What bothers you ?

[ton80]

people who do not use deodorant and you have to stand near them.
I am not a bigot but Foreigners form outside the US seem to be the most
pushy and loud as if we owe them something for coming to DisneyWorld


Dixie landings 9/98
As Sports 9/99
Off site 5/01
BCV 11/04
SSR 11/05

 

[Talking Hands]

People who come into the designated smoking areas and complain about there being smoking there.
One day my daughters and I were sitting in the smoking area by Pirates when a mom comes with her child in a stroller and tells my girls to stop smoking as she proceeds to change the child's diaper. I don't smoke but was sitting with them. I told her that it was a smoking area and if she didn't like it she could leave.

 

[ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]

People who come into the designated smoking areas and complain about there being smoking there.
One day my daughters and I were sitting in the smoking area by Pirates when a mom comes with her child in a stroller and tells my girls to stop smoking as she proceeds to change the child's diaper. I don't smoke but was sitting with them. I told her that it was a smoking area and if she didn't like it she could leave.

man, whats up with that lady??? the least she could do is take the kid to a bathroom/changing area...not change him/her in a smoking area.

some people!

i think a lot of these pet peeves might be due to the extreme heat that comes with being in Florida

 

[experiment626mom]

Can I just ask a question to the people who have said that they accidently hit people with their strollers? I know it was an accident, but did you acknowledge that you even hit the person?? I think that's what the pet peeve really is about. You get hit and the person looks the other way, gives YOU the dirty look or doesn't apologize.

 

[Aidensmom]

Can I just ask a question to the people who have said that they accidently hit people with their strollers? I know it was an accident, but did you acknowledge that you even hit the person?? I think that's what the pet peeve really is about. You get hit and the person looks the other way, gives YOU the dirty look or doesn't apologize.

Of course I apologize. There was one instance, however, when I did not. I let my son get out of the stroller and walk beside me for a couple of minutes to stretch his legs. During this time, someone in the 200+ pound range actually walked backwards into my stroller, fell INTO it (I still can't believe the stroller survived), got up and gave ME the dirty look. No apology from me, just a "You are sure lucky my son was not sitting there."

 

[Trinity721]

Can I just ask a question to the people who have said that they accidently hit people with their strollers? I know it was an accident, but did you acknowledge that you even hit the person?? I think that's what the pet peeve really is about. You get hit and the person looks the other way, gives YOU the dirty look or doesn't apologize.

DH and I have accidentally hit others with strollers, but rarely. And we always apologize. Even when it is the person's fault that they bumped into it, or abruptly stop. Most of the time, they also apologize. Never had a nasty stroller traffic experience thus far.

 

[DisneyJen0504]

People constantly complaining about wait times, bus issues, hearing a toliet flush while they are in their resort room....I could go on.
We always go with such excitement that nothing can annoy us on a trip to WDW! We never experience any of the silly issues so many others seem to experience. Can't imagine why!!!

 

[epcotfan]

People that act like pigs. I saw a woman leave a dirty diaper on a bench outside of Chef Mickeys when there was a garbage a few feet away. She went into the buffet without washing her hands.

People who leave a filthy mess at the counter service restaurants. At Columbia Harbour House I saw a family make a HUGE mess and then walk away.

People who don't watch their kids in the restaurants. On numerous occasions I've seen little kids play with the plastic cutlery and straws and then put them back in the bin. These are the kind that don't have wrappers. Yuck. At Nine Dragons a family left their three year old at a table while they went to switch window seats. The girl played with every piece of cutlery on the table they were moving from.

People who don't make a decision on what they want to eat until they get up to the cashier.

People who force their kids on rides. We saw a young girl have a total panic attack on the Tower Of Terror. She was absolutely freaking out. Crying and Screaming. It was awful.

People that just disregard property. I saw a woman let her kid (in shoes) walk all over the sink area at the Contemporary. I mean c'mon people wash their hands there!

People that EXPECT others to give up their seats on the bus. Everyone is tired after a day at Disney. If you must have a seat, wait for the next bus. Not everyone that looks able bodied is. My mom looks fine, but has severe arthritis and we wait for a bus so she can get a seat. I once had a broken toe but no cast and needed to sit. I also have MS. We don't need dirty looks because we are sitting and your kids are tired. We also wouldn't expect people to get up for us. If we are really exhausted we take a cab.

People that talk through ENTIRE RIDES. It might be someone's first time riding the attraction and they want to hear the entire dialogue or score.

 

[foxtrotter]

My biggest pet peeve is just with people who don't treat the parks, the resorts, or the people in them with respect. Take care of your own mess, treat others the way you'd like to be treated, and be aware of your surroundings. If everyone did this, WDW would be an even happier place.

Someone mentioned people who don't go to the end of a row during theatre shows. One of my little pet peeves is people (not specifically talking about the previous poster who is probably talking about packed times) who get their undies in a knot about people who don't go to the end of the row during slower times when the theatre is only half full at the most.

Since we always go during slow times, if everyone went to the very end of the row, the right side of the theatre would be packed and the left side would be empty. That would be silly. When we went in December, we went a little more than half way down a row and found our seats for Philharmagic. Most everyone else did the same thing. Everyone had a great view and enjoyed the show. However, there was one couple who came down my row and did the whole "huff and puff, why don't people do what they're told and go to the end of the row, guess we'll play the martyrs" routine as they trampled over everyone they squeezed by. They sat at the end of the row with a good 10-15 seats between them and us. They looked totally foolish and unhappy, but at least they played by the rules and showed everybody else how perfect they are!

 

[qtwns]

My DH is usually the one pushing the stroller and the only one he ever hits is ME!! Huge pet peeve of mine!

Also, people who insist on using flash photography when you aren't supposed to...I never really understood this rule until last week on the Great Movie Ride. The fellow in the row ahead of us flashed his camera in the middle of all the great scenes! All I got to see on that ride were spots flashing before my eyes!

 

[letterdavidman]

We only went once so far, but while there, there were things that got to me:

1.) DS and I were in the Electric Umbrella (busy time) sitting upstairs at a small table, *almost* done, and this woman and her son came over and asked if we were leaving--I said, "yes, when we're done", as she hovered with her tray. I thought I'd be polite and tell her we're almost done, she can set the tray down (obviously she wanted dibs on the table). Well, as soon as she did, her DH came over and gave us a dirty look and asked really cocky, "Aren't you LEAVING now?" as he started setting their food out. Rude much! I told him "When we are done" and he proceeded to put Ds's remaining food on our tray and told him to take his cookie and drink with him! I was really shocked!!

2.)when ds was getting character autographs, and we were working our way to the next line, a really big (an unfriendly guy) pushed my son, and yelled that we couldn't pass until he was done looking at his daughter with the character--he wasn't taking a pic, we weren't cutting, we were passing through a huge space -- he wasn't in line either but was off to the side , so how people were supposed to know he was "viewing" his daughter was beyond me DS was freaked out, and so was I, the jerk pushed him hard! It takes a real man to bully a little boy and a woman 1/2 his size

Happily, they were the only jerk encounters we faced at the parks, and if I weren't such a pushover, I would have handled them differently...I think it was a combo of shock, and being easily intimidated. I didn't know I needed to toughen up to go to Disney though, lol.

Whoah!! Let me tell you something, if anyone ever even tries to think about doing anything like either one of your above-mentioned incidents to me or, especially, my DW, it is sooooooooo on right then and there!

Personally, if it was me, I would have taken my DS' cookie and milk off the tray and thrown them, hard, directley into the jerk's face, and then dared him to do anything about it. And, regarding the jerk in the character line, I would have gotten one of those Disney police guys to arrest him, and pressed charges to the limit of the law.

Look. I am a guy (a big guy), but I love Disney, and everything that it represents (e.g., magic, family, smiles on kids' faces, etc.), and I'm usually quite willing to not make a scene, no matter how annoying the other person is being (although, when someone is talking during an attraction or spiel by a CM, and a prolonged dirty look doesn't do the trick, I will most certainly speak up and tell the offender to cease and desist the offending chatter immediately). But the two incidents that you described are certainly beyond the pale, and I definitely would have had to settle things, shall we say, man to man.

 

[letterdavidman]

My biggest pet peeve is parents who allow their children to misbehave and do not correct them.

Last year, DH, DD and I were having dinner at Jiko. There was a family at the next table w/2 children. One little boy was very good, but the other was bouncing all over the place! He was about 5 or 6 yrs old, so he was old enough to know better. He kept hopping all around their table, as well as our table, throwing his crayons around, then he'd run around to pick them up to throw them again. He even knocked the (empty) chair at our table rather hard, and our drinks kinda swished around!! His parents never said a word. Then when the food came, he screamed and cried that's not what he wanted. Still nothing from the parents, and he carried on for a good while. Oh, and yes, he did get to order dessert, which he played with and smeared on the table. Finally, the mother did take him out.

A word of warning: Parents, if your little darlings are acting anything like this at any of them sit down meals that I am in attendance at during my visit to WDW, and you chose to ignore it, I will say something to both your darlings and YOU.

Please don't make me have to do this. I won't like it, you won't like it, and your little darlings certainly won't like it.

--Jeff

 

[disneyjunkie]

Someone mentioned people who don't go to the end of a row during theatre shows. One of my little pet peeves is people (not specifically talking about the previous poster who is probably talking about packed times) who get their undies in a knot about people who don't go to the end of the row during slower times when the theatre is only half full at the most.

Since we always go during slow times, if everyone went to the very end of the row, the right side of the theatre would be packed and the left side would be empty. That would be silly. When we went in December, we went a little more than half way down a row and found our seats for Philharmagic. Most everyone else did the same thing. Everyone had a great view and enjoyed the show. However, there was one couple who came down my row and did the whole "huff and puff, why don't people do what they're told and go to the end of the row, guess we'll play the martyrs" routine as they trampled over everyone they squeezed by. They sat at the end of the row with a good 10-15 seats between them and us. They looked totally foolish and unhappy, but at least they played by the rules and showed everybody else how perfect they are!

If you're not going to go to the end of the row, why not step to the side and let others enter the row first? That way no one has to step across you to get to the end. You'll get you seat in the center and the others will get seats on the end.

I like to make a quick exit when the show is over so I'd rather sit on the end than in the middle.

 

[Amirah95]

I don't know if anybody posted this but I really hate the pushy, rude people at the trams in the parking lots. Some people will push a mom with a baby in her arms to get a seat on the tram. That really aggravates me.

 

[Deafmedic]

We only went once so far, but while there, there were things that got to me:

1.) DS and I were in the Electric Umbrella (busy time) sitting upstairs at a small table, *almost* done, and this woman and her son came over and asked if we were leaving--I said, "yes, when we're done", as she hovered with her tray. I thought I'd be polite and tell her we're almost done, she can set the tray down (obviously she wanted dibs on the table). Well, as soon as she did, her DH came over and gave us a dirty look and asked really cocky, "Aren't you LEAVING now?" as he started setting their food out. Rude much! I told him "When we are done" and he proceeded to put Ds's remaining food on our tray and told him to take his cookie and drink with him! I was really shocked!!

2.)when ds was getting character autographs, and we were working our way to the next line, a really big (an unfriendly guy) pushed my son, and yelled that we couldn't pass until he was done looking at his daughter with the character--he wasn't taking a pic, we weren't cutting, we were passing through a huge space -- he wasn't in line either but was off to the side , so how people were supposed to know he was "viewing" his daughter was beyond me DS was freaked out, and so was I, the jerk pushed him hard! It takes a real man to bully a little boy and a woman 1/2 his size

Happily, they were the only jerk encounters we faced at the parks, and if I weren't such a pushover, I would have handled them differently...I think it was a combo of shock, and being easily intimidated. I didn't know I needed to toughen up to go to Disney though, lol.

My DW said to tell you if this ever happens to you or your child again, to come and find her. She will straighten him out very quickly(says the 5'2",110# woman with her 6'3", 210# hubby standing behind her.)

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Things that annoyed me last week.

1. People who drag their very small, obviously very tired children to evening EMHs and keep them out till 1 AM. We saw so many kids being dragged and crying that they were tired. The same goes for people who bring their very young kids to PI late at night. Why would you bring your small kids to a bar late at night?

2. People who don't go all the way to the center of the row during the shows. I don't feel bad when I step on their feet.

3. People who yap on cel phones all day long, everywhere, including on the attractions/in the shows. These people need a good hard slap. We encountered this annoyance more than any other and it is one of my biggest pet peeves. Good lord, how did these people survive before the advent of cellular technology??? Then when you politely ask them to shut up during the shows, they look at you like you are the one with the problem. Grrr.

4. The video camera people. The people who sit in a seat in front of you, but block all possible view you might have because they hold their camera up in front of you (next to them) so you are forced to watch shows from their quick view screen. I have decided the best way to deal with these people if they won't put the camera down after you tell them they are blocking your view, is to mutter something offensive rather loudly as to ruin their video of whatever they are taping. Given that I had to watch several shows on video camera people's quick view screens this trip, I also would like to tell them that unless they really have the right type of video equip. they are not getting very good videos anyway.

Next time I go, I want a shirt that says "Put the camera down, hang the phone up and enjoy your vacation so I can enjoy mine"

Speaking of shirts...

5. What on earth would possess a grown man, or older teen boy to wear a shirt with a swear word on it to Disneyworld? Have they any idea how classless and tacky that is? There is no need to wear your "Opinions are like A_holes" shirt to the magic Kingdom, or your shirt that has the f word on it to Epcot. These men really need to grow up. The guy in the F word shirt had a young boy with him. Nice.

6. People who feel the need to smoke in line, or just walking through the parks. There are designated smoking areas for a reason. My SO uses them. So should everyone else.

7. People who feel the need to whine and complain about how weird the food is at the Epcot restaurants where the menu is clearly posted. We encountered a family at Teppanyaki who refused to believe that they could not obtain Chinese food at this nice Japanese restaurant. They insulted the chef, the waitress and were the most incredibly rude people we ever met. You know how at Teppanyaki you sit with others? Well, they sat with us. The guy asked the waitress about 4 times (she said no each time) if he could get fried rice and egg rolls there. Then, the woman (who made faces at her food all during the meal) kept sending her food back, yelling that it was "not what she thought it was". I just do not understand it. The menu is posted right out in front of Teppanyaki for anyone to read and it clearly explains what the food is.

 

[Gymbomom]

is the people who arrive at the bus stop after you have been waiting for fifteen minutes, then proceed to sidle their way to the front of the line. They don't even bother to let those people already waiting get there first. Hello? I have been waiting in the heat for 15 minutes.....so I decided to have a seat. Now the bus is approaching and you hustle your way out front? Rude...rude....RUDE! You know who you are!

Totally Disagree.

I have no idea who is there before me or in what order. If you felt the need to rest instead of standing in line, that is your choice. I personally would rather know I am getting on the bus together with my family, have my stroller broken down and ready to load.

At a resort stop, how in the world do I know you are even waiting for the same bus??????

 

[EsmeraldaX]

If you're not going to go to the end of the row, why not step to the side and let others enter the row first? That way no one has to step across you to get to the end. You'll get you seat in the center and the others will get seats on the end.

I like to make a quick exit when the show is over so I'd rather sit on the end than in the middle.

I agree and to be totally honest, I've never noticed any difference in the viewing of the show/movie from the sides.

I thought of one more. This only applies to AK and AKL. People who cry and moan about the lack of straws.

It is clearly explained at these places if you ask for a straw why you can not have one and it is a very good reason. We were seated next to some nutjob family at Boma last week who, aside from saying all the food was "weird African crap" (see my prior issue with the other family in Teppanyaki), spent a good portion of their meal whining about how they wanted a straw.

For those who do not know, there are no lids or straws at AK, AKL and most zoos and wildlife refuges around the country because the animals often pick them up and eat them, causing them to choke and possibly die.

Apparently, these people (and they were the type to leave their trash all over the place, you could just tell) did not care about that and wanted their straws. They complained that the drinks hurt their teeth, they complained that they could not enjoy their food and drinks without them. ON and ON and ON. They even made a stink about paying for the drinks.

Give me a break. I use straws a lot, even at home, and I had no problems with the lack of straws anywhere. I noticed that many people had sippy cups for little ones who couldn't handle drinking from a glass yet (though the whiny family had no kids with them, they were a small group of adults).

 

[bytheblood]

My biggest is when you are standing in line and the people, mostly kids, have to stand on top of you. I always leave space in front of me. You are not going to get on the ride any faster by breathing down someone's back.

I so totally agree. If I wanted something growing out of my butt, I would plant a tree there.

I think adults are worse than children. If I get too aggravated, I will say something.

 

[Aidensmom]

If you're not going to go to the end of the row, why not step to the side and let others enter the row first? That way no one has to step across you to get to the end. You'll get you seat in the center and the others will get seats on the end.

I like to make a quick exit when the show is over so I'd rather sit on the end than in the middle.

I don't mean to sound mean, but if it is just your PREFERENCE to sit at the end of the row, then it is YOU who should be making the accomodations (i.e. not getting upset that others choose to sit in the best viewing seat when the place is empty) than to expect everyone else to have magical ESP powers and know that is your preference and to wait off to the side until you get your end seat. If it is not crowded at all, and it is not a big deal to sit where I choose, well, that is what I would do (unfortunately have never had this experience at WDW!) I believe I am a considerate, thoughtful person, but there is absolutely no way I will know what everyone's preferences are. If I did wait off to the side, I am sure there would be someone posting here about the annoying family who would just not take a seat.