swim lessons, so many older people never had them or they might have had some older person think that throwing them in the deep endof a pool or a lake is they way to teach them, and then they were tramuatized. My mom was thrown into a deep end when she was 22, and almost drowned. Before that she lived in the inner city, was really poor and never had any opportunities to swim. There were no community pools like they are today. I know a few people my age (43) who never learned to swim yet they insist in this day and age that there kids learn!

Would you criticize a parent who said no to their child about going on a roller coaster if they get motion sickness, but blamed it on something else, or a parent who had a fear of heights who said no to TOT but blamed it on the line being too long because they didnt want their child to have that same fear?

 

[goodfood4ursoul]

I can't tell you how many times I've had to move (or just not see if there aren't other seats available) because some giraffe decided they had to be inconsiderate.

Most of us giraffes are rather nice, once you get to know us

 

[thestevied]

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Most of us giraffes are rather nice, once you get to know us

Agreed! I always try and sit where there is no one behind me as I'm paranoid about blocking people's view. But sometimes theres no choice and I have to sit where I'm told. What am I meant to do?

 

[spacemountainmom]

I don't know if anyone has said this yet, but one of my big pet peeves is really tall people who feel the need to get right in front of me before a show, especially one where plenty of seats are available. If you're tall, there's no reason in the world why you need to sit right in front of a shorter person unless you specifically want to keep them from being able to see. I can't tell you how many times I've had to move (or just not see if there aren't other seats available) because some giraffe decided they had to be inconsiderate.

At Disney, I generally sit where I am directed to by a cast member. I don't intentionally seek out shorter people to block their view.

 

[KevinCG316]

You just haven't been hanging out on the right threads lately........

HAHAHA, wish i would have seen that!!

 

[alexxussss]

Yes, stopping in the middle of the sidewalk is by far my biggest pet peeve. It is just completely self-centered...I believe that those are the same people who leave their grocery carts in the middle of the aisle so no one can get around them. Ugh.

 

[sjv919]

For the most part I'm pretty good about minding my own business and party, but what gets to ME is when people lack manners and/or don't exercise common courtesy...how hard is it to be polite and courteous to those around you?

 

[POOHsie]

Yes, stopping in the middle of the sidewalk is by far my biggest pet peeve. It is just completely self-centered...I believe that those are the same people who leave their grocery carts in the middle of the aisle so no one can get around them. Ugh.

Stopping in the middle of the sidewalk is annoying. But I hesitate to assign a bad name to it. I think my childhood was different from so many. My parents had seat belts installed in our cars (since 1960) before they were ever required. There were 5 of us kids, and we were taught to follow behind like baby ducks, never walking in a line across a walkway. When dad or mom got out the map, they maneuvered us to the side, out of the way. I didn't know many other parents who were so pro-active in teaching their kids safety and situational awareness. So for those who didn't go thru this training while growing up, I can't summon up bad words for it. Call me an apologist. Most I can say is, it's annoying and, unfortunately, very common.

Worse for me than grocery carts in the middle of the aisle is the person at checkout who unloads their groceries on the belt and leaves their cart right there. Since the bagger uses a different cart to load the bagged groceries, this can happen on occasion. But I'm in a scooter, and pushing that cart out of the way so I can put my groceries on the belt is a PITA. OK, rant over.

 

[CTDisneyfan816]

I think a general pet peeve for me applies to Disney or elsewhere and that is people with a lack of consideration for others.

 

[GoofyMB]

my newest pet peeve -- people who post without reading the entire thread first.

I agree with this 100%. It bugs me when people post a question on thread that was asked and answered just a couple of pages back. Read the thread!

 

[minnie mum]

Yes, stopping in the middle of the sidewalk is by far my biggest pet peeve. It is just completely self-centered...I believe that those are the same people who leave their grocery carts in the middle of the aisle so no one can get around them. Ugh.

While I completely agree that this is aggravating and frustrating, I would be hesitant to label all offenders as being self-centred. You see I'm married to one of these. He's really not being selfish or inconsiderate. The man, bless his heart, is just clueless. I love him to death, but he has the situational awareness of a gnat. I'm usually the one to steer him over to the side, or the one who takes control of the cart, given his tendencies.

So when we encounter these in the parks, we usually just politely ask them to let us by (sometimes hard for me to go around them on a sidewalk when I'm in my wheelchair). Sometimes this is enough to clue them in that they are blocking traffic. Sometimes it's not.