Poll- Your Pet peeves

[SeattleSuz]

Of course! If you make your profile private, your data is only available to Facebook itself (and 400 of your closest friends). The question is, do you trust Facebook? Ever wonder how Facebook decides that you "might know so-and-so"? Often it's obvious enough, but on occasion I've found it downright disturbing.

They're no worse than Google, I suppose.

At least on a public message board, there's no misguided illusion of "privacy".

Meh, I'm not too worried about it. I have nothing to hide from my 400 or so friends and if I do, I sure as heck don't post it on FB. ha! And FB's friend suggestions mostly have to do with how many friends you have in common with the people, and occasionally some likes and dislikes ("You both like camping, you should be friends"). I'm not stressing about it. And besides, with family living all over the country and across the world, FB is the best way to keep in contact.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Of course! If you make your profile private, your data is only available to Facebook itself (and 400 of your closest friends). The question is, do you trust Facebook? Ever wonder how Facebook decides that you "might know so-and-so"? Often it's obvious enough, but on occasion I've found it downright disturbing.

They're no worse than Google, I suppose.

At least on a public message board, there's no misguided illusion of "privacy".

Well FB is more secure, how secure we do not know, as for it's " you might know" it's system guesses, last week it said I worked for Disney, now that was a shock and told me something!

 

[disprincess4ever]

My biggest one is the people in the terminal who don't sit. Everyone stands by the entrance and blocks it. We had a number one and took us to number three to get past all the people crowded around the entrance. Crazy!! Just relax and have a seat until your number is called.

I can see why this is annoying but it's something I wouldn't let bother me. I can sympathize with everyone there. Even if someone is rudely pushing their way to the front of the line to board the ship, I know they're just super excited and that makes me feel somewhat happy for them. Adults can act like children on Christmas when they see the ship.

 

[tinkerone]

Really? On what evidence, exactly, do you base that assertion? I'd guess that those who make a considered choice not to use sanitizer - particularly on the reasoning that our over-sanitized world is not in the long-term best interests of our immune systems - are exactly the same people who are most likely to realize that allowing our immune systems to develop does occasionally involve being sick.

I'm in the "no thank you to hand sanitizer" camp, preferring soap and water. Incidentally, the CDC agrees with me: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/pub/handwashing/handwashingtips.htm.

That said, if I'm the cruise line, and I'm facing a large number of people who probably won't wash their hands regularly, but might be induced to use sanitizer - I can see why they offer it, on the argument that it's better than nothing. Still, I just wish that staff was trained to recognize a polite "no thank you, I've just washed my hands" as a reasonable alternative. On my recent cruise I gave up declining after the first couple of days. I ended up just accepting the wipes and immediately discarding them. I hated to create the extra garbage, but I got tired of trying to explain that "no, really, I just washed my hands".

not saying your right OR wrong, i see your point, you know you just washed your hands and they are clean so leave me alone. you know that because you were present when you washed them. your confident.

are you also confident that i washed my hands and just declined the offered sanitation? for that matter are you confident that all 4000 guest who say they washed their hands did in fact do this so they don't need the wipe? how can you be sure we just washed our hands. how can you be sure we just washed our hands and didn't touch the door handle that was last used by someone who didn't wash their hands so we pick up their germs. we did just wash our hands so do we have to worry about those germs? are you confident to the point where your going to take our word that our hands are clean? i have seen many people including adults walk out of the washrooms and not wash their hands so i'm not at all confident.

it is still your choice so use it or don't but you may want to consider that their are others who feel the way you do but may not be as clean as you. me, i'll continue to use them while on the cruise because i've seen some nasty stuff and am sure my hands have come in contact with nasty stuff. for me, better safe than sorry…….or sick.

 

[Momma2Jax]

Of course! If you make your profile private, your data is only available to Facebook itself (and 400 of your closest friends). The question is, do you trust Facebook? Ever wonder how Facebook decides that you "might know so-and-so"? Often it's obvious enough, but on occasion I've found it downright disturbing. They're no worse than Google, I suppose. At least on a public message board, there's no misguided illusion of "privacy".

While I do think it's entirely possible to be safe and smart on Facebook, I know what you are saying. We adopted my son in 2011 from foster care. We are very Careful about his safety from the bio family, as they are not safe people to know. Last year facebook suggested that I "may know" our adoption lawyer! We had no mutual friends, did not live in the same town, and I have never mentioned his name on Facebook. I also did not have him in my phone contact book...just his office number under the name "lawyer". The only thing I can think of is that it somehow got his name from my emails (I use the FB app on my phone)? It is kinda creepy.

 

[stitchlovestink]

Well unless you used a fake name when you registered for the Dis, dig long, hard and deep enough.... and I bet you will find that one or more of your posts will come up in a Google search of your name.
So if someone were to Google your name, and keeps looking chances are they will find the screen name you use on here. The reality is if someone wants to find out something about someone else bad enough, the chances that they can get that info in this Internet age is pretty good, esp if *you* (the *you* here being the person being searched for/about) choose to participate in Internet usage yourself. Did that make sense? LOL
TOTAL Antinimony is a thing of the past....

 

[quarkwright]

While I do think it's entirely possible to be safe and smart on Facebook, I know what you are saying. We adopted my son in 2011 from foster care. We are very Careful about his safety from the bio family, as they are not safe people to know. Last year facebook suggested that I "may know" our adoption lawyer! We had no mutual friends, did not live in the same town, and I have never mentioned his name on Facebook. I also did not have him in my phone contact book...just his office number under the name "lawyer". The only thing I can think of is that it somehow got his name from my emails (I use the FB app on my phone)? It is kinda creepy.

More likely, your lawyer registered for facebook and allowed it to use his email contact list. Facebook matched your email to his contact list, and suggested him as a friend to you (and probably also suggested you as a friend to him).

 

[twindaddy]

Yep, I wholeheartedly agree with this. I don't think that the people on our cruise meet even post on the DIS cruise meet anymore. And with FB, we can post a lot more personal stuff.
But I still do not understand why people don't have a FB account because of "privacy issues" Ya know, you can make your profile PRIVATE. Mine is private and does not show up in any internet searches and my postings on private FB groups also do not show up...

Agreed. Mine is double secret private also. Yes, Mark Zuckerberg can read it. So what? The NSA can listen to our phone calls and read all our emails, should we move to a cave and use carrier pigeons to ferry our mail?

A site have to register for and then join a private group is less secure than a public message board...Ok.

I have a fake facebook profile I use to friend some of my students, it is fascinating to see what they post on facebook!

Having never been on a Disney cruise, y'all are making me realize how rude people's children can be and I hope to keep my little one in check, so as not to annoy other guests. Though, she is pretty friendly, so she'll probably try and talk to everyone she meets.

No problem there, I love kids like that, LOVE them. Very far from rude, trust me. I even had a girl come up to me and say "Hi, you are very big, do you eat vegetables?" It was not what she said, it was how she said it, very sweet. Did not bother me for a second.

As the Disney dad, I often wait for (hours!) alone in line to meet the latest character (Tiana, Rapunzel, Anna and Elsa) while my girls enjoy the park, then I text them when I am up front. I had a girl keep stealing glances at me in line, then she walked up to me and said "Are you here all by yourself to meet a Princess?" It was pretty funny.

 

[DahliaRW]

As the Disney dad, I often wait for (hours!) alone in line to meet the latest character (Tiana, Rapunzel, Anna and Elsa) while my girls enjoy the park, then I text them when I am up front. I had a girl keep stealing glances at me in line, then she walked up to me and said "Are you here all by yourself to meet a Princess?" It was pretty funny.

That is too adorable!

I have a chatty daughter too, she'd ask stuff like that. I always hope it doesn't annoy people, I can usually tell that most people find it cute.

 

[Ravenne]

But during the deck party, there's a big screen that shows what's going on. I understand the frustration with not being able to see. I'm 4'10" and I couldn't see the stage, either. But I could see the screen just fine...until the person in front of me put their kid on their shoulders.

The next time that happens to me, I think I'm going to stand in front of the parent that does that. They shouldn't mind, right? I mean, I'm shorter than they are and their kid can now see right over my head.

At least you can still see the screen as an option. A child, who may be a foot shorter than you, their view is nothing more than butts, butts, and more butts no matter what they do. What option do they have? I think as adults, it's easy to forget what it's like to be a child. Honestly, if you wanted to scoot in front of me to a better view due to your stature, as long as you asked nicely, I would be happy to accommodate. I'd do the same for a small child. In fact, I've allowed small kids to stand in front of me during WDW parades so they can see, as long as their parents didn't expect me to keep track of them, because I'm busy keeping track of my own. Quite frankly, I'm not a fan of putting my kid on my shoulders, not only because it's a huge inconvenience for others, but it also hurts my shoulders. I don't do it very often, but I can also sympathize with the lil ones who simply cannot see anything but well...butts because they're a mere 40" tall. At least with a kid on the shoulders, I can understand. The kid is short. However frustrating that is, it's still better and easier to sympathize with than the giant cookie sheet known as an iPad held over head for pics, obstructing the view.

 

[rubberbootbunny]

My pet peeves include.
Traveling with my mom it was all ways a challenge.
Cruisers that gripe about my scooter ( I'm pooh sized but that's not why I have one, I need it some days due to my spina bifida)
And the big one is being stuck behind some one in a travel line that just can't seem to get it right. For example this is what the screener said to the gentleman in front of me the last time I had to go through a passenger screening. And keep in mind that it was all said to the same guy:
“Sir you need to remove your shoes first”
“Sir your shoes, need to X-rayed first before you can put them back on”
“Sir you need to remove your belt”
“Sir the belt needs to go in the tray”
“Did you empty your pockets?”
“Back up, are you wearing a watch?”
“Put the watch in the tray, and try again”
“Don’t touch the sides of the machine, Try again"
“Do you have anything in your pockets? Put it in a tray”
“Don’t touch the sides of the machine, Try again”
“Don’t touch the sides of the machine, Try again”
“Have a nice flight”

See what I mean? Now I know that last part is not strictly related to DCL but since I fly down it is part of my cruise trip, so I think that it should count.

 

[Purplejewel]

People who think it is OK to change their kids bathing suits in public. I was on a cruise a week ago and, I saw a Mom take the wet bathing suit off of her daughter (who looked to be about 8 years old) and change her into a dry bathing suit. She did this right by the family pool in full view of everyone. In my opinion, it is not appropriate to do this in public with any kid but especially not to kids who are close to double digits in age. There was a bathroom not 20 feet away that she could have taken her daughter into to do the bathing suit change. I was completely shocked

 

[100AcreWood]

People who think it is OK to change their kids bathing suits in public. I was on a cruise a week ago and, I saw a Mom take the wet bathing suit off of her daughter (who looked to be about 8 years old) and change her into a dry bathing suit. She did this right by the family pool in full view of everyone. In my opinion, it is not appropriate to do this in public with any kid but especially not to kids who are close to double digits in age. There was a bathroom not 20 feet away that she could have taken her daughter into to do the bathing suit change. I was completely shocked

This is my dh's pet peeve. We have a neighbor who always strips her kids down next to the neighborhood pool even though there is a bathroom right there. Dh gets worked up ranting about pedophiles and teenage boys watching her girls run around naked. She let one of them swim naked too. Needless to say we are private people.

 

[Tomlyger]

People who think it is OK to change their kids bathing suits in public. I was on a cruise a week ago and, I saw a Mom take the wet bathing suit off of her daughter (who looked to be about 8 years old) and change her into a dry bathing suit. She did this right by the family pool in full view of everyone. In my opinion, it is not appropriate to do this in public with any kid but especially not to kids who are close to double digits in age. There was a bathroom not 20 feet away that she could have taken her daughter into to do the bathing suit change. I was completely shocked

This is my dh's pet peeve. We have a neighbor who always strips her kids down next to the neighborhood pool even though there is a bathroom right there. Dh gets worked up ranting about pedophiles and teenage boys watching her girls run around naked. She let one of them swim naked too. Needless to say we are private people.

YIKES Haven't seen that yet... and hope not t... Its just wrong.. i feel that one of the goals of parenting is to protect the privacy of the innocent.... but what do i know... i do not have any of my own yet...

 

[mcd2745]

My biggest pet peeve is the hectic final morning. It just ends the trip on...I don't want to say a sour note...but a far from relaxing experience. I know they have to prepare for the next group of passengers, and everyone wants to be on the ship as soon as possible. However, I would be in favor of not letting anyone board the ship until 2 or 3pm, if it would allow an extra an hour or two on the other end for the last morning.


I also agree with many of the others listed by PPs including the diapers in the pool, parents of young kids who think they are on vaction from being a parent, guests who treat CMs rudely, and chair/lounge hogs.

 

[Momma2Jax]

More likely, your lawyer registered for facebook and allowed it to use his email contact list. Facebook matched your email to his contact list, and suggested him as a friend to you (and probably also suggested you as a friend to him).

Well that makes sense and is way less creepy! Ha! Thanks!

 

[phinz]

Or getting in the elevator and someone pushed all the buttons.

There's programming built into the Fantasy, and perhaps the Dream, elevators to prevent just such an occurrence, according to elevator geeks whose reviews I've read. Yes, there is such a thing as elevator geeks/fanatics. Check out YouTube for videos of the interiors of elevators as they go up and down.

My biggest pet peeve on our last cruise was people (most likely staff) dragging the deck chairs around on the adult deck at 7 in the morning. We were in Concierge, directly underneath deck 13, and never heard any noise from up there except early, early, early in the morning. Pick the chairs up and move them. They're not that heavy. Don't be lazy. If you can't pick them up then have someone help you.

Many of my friends say they'll never do a Disney cruise because of all the kids. We've told them every time that they have no idea how good it is, since Disney caters to the adults as much or more than the kids. We only got annoyed with children perhaps once or twice all week the last cruise. Most of the time they were virtually non-existent to us other than the family pool area, and we don't frequent the family pool area unless it's to get to Cabanas. The pools there give me the heebie-jeebies. It just looks like kid soup, and a lot of kids are just nasty creatures.

 

[phinz]

People who are miserable everywhere. Sort of like the people in this blog:

http://relentlesswandering.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/stateroom-12026-concierge-class-disney-dream/

I stumbled upon this while looking for reviews of concierge on the various Disney ship. I'd hate to have these people as dining partners. They complained about nearly everything.

FWIW, he's apparently deleted that part of his blog, because it's not there anymore.

 

[bumbershoot]

not saying your right OR wrong, i see your point, you know you just washed your hands and they are clean so leave me alone. you know that because you were present when you washed them. your confident. are you also confident that i washed my hands and just declined the offered sanitation? for that matter are you confident that all 4000 guest who say they washed their hands did in fact do this so they don't need the wipe? how can you be sure we just washed our hands. how can you be sure we just washed our hands and didn't touch the door handle that was last used by someone who didn't wash their hands so we pick up their germs. we did just wash our hands so do we have to worry about those germs? are you confident to the point where your going to take our word that our hands are clean? i have seen many people including adults walk out of the washrooms and not wash their hands so i'm not at all confident. it is still your choice so use it or don't but you may want to consider that their are others who feel the way you do but may not be as clean as you. me, i'll continue to use them while on the cruise because i've seen some nasty stuff and am sure my hands have come in contact with nasty stuff. for me, better safe than sorry…….or sick.

But none of that matters. All I can do is my best practices. I wash, I work to not touch my face, I try to not touch everything where others touch, so it doesn't matter what you have just done or not done.

If your hands are full of germs and mine aren't, you use the wipes then immediately touch your face which was probably already touched, you're full of germs again. Or clothes. Think of all the stuff on our clothes, our arms, things that might be brushed against things or people without ever thinking of it.

No one is using the wipes properly anyway. At least on royal they squirt it so you can rub it into your hands and use it more in line with how it should be used if you're going to use it. A wipe, however? There's hardly time before the garbage cans to use it in any sort of correct way. Seems to me they are more for show than anything.

So much of what America and fledgling western medicine does with reducing illness in mind is untested, unproven, and more like voodoo than anything else. All we can do is focus on our own immune systems, try to help them naturally grow more robust, and yep, recognize that sometimes that means we will get ill. And in that case we support our immune systems, keep ourselves away from others as much as possible (because in modern society that's kind), and come through it. It's all we can do. All we have ever been able to do. All we will ever be able to do. Everything else is just superstition and shifting blame.

 

[VeroBeachGirl]

People who think it is OK to change their kids bathing suits in public. I was on a cruise a week ago and, I saw a Mom take the wet bathing suit off of her daughter (who looked to be about 8 years old) and change her into a dry bathing suit. She did this right by the family pool in full view of everyone. In my opinion, it is not appropriate to do this in public with any kid but especially not to kids who are close to double digits in age. There was a bathroom not 20 feet away that she could have taken her daughter into to do the bathing suit change. I was completely shocked

Ewww! I wonder why the kids don't protest, mine would.