Q: To call out rude behavior or not?

[StitchSpawn]

So, last May...

One women decided to take flash pictures during HM ride, blinding everyone 10 cars in front and behind her, I was so angry I couldn't even speak, and when she got off the ride, she said how another lady 'freaked' at her and she needed to 'get over it'. And then she laughed and walked away. Still, so angry at this lady's rude, inconsiderate behavior, couldn't speak...

The there was a pedestrain jam before a parade, where I did say I was refusing to cut in front of the special needs kids in a wheelchair and a lady in a scooter, which worked out well.

Anyways, normally in the past I was letting most things slide, but when I go this October, I think I might call out rude behavior. If people stopped letting other ppl get away with it, eventually the word would get around, even to non-planners.

And teenagers.... -.- Seriously, if they can't behave, don't bring them!

 

[imthatgirl]

That must have been one amazing flash...since you never face anyone else

I don't feel it's my mission to seek out all WDw patrons who may be breaking the smallest "rules"....but if thats what you feel is important on your family vacation, I hope you have a good time

 

[Shir Kahn]

I don't sweat the small stuff, but if someone is walking down Main Street, swearing up a storm, line-cutting, sitting in the middle of a walkway, stuff like that, I'll definitely speak up.

 

[ccudmore]

To what end? I don't see what calling someone out would accomplish beyond creating a tense situation that could go south very quickly. They most likely are going to just get their back up and not change their behaviour. People are who they are. If the flash was a legitimate mistake, I'm sure they already know it and are embarrassed. They don't need someone rubbing it in. Worry about your own transgressions and let others worry about their own.

 

[brockash]

That must have been one amazing flash...since you never face anyone else

I don't feel it's my mission to seek out all WDw patrons who may be breaking the smallest "rules"....but if thats what you feel is important on your family vacation, I hope you have a good time

I agree with this. While a flash on a ride can be a little annoying; there's no way I'd let it get me upset/ruin my "ride experience," or make me in a bad mood. I'm not sure how you'd call out that type of "rude behavior" anyways. What are you going to do; yell at them while you're on the ride? Chase after them after you get off? Either way it seems really petty and like it would cause a big scene, for really nothing. Seems like either of those options would be much more rude to the other guests around the 2 of you, than a flash picture

I'm not really sure what you meant about the line and the parade thing, so I can't really comment on that situation. I would just go into the vacation with a lot of patience. Just like your regular life, not everyone is like you or thinks like you. There's def. times that you run into jerks, but I wouldn't let it stress out my vacation.

 

[kmk1180]

So, last May...

One women decided to take flash pictures during HM ride, blinding everyone 10 cars in front and behind her, I was so angry I couldn't even speak, and when she got off the ride, she said how another lady 'freaked' at her and she needed to 'get over it'. And then she laughed and walked away. Still, so angry at this lady's rude, inconsiderate behavior, couldn't speak...

The there was a pedestrain jam before a parade, where I did say I was refusing to cut in front of the special needs kids in a wheelchair and a lady in a scooter, which worked out well.

Anyways, normally in the past I was letting most things slide, but when I go this October, I think I might call out rude behavior. If people stopped letting other ppl get away with it, eventually the word would get around, even to non-planners.

And teenagers.... -.- Seriously, if they can't behave, don't bring them!

I do agree with others...can't let it bother you.
with 30,000 people you know some will be rude and clueless.
Try and let it go and not ruin your own experience.

That said..stick around the boards a while, I think you find some of those
rude, entitled people are here on the boards as well.

 

[providence]

Breathe in, breathe out, move on........

 

[StitchSpawn]

That must have been one amazing flash...since you never face anyone else

I don't feel it's my mission to seek out all WDw patrons who may be breaking the smallest "rules"....but if thats what you feel is important on your family vacation, I hope you have a good time

it was actually....& not small stuff but big stuff....this lady did blind all of us and she took pictures through the whole ride and it was some amazing flash...

 

[mnscp]

Unfortunately, even mentioning it to the lady would probably not change her behavior, as shown by the fact that she laughed when someone else "freaked out" on her. If it was truly a mistake that she used the flash she would have probably had a different attitude. I know I don't laugh when I know I have done wrong. However, pointing it out to her would probably anger you more when you saw her indifference to your thoughts. Have fun at Disney and just understand not everyone has manners

 

[miralys]

I would let it go. I find that when I do approach someone about their rude behavior (which is rarely) I leave the interaction feeling even more irritated than if I had said nothing. It merely escalates negative feelings on everyone's part.

 

[Barnhill9586]

I'll admit that I've done it in the past but I really force myself to let it go. I found that it really didn't help and my Disney vacation is not where I want to debate what is or is not acceptable or rude behavior. It just tended to put a damper on my day whereas if I let it go I tend to forget about 5 minutes afterwards but that's just my opinion.

 

[BarbossasWench]

I do agree with others...can't let it bother you.
with 30,000 people you know some will be rude and clueless.
Try and let it go and not ruin your own experience.

That said..stick around the boards a while, I think you find some of those
rude, entitled people are here on the boards as well.

Thank you! Well said!

 

[MikeOhio]

Just enjoy your vacation and don't let the actions of others affect you. There will always be rude people at WDW, just accept it and move on. Also most rude people won't really care if you call them out. They won't stop their rude behavior and it will just stress you out even more. There really is nothing you can do to make someone stop being ride besides physically getting in a fight.

 

[StitchSpawn]

I'll admit that I've done it in the past but I really force myself to let it go. I found that it really didn't help and my Disney vacation is not where I want to debate what is or is not acceptable or rude behavior. It just tended to put a damper on my day whereas if I let it go I tend to forget about 5 minutes afterwards but that's just my opinion.

I think that may be true, but with all the boards discussing the "rude" behavior of tour groups and teenagers and such, do you think "letting it go" is making it worse? Alowing bad behavior as a society has allowed more of this kind of behavior to happen, and while in normal life, I think "well, that's life." On vacation, I don't see why everyone can't slowdown and be nicer to everyone...maybe that's part of it.

But you shouldn't let it ruin your vacation.

 

[Pills]

That must have been one amazing flash...since you never face anyone else

I don't feel it's my mission to seek out all WDw patrons who may be breaking the smallest "rules"....but if thats what you feel is important on your family vacation, I hope you have a good time

In the OP's defense, there are a lot of mirrors in there.

 

[stargazertechie]

When I was on pirates in January, there was someone taking flash photos. After the 10th photo or so, someone shouted "No FLASH PHOTOS!"

The culprit did it again.

This time an entire boat yelled 'NO FLASH PHOTOS'

The culprit did it again.

The ride stopped, and the voice from above said "Take a hint from others on the ride- no flash photography allowed".

The ride started, we made it through another scene and then... ****FLASH*******


There were CMs there to escort the flasher out

 

[Arnir]

In the OP's defense, there are a lot of mirrors in there.

Very true. The whole projection system requires that (light reflection surfaces) so a flash will interfere with quite a lot of the experience.

 

[Arnir]

When I was on pirates in January, there was someone taking flash photos. After the 10th photo or so, someone shouted "No FLASH PHOTOS!"

The culprit did it again.

This time an entire boat yelled 'NO FLASH PHOTOS'

The culprit did it again.

The ride stopped, and the voice from above said "Take a hint from others on the ride- no flash photography allowed".

The ride started, we made it through another scene and then... ****FLASH*******


There were CMs there to escort the flasher out

To me that is how it should work. Not necessarily the boat singalong (which might have been entertaining by itself) but with CMs removing the "guest" when the ride is over. Word spreads fast when people get removed.

 

[StitchSpawn]

When I was on pirates in January, there was someone taking flash photos. After the 10th photo or so, someone shouted "No FLASH PHOTOS!"

The culprit did it again.

This time an entire boat yelled 'NO FLASH PHOTOS'

The culprit did it again.

The ride stopped, and the voice from above said "Take a hint from others on the ride- no flash photography allowed".

The ride started, we made it through another scene and then... ****FLASH*******


There were CMs there to escort the flasher out

that's just really sad that there are people like that, but really shows these people don't care about anyone else, nor do they think they will get in trouble for their behavior.

 

[photo_chick]

I've found that if people don't care enough to follow the rules (like no flash photography on some rides) then they don't care if they're rude to you. It doesn't do much good to call them out, they'll likely just dismiss you as stupid or an idiot in their mind.

I try and just ignore people like that. However, if it comes down to a situation like what happened on my last trip I'll do something. We were all crammed in the store outside Star Tours because it started pouring when we were on the ride. A guy with his backpack was not paying any attention to those around him and knocked into several people. When he smashed my son in the face hard I pushed back some to give my son room to breathe and told him he needed to watch out for the little kids whose face is right a the height of his pack (I did try to say it in a nice way because I thought he probably didn't realize it). He dismissed me and went back to what he was doing and when he did it again I shoved back harder and it stopped.

There are times when I think you do need to say something, but you're not the politeness police and calling everyone out is just going to make you have a miserable time because you'll end up more irritated when they ignore you. Or worse, openly laugh at you.