Speaking of rude people...

[momtoprincess A]

Have you traveled with another adult to the parks ~ who has done something rude and you wish the earth would swallow you up.
I'm not including kids cause well they always do embarassing things.


When we were at Disneyland with my parents, we were waiting for the shuttle to take us from the parking structure to the gates.
My dad (in his 70's and thinks the world owes him) shoved in front of the people who were waiting in front of us (they had strollers and small children) and jump into the front seats of the shuttle and yelled at us to get in. My mom and I just tryed to pretend we didn't know him. When he realized we weren't coming, he got out and sulked for the rest of the morning.

 

[mom2meiko]

ok - no offense but i'd be mortified too!

our recent travel companions were loudly complaining about the cost of everything. h acted like things should be reduced rates because it's a family vacation spot. in my mind, it's ultimately a business with the goal of making money - of course things are going to be expensive! i was embarrassed by those frequent rants...

also had an embarrassing/uncomfortable moment courtesy of a well intentioned cast member at ds. dd was sitting in her stroller directly next to bff's dd. a cast member looked over, pointed to my dd and commented that she was "the most beautiful child" he had ever seen. (honest! true quote!) he just singled out my dd and excluded bff's dd in his statement and how offended i would have been if the situation were reverse. while i appreciated his opinion of my dd, i would have preferred he not offend my bff and possibly hurt the feelings of her dd in making his public announcement. i just said a quick thank you and we went on our way.

 

[SLK1]

Love him dearly, but my own DH can be incredibly rude and I am sometimes mortified at his behavior. When I bring it up to him, he looks at me as if I had three heads!!!! Doesn't get it at all. Oh well. I try, I try!!!!

 

[momtoprincess A]

ok - no offense but i'd be mortified too!

our recent travel companions were loudly complaining about the cost of everything. h acted like things should be reduced rates because it's a family vacation spot. in my mind, it's ultimately a business with the goal of making money - of course things are going to be expensive! i was embarrassed by those frequent rants...

also had an embarrassing/uncomfortable moment courtesy of a well intentioned cast member at ds. dd was sitting in her stroller directly next to bff's dd. a cast member looked over, pointed to my dd and commented that she was "the most beautiful child" he had ever seen. (honest! true quote!) he just singled out my dd and excluded bff's dd in his statement and how offended i would have been if the situation were reverse. while i appreciated his opinion of my dd, i would have preferred he not offend my bff and possibly hurt the feelings of her dd in making his public announcement. i just said a quick thank you and we went on our way.

These people sound like my MIL

 

[momtoprincess A]

Love him dearly, but my own DH can be incredibly rude and I am sometimes mortified at his behavior. When I bring it up to him, he looks at me as if I had three heads!!!! Doesn't get it at all. Oh well. I try, I try!!!!

Are we married to the same guy?
My DH complains how rude people are all the time and I find alot of stuff he says and does to be very rude.
I love him anyway.

 

[notsosnowwhite]

I will no longer go anywhere in public with my DSIL due to her "poor choices." She'll feed any animal in any zoo, regardless of the signs. She'll cross any blocked path and climb over any rope instructing her not to do so. I've just reached the point that I don't want to keep telling my children why they can't act like their 40 year old aunt, so I avoid it. Once when my niece was only an infant she held her over the railings at the St. Louis zoo to see the bears and had to be stopped by security. So, I feel for anyone who is also embarrassed by their colorful travel companions. I cannot even imagine traveling with her to WDW...

 

[momtoprincess A]

I will no longer go anywhere in public with my DSIL due to her "poor choices." She'll feed any animal in any zoo, regardless of the signs. She'll cross any blocked path and climb over any rope instructing her not to do so. I've just reached the point that I don't want to keep telling my children why they can't act like their 40 year old aunt, so I avoid it. Once when my niece was only an infant she held her over the railings at the St. Louis zoo to see the bears and had to be stopped by security. So, I feel for anyone who is also embarrassed by their colorful travel companions. I cannot even imagine traveling with her to WDW...

Wow she sounds like a winner.

 

[wendylovesdisney]

Took my Mother to Disney with us. She is scared to fly and popped xanax like crazy ( i thought she was taking tick tacks). She fell asleep (or should I say passed out) on the shoulder of the guy next to her.
OH, but not before eating her complimentary muffin, then loudly explaining that SOMEONE ate her muffin!!!!
We had to request a wheelchair to get her off of the plane.
I had to check in to the hotel with someone holding her up so she did not fall out of the wheelchair.
Top that.

 

[JOCAmom]

My SIL is the one I won't go anywhere with anymore. She has a terrible mouth on her and doesn't care who hears her spew foul language left and right. A few years ago, we were waiting outside one of local amusement parks to get in and some girl bumped into her. Apparently to my SIL, the girl didn't apologize quick enough. So, SIL starts calling her foul names and wanted to fight her. All this if front of dozens of people many of them with children. My SIL was born without a filter on her mouth.

 

[JUJU814]

Just last week! I had a good friend visiting. We've been friends for over 20 years. We took our kids to a historical site for a day trip.

At the first place, it was a little village and a lady was standing in the doorway listening to the man inside one of the houses speak...many people in the house. My friend wanted to get a pic of her daughter peeking into the house. She (my friend) starts carrying on loudly comments directed towards the poor lady "get IN or OUT!" and was really yelling and causing a scene..the lady heard her. I tried to quietly explain to my friend that she was trying to listen to the man inside and my friend kept carrying on.

Then, we were at the Mayflower. Oh dear..I could have just died! Not that this is an excuse, but it was the end of a LONG tiring day..and her little girl apparantly was pouting. Well my friend was losing it and screaming at her daughter to "lose the attitude" and then she screams across the boat..with tons of other tourists "I'm going to spank you!!!!!" and then, next thing I knew, she whacked her, right in front of everyone. The child is a little whiney, but really wasn't doing anything but pouting. I wanted to disappear.

I then made an executive decision that it was time to go..now. "okie dokie..so yes, this is the boat the Pilgrims came over on. Let's go!" LOL

In the car, I quietly informed her that I don't know what the laws were like in her state, but in Mass, she could have been arrested for that.

I just soooo wanted that day to be over.

 

[kathyell]

Oh my goodness, I've been to the St. Louis Zoo many times and I can see those bear enclosure railings in my head and I can't IMAGINE for the LIFE of me thinking that holding my child over them would be a good idea. Holy moly.

 

[kaleighmariesmom]

Took my Mother to Disney with us. She is scared to fly and popped xanax like crazy ( i thought she was taking tick tacks). She fell asleep (or should I say passed out) on the shoulder of the guy next to her.
OH, but not before eating her complimentary muffin, then loudly explaining that SOMEONE ate her muffin!!!!
We had to request a wheelchair to get her off of the plane.
I had to check in to the hotel with someone holding her up so she did not fall out of the wheelchair.
Top that.

this one made me laugh.... sorry but it is kinda funny

 

[DVC Sadie]

this one made me laugh.... sorry but it is kinda funny

I agree with you!

I don't mean to offend anyone but some of these posts have given me a good chucle this morning.

 

[JUJU814]

I agree with you!

I don't mean to offend anyone but some of these posts have given me a good chucle this morning.

Sometimes, all you can do is laugh or cry..always better to laugh.

I had some "difficult" times with my nana while caring for her this past week. I love her dearly. In her 90 year old dementia, she can be a little crabby at times and well, insulting..but the things she comes out with....well, are funny! I could cry because it's so sad to see her this way. Or laugh to myself at her tall tales.

Last week with my friend, I swear I was about to have a nervous breakdown by the end of her visit. We waved the family good bye and I came into the house where hubby was standing..I was about to cry of exhaustion of the visit..and he says "boy it's nice having houseguests...but boy is it nice when they leave!" and we both laughed.

Laughter is great medicine!

 

[momtoprincess A]

I agree with you!

I don't mean to offend anyone but some of these posts have given me a good chucle this morning.

I hope we can find humour in these situations now. Actually the trips we traveled with others, who were less than stellor, turn out to be the ones we remember the most and laugh about. Don't even get me started on the "honeymoon" trip my dh and I took a year after we got married. We didn't have a lot of money and decided to tent down to Disneyland. I insisted that we stay in a hotel in Anaheim. His parents decided to come with us in their fifth wheel and my parents decided to come and tent. Then my aunt who just finished chemo (and is a bit of a hothead) decided she should come too.(By the way my dh is a bit of a hothead too) It was quite the time.

I'm dreaming of the day that my family can afford to go on a holiday by ourselves.

 

[momtoprincess A]

Sometimes, all you can do is laugh or cry..always better to laugh.

I had some "difficult" times with my nana while caring for her this past week. I love her dearly. In her 90 year old dementia, she can be a little crabby at times and well, insulting..but the things she comes out with....well, are funny! I could cry because it's so sad to see her this way. Or laugh to myself at her tall tales.

Last week with my friend, I swear I was about to have a nervous breakdown by the end of her visit. We waved the family good bye and I came into the house where hubby was standing..I was about to cry of exhaustion of the visit..and he says "boy it's nice having houseguests...but boy is it nice when they leave!" and we both laughed.

Laughter is great medicine!

I'm sorry about what you're going through with your Nana.
I went through this with my Grandmother. She been gone about 12 years now.

 

[DVC Sadie]

Sometimes, all you can do is laugh or cry..always better to laugh.

I had some "difficult" times with my nana while caring for her this past week. I love her dearly. In her 90 year old dementia, she can be a little crabby at times and well, insulting..but the things she comes out with....well, are funny! I could cry because it's so sad to see her this way. Or laugh to myself at her tall tales.

Last week with my friend, I swear I was about to have a nervous breakdown by the end of her visit. We waved the family good bye and I came into the house where hubby was standing..I was about to cry of exhaustion of the visit..and he says "boy it's nice having houseguests...but boy is it nice when they leave!" and we both laughed.

Laughter is great medicine!

I agree with you in regards to either laughing or crying. I am glad that you choose to find the humor, especially when dealing with your Nana.

 

[DVC Sadie]

I hope we can find humour in these situations now. Actually the trips we traveled with others, who were less than stellor, turn out to be the ones we remember the most and laugh about. Don't even get me started on the "honeymoon" trip my dh and I took a year after we got married. We didn't have a lot of money and decided to tent down to Disneyland. I insisted that we stay in a hotel in Anaheim. His parents decided to come with us in their fifth wheel and my parents decided to come and tent. Then my aunt who just finished chemo (and is a bit of a hothead) decided she should come too.(By the way my dh is a bit of a hothead too) It was quite the time.

I'm dreaming of the day that my family can afford to go on a holiday by ourselves.

It's funny how the trips that we remember the most and are able to laugh about are the trips that were less than stellar.

One day you'll get that holiday by yourselves.

 

[brekin67]

We were at ASM a couple of years ago. DM was in a scooter. A lady said "Now we have to wait for the fat a**." I could NOT believe that. I did not say anything to her because I did not want to embarass mom who did not hear her.
I am guilty of being rude also. I was sitting on the bus and it was getting crowded. A pregnant lady walked on and was holding the handrail. I told her she could sit in my seat and she said no thank you. I replied that I would like you to have the seat since you are pregnant. She said...I am not pregnant.
I felt so bad. We both were headed to the lua and me and Dbf kept running into her.

 

[PaddingtonBear]

I have a lifelong friend who is just terriblely rude and demanding to waitstaff. That puts me to the blush. I went through a drive through with her once at McDonald's. She ordered a medium order of fries. The waitress gave her a large order instead by accident. My friend pointed out -for some unknown reason- that a mistake had been made and the waitress said "oh, that's ok, just keep it". My friend totally unloaded on how she wanted what she ordered. I was ready to sink.

My dad, too, embarassed me once. He had dementia and no longer had his filter on, if you know what I mean. He was of another generation in terms of ethinic terminology. DH and I took him to see a movie, and the people next to us were being rather vocal. Dad started complaining about the "colored" people. I could have just died. We got up and hurried him out of there before he let loose with the n bombs. I was never more mortified in my life.