Un-Disney-like Behavior

[EEYOREMAMA]

Shelly, I think *that* is just what EEYOREMAMA meant, her behavior was a little undisnylike and she was admitting that We all make mistakes...

I'm not sure why your post is "Rudegrle" because you are anything but rude. Thanks for getting why I was posting. It blew me away that anyone, especially a WDW CM could talk to a child that way. You had to be there, see the man's face and hear the tone of his voice. I should have handled the situation better, but I'm a mom first, and a "better" person second. I reacted to a situation that should not have happened. I am not a rude, mean or ill mannered person. I respect those around me and expect to be respected in return. I acted like a mother protecting her child. Didn't think about it -- just reacted. I didn't start it, but I couldn't ignore it either. He was just plain mean.

 

[DisneyTarheel]

Unfortuneatly I have 2 from our trip in Oct.:

1. Being yelled at (in language not okay for children to hear) because we had a stroller on the bus. Granted it is a double, it is also an umbrella fold, my husband stands with it towards the back and gets on in back when possible.

2. Many times having to stand on the buses with an infant (10M and squirmy) in arms and a 4 year old holding on for dear life to my legs. I would have to think that the majority of the people on the Disney busses have either had small children or someday will. I hope that all people who never offer a seat to a person with a small child or even small children (and elders), will learn what comes around goes around!

This is why we bring our car and drive to the resorts ('cept for the boat from WL to MK).

 

[Rudegrle]

I'm not sure why your post is "Rudegrle" because you are anything but rude. Thanks for getting why I was posting. It blew me away that anyone, especially a WDW CM could talk to a child that way. You had to be there, see the man's face and hear the tone of his voice. I should have handled the situation better, but I'm a mom first, and a "better" person second. I reacted to a situation that should not have happened. I am not a rude, mean or ill mannered person. I respect those around me and expect to be respected in return. I acted like a mother protecting her child. Didn't think about it -- just reacted. I didn't start it, but I couldn't ignore it either. He was just plain mean.

A lot of people would've reacted in the same way, whether they like to admit it or not We all know two wrongs don't make a right, and a third wrong by chastising you does not make a right either.

P.S. rudegrle is just a nickname that stuck!

 

[laura001]

Once we were getting onto the Jungle Cruise and had to spend the whole time listening to the CM complain about his job and how it was too busy (or the like). It was a real turn off!

 

[goofy4dis]

Man, usually cast members are so excited and friendly, especially on Jungle Cruise.

 

[Danaans]

I think everyone has a bad day, after all we are all human.

When I'm right...no one remembers...when I'm wrong...no-one forgets...
~anon quote

 

[eeyoregirl]

UGGGGGGGGGGGG! This happened to us last time. DS was 4 and DD was not quite 2. Both kids had fallen asleep, we had the two umbrella strollers and a diaper bag. When we were boarding the bus I had DD and her stroller and DH had DS, his stroller and the diaper bag. NO PLACE to sit of course- in fact we were the only 2 people standing. However there was a family with 4 small kids all sprawled out - the mom and Dad COULD have picked up the two smaller ones and held them on their laps so DH and I could have sat too - Or even put ONE on your lap so I could sit with my two sleeping kids - NOPE. In fact the mom looked at us and laughed and said "We got here first" @@ It was a LONG ride from MK back to BWV trying to balance the kids and strollers while standing on a bus. .

Just remember what goes around comes around. Some day her bratty kids will be all tired out and there will be nowhere for them to sit, and boy, will she regret being so mean!

 

[eeyoregirl]

What is the most "un-Disney-like" thing you have experienced/witnessed while at Disney? It could be something you overheard, saw, or *gasp* have done yourself...

I've seen quite a few, but the one that sticks with me the most is during one of our trips while at the MK, we were waiting in line for Space Mountain. In front of us was a father and his son, probably around 6. He was a little tyke, and when we got to the CM with the measuring stick, it turns out the boy was too short to ride. Instead of telling his son it was okay, and they would find something else to ride, he started to yell at his son, telling him it was his child's fault for not being tall enough, and how mad he was at him because now HE wouldn't be able to ride.

The look on the boy's face made me want to cry

That is disgusting and vile behavior. How could you possibly be so cruel to your own child? And, if the dad was so he**-bent on riding, he could have used his brain and maybe did a kiddie swap (if he had someone else with him). The very LEAST he could have done was comfort his kid! Geez! Some people make me ill.

 

[eeyoregirl]

Couldn't have said it better myself -- Go, Janet!!!

Here, here!

 

[hockey mom]

We were in the MK on a MVMCP night and they were starting to escort regular guests out. I came across a woman yelling at a CM( disney sweeper) as to why she would not be seeing the Christmas parade. The poor CM wasn't very Disney informed and now she was starting to be rude to him. I asked her what information was she trying to find out. She was outraged that they were asking her to leave and she had not seen the Christmas parade yet. I had to point out that she was free to buy a ticket like the rest of us and stay, she could have watched the 3 o'clock parade(not the same I know), or checked the hours herself before coming to the MK on a MVMCP day. The CM was relieved and quickly moved on.

It just burned my a#$ that she felt she had the right to speak to someone that way when she herself had not done her homework.

 

[ThePhantomsGirl]

That was it "ok then, we go" and we did, straight out of the park and back to the resort. Mad as heck 7 year old in toe... Not my best moment, however before we got to the busses I at least got a "mom, Im sorry I wasn't co-operating"

As an attendant in another themepark with attractions - I salute you! I have seen some...shall we say...interesting...behavior of children. (and adults too!) Many parents ignore kids having tantrums - dragging them onto rides, etc.. Or worse yet - bribing them to behave! ("we'll give you such-and-such if you behave...") Taking them out of the park is one way to get them to realize their actions have consequences.

 

[gizmond90]

We went into Mission Space. As we excited the ride there was a gate open and people walkin out so I followed. As my kids and i were leaving the CM started yelling at us for walking out the wrong way. He was pushing the controls and wasn't paying attention to anyone as they got off. But here he is yelling at me. I told him he didn't need to yell as my kids were there. We also had a problem at Honey I shrunk the audience. We had a group of 14. As we got up to the entrance the CM was putting the rope across and told us the next show would start in 15 minutes. Then he started pushing us back about 10 feet back of the rope and started yelling that we were pushing through. As other people were going around us and going in.

 

[eeyoregirl]

As a former stroller-pusher (DD is now almost 7), I know how difficult it can be to navigate WDW during peak times. And, I realize that my family travels in a pack--we usually have 7-9 people in our group. That being said....

The last time I used a stroller, I swear I needed body armor to protect myself from other people, especially fellow stroller-pushers.I realize that I was with a semi-large group, but I had so many bruises after that trip. The most sore part of my body? My heels and the backs of my knees. From walking 10 miles a day? Bad shoes? No! From being rammed from strollers.

Please be kind... let's not play "bumper strollers." It hurts!

Thank you.

 

[MyDreamIsAWish]

I got stroller bumped a few times this past trip in Dec...one guy rammed me in FantasyLand and there was NO kid in the stroller! LOL!

What burned me up was: (And I know there's debate on all of this stuff..but I'm posting it anyways)
1. Parade viewing!!! We get to our spot early...I stand back a bit to let little ones in front of me. (My kids are teens and they do the same) A family that I got to talking to were waiting with us and they had little ones. Right when the parade started a lady PUSHED her kid up front, RIGHT into this other little one that had been waiting...knocking him down. The pushee's mother said "Excuse me, my son has been waiting" The Pushers mom says "Well...my kid wants to see!"
Ugh...it was pretty ugly.

I know it's a good idea to save your table...but lets be reasonable about it!
I waited til' hubby was at the cashier ordering the food...then went to look for a table. There was one lady at a huge table. She says "This is MY table"
O....K.....no problem.
Hubby and I got our food, sat on the curb, watched about 20 other people get rudely told that it was "HER table". About the time we were DONE eating and I was throwing our tray out, her family WALKS UP from the PARK!! They tell the dad what they want to eat and he goes in to get in line. Mind you, this woman had saved this table for a good hour!
That is frustrating to me.

Now, more un-disney like behavior....we took my Mom to DW in March, she didn't have the magic at all. But, she' s one of those types of people. She embarrassed me alot. Someday I'll have to start a thread about that experience...LOL!! For all I know, SHE may be the topic of some people's posts...LOL!!

 

[eeyoregirl]

I got stroller bumped a few times this past trip in Dec...one guy rammed me in FantasyLand and there was NO kid in the stroller! LOL!



I know it's a good idea to save your table...but lets be reasonable about it!
I waited til' hubby was at the cashier ordering the food...then went to look for a table. There was one lady at a huge table. She says "This is MY table"
O....K.....no problem.
Hubby and I got our food, sat on the curb, watched about 20 other people get rudely told that it was "HER table". About the time we were DONE eating and I was throwing our tray out, her family WALKS UP from the PARK!! They tell the dad what they want to eat and he goes in to get in line. Mind you, this woman had saved this table for a good hour!
That is frustrating to me.

Now, more un-disney like behavior....we took my Mom to DW in March, she didn't have the magic at all. But, she' s one of those types of people. She embarrassed me alot. Someday I'll have to start a thread about that experience...LOL!! For all I know, SHE may be the topic of some people's posts...LOL!!

Now, the lady was saving a table for an hour for people who were not even in line for food yet could have offered to let your family sit with her at HER table. This act of kindness would not have killed her, but YOU could have died from SHOCK.

Oh, this is my grandmother. Who knows, in a former life, we may have been cousins.

 

[Tiggernut_jadie]

We had a small incident last year at Epcot. WE stopped to buy some Crepes in 'France' and there are about 4 or 5 little tables for the customers there. One of these tables had no chairs with it as people had moved them to the other tables. Anyway I noticed that on one table there was a couple in their 50's sitting with FOUR other chairs so I asked politely if the chairs were being used. The woman looked at me as if I was something she'd trod in and said YES! (in a very rude tone). I shrugged and DH and I ate our crepes stadning up leaning on the chairless table. (I couldn't walk and eat as I was pushing DD in her stroller!). After we'd finished eating we went to get DD's passport stamped and her mask done in the French pavillion and wehn we came out this same couple were STILL sitting there alone and there was another couple doing the 'stand up crepe eating' thing!

It was just SO un-disney IMHO!!!!! Even if they were waiting for family, it wouldn't have hurt them to let people sit for a few minutes would it?!!!!

 

[eeyoregirl]

It was just SO un-disney IMHO!!!!! Even if they were waiting for family, it wouldn't have hurt them to let people sit for a few minutes would it?!!!!

Of course it would, for some people. It must be some sort of powertrip thing going on. They have something that you want, and by keeping it from you, that gives them some sort of sick pleasure. It's WDW; isn't this the one place where we should get along and be nice to each other? I think so!

 

[Amy&Dan]

While moving through the que of Mickey's Philharmagic recently we saw a mother and her maybe 12 or 13 yr. old son sort of getting into it. No biggie there, but then suddenly the mom begins to yell and swear loudly and then doubles up her fist and hits this poor kid so hard on the side of his head he almost fell over. "God I hate you" she yelled. Now I know I have lost it with my kids and not liked them sometimes for the way they were acting but to say that and hit that hard on the head was so awful. I can still heara the sound it made. He was so sad, about to cry from pain and embarrassment, the dad was also humiliated but that mom was just fine with the whole thing. She starts sweet talking to their other kid like nothing had happened. Sadly, the day will probably come soon when that boy will haul off and hit her right back since that is what she is teaching him to do. Also, if people do that in public, I always wonder what they do in private. Sad and scary.

 

[Epcot242]

I was walking by the Tiki Room with my family when I saw a mother and a daughter walking ahead of us. The daughter was about 12-13 and she was wearing a one piece bathing suit with shorts on so her shoulders were exposed. I guess the girl was pouting or said something rude (although she didn't look as if she was pouting or angry) so the mother turns to the daughter and open-palm smacked her very hard on the left shoulder. Now, I was about 10-15 away from her and I could hear the loud *crack* through the crowds and music. Afterwords, the mother started yelling at the daughter and all the poor girl could do was stare at her mother in a hurt "I wanna cry but not in front of you" sort of way. I felt so bad for her. I mean, isn't it supposed to be the Happiest Place on Earth?

 

[freakylick]

I know it's a good idea to save your table...but lets be reasonable about it!
I waited til' hubby was at the cashier ordering the food...then went to look for a table. There was one lady at a huge table. She says "This is MY table"
O....K.....no problem.
Hubby and I got our food, sat on the curb, watched about 20 other people get rudely told that it was "HER table". About the time we were DONE eating and I was throwing our tray out, her family WALKS UP from the PARK!! They tell the dad what they want to eat and he goes in to get in line. Mind you, this woman had saved this table for a good hour!
That is frustrating to me.

I'm glad someone said it!