See this is the thing. I'm not suggesting that you have to give up your seat for a family that shows up at the last minute and feels entitled to it. They are being selfish at that point. If we all took a minute to think, we might realize how our actions affect others. They should look at the situation and see that the front spaces are already full and look for a spot further back.
Here are two examples of what I am talking about. We were parked in the Disabled section ( which is far too small in my opinion, but that is for another discussion). My brother was with us, and can stand, but still had the right to be with us. He looked behind himself at one point and realized there was a lady in a wheelchair right behind him. Basically, she has a butt's eye view. But, she came to the party later than we did. He could have been selfish and held firm to his place standing next to me. However, he chose to do the considerate thing and switch places with her. She was pushed into the position where he had been standing, and he was able to stand just behind her. He could still see perfectly fine, and now she could see as well.
Situation #2: same night/time
On the other side of us two women got into a screaming match when one woman (on an ECV) moved into an open space. The CM kept asking people to scoot up or closer together to make more room. So, seeing a space, she moved. The other lady, who was standing up (in the space right next to the space filled by the woman on the ECV) talking to someone else turn around and started screaming that the other had stolen her spot. The screaming actually ended up going on through the entire parade. Meanwhile, another woman was sitting in a wheelchair behind the standing, screaming lady, with her small grandchild in her lap. The grandma asked the standing lady if she would move just a bit so that her granddaughter could see the standing lady refused to move even an inch, but instead spent the time yelling at the ECV lady because she couldn't sit down. Now, why she couldn't just sit right where she was, I'll never know. The child (who had no control over any of this mess) ended up seeing nothing. All because the standing woman couldn't have her own way. Oh, and they all arrived at the same time, so that was not part of the issue. They did call security at one point and he listened to the story, shook his head at their childish behavior and walked away. I would have taken the child into my lap, but I had my daughter in my lap already.
I also agree that society has changed. But that doesn't mean we have to accept this type of behavior ANYWHERE. The "me, me, me" mentality really needs to stop. Where better to start a new movement of concise ratio and respect than at
Disneyland?
