whats thw worst thing you have witnessed on your trip to Disneyworld??

[Lora]

Originally posted by lfontaine
In that case, to show the ultimate respect to everyone, only get on the bus after everyone else has gotten on the bus. Give up your seat and standing location to everyone else before you get on the bus at all. Of course, you will end up on the last bus of the day, but at least you showed respect to everyone.

Now, if someone takes your seat or standing location, taking a seat or standing location before you, does that mean that they didn't respect you?

Don't be ridiculous. You don't have to be the last to have respect for everyone. I can't believe you're giving someone a hard time about wanting to respect others and offer seats to certain people.

BTW TN.... some of us in the north were taught those values as well. (I just happen to live in the south now.)

 

[disneyjunkie]

Originally posted by TN Traveler
Being from the south I was taught to always respect your elders. That's not to say you shouldn't respect EVERYONE but mostly your elders. They have life experiences and altho we may not always agree w/their viewpoints, we should respect their ideas. I take that one step further and believe EVERYONE is worthy of respect. However, I feel if there is a 70 + yr old man standing on a bus, then I should offer him my seat. Now, if he turns it down, then so be it but the offer should be extended. I would also offer this seat to a 30 yr old woman w/a sleeping infant or todler in her arms as well as a 4 yr old struggling to hold on or a Dad w/a child sleeping in his arms.

I grew up in NY and I was taught the same thing.


I can't sit while an older person stands. I always think that person could be my grandmother and I'd want her to have a seat.

I still think people should wait for the next bus instead of getting on a crowded one and EXPECTING people to get up for them.

 

[KCMiller]

Sit, stand, sit, stand, beat the dead horse ...

OK, I think we can all agree that it's nice to offer your seat to someone who looks like they could use to sit down, 'kay? And that there are nice, well brought up people all across this great land of ours. Hooray!

Now, then, back to the thread . . .


KC

 

[MaryKatesMom]

Originally posted by lfontaine
What is it about being elderly that entitles them to respect?

Let the flaming BEGIN!!!

Troll

 

[KCMiller]

No, no, really - back to the thread .


KC

 

[Disbug]

Originally posted by Mandalou
You know, I read all of these examples of rude, horrible people and I think WHO ARE THEY and what are they like when they are NOT at Disney??? While I might feel a little exhausted at WDW, my exhaustion does not provoke me to uncontrollably act like a jerk. I remember that when I was young, if we'd witness a rude or mean person in public, my parents would say "think of what that person is like when they are at HOME!" Yikes!

I guess some people are born jerks, die jerks and are, unfortunately, jerks all of the days in between. . . even at WDW. Well, if you run into me at WDW, I promise you that I won't be a jerk!

Oh, Mandalou! I just remembered an incident that happened when my DD was about 3 or 4 (she is now 10)... We were riding one summer evening on the Indy "Speedway" in Tomorrowland. I was riding with my daughter in the "driving" position.... as most of us all do! LOL! Of, course, she was "steering" and I was operating the gas/brakes. We were having a great time. Everything was going swell until the very end where the cars queue up to end the ride. A 9 to 11 yr old boy behind us bumped us. Then bumped us again. I turned around and looked at him... Then bumped us hard the last time. On the third bump I realized it was not an accident and I turned around and pointed my finger at the boy and mouthed "STOP IT!" Now, I did not yell with my voice... because you can't hear anything with those engines going, but he saw my face and my finger wagging! He did not bump us again...

I was a little upset because the last "bump" was hard enough to make our heads snap back and my DD narrowly missed having her forehead bump into the steering wheel (I put my hand out to protect her...)

When we got off the ride, I did not think about it anymore, until a woman came running up behind me with her husband yelling at me..."Who did I think I was pointing my finger at her child...." (Apparently she had been in the car behind his...) For some reason, this inflamed me, and I whipped around and told her that her son had deliberately run into us 3 times and the last time had almost caused an injury to my daughter.

I felt so bad when I saw the look on her face and she turned around to her son, and he was REALLY in trouble as she started turning her wrath on him.

To this day, I KICK myself and wish I could have turned around with a smile and answered her without any hard feelings. I should have realized that we were both hot and tired and given her the benefit of the doubt... but instead I had a "KNEE JERK" reaction.

Wherever you are, ma'am... I am sorry.

 

[Mandalou]

I know what you mean, Disbug. Nobody's perfect. . . I've done things or reacted to things (even at home) where I instantly realized "Man. . . that was dumb!"

The real "jerks" I'm referring to are the parents of children who either do not discipline their kids or purposefully TEACH their kids bad manners/rudeness (by being totally rude themselves). It was good to hear that the mother of the boy who was bumping into you knew her son did something wrong and was prepared to deal with it. I know that if I found out one of my kids was doing something like that, there wouldn't be any question that Mom was mad! I refuse to raise jerks!

 

[WeluvDisney2]

Originally posted by Mandalou
I refuse to raise jerks!

Amen to that!!

 

[B'rer Karen]

Oh Mandalou, your post just reminded me of a story. I was in Frontierland one night waiting for the Main Street Electrical parade. I was on one of those wooden platforms that go around the trees that you can sit on. I was toward the back of it. On the front edge there was a family sitting, and they had a boy who was about three who was standing up on the platform. I was eating dinner that I had gotten from Pecos Bill while I waited. I had fries and cheese sauce that was in one of those little paper cups that you put the sauce in. The fries and the cheese sauce were on a serving tray. Well the three year old boy starts jumping up and down and all around. It was one of those things where I could see it happening but couldn't stop it in time. Sure enough he jumps and lands on the edge of my tray. The fries go flying. Somehow the cheese sauce cup flipped around and landed right side up without spilling any of it. But the fries were history. I was upset (it was my dinner afterall) but I wasn't really mad at the kid. He was just being a kid. I was more upset that no one seemed to be paying attention to him. Well he ran back to his family at the front of the platform. Right about this time the mom comes back with a tray of food, with a few containers of fries on it. I don't know if the boy said something or someone else in the group, but the mother handed him a container of fries and told him to come over and give them to me. I thought that was an awesome thing for the mom to do, not for me, but as a lesson to the kid. I said to him, "Oh, that is so sweet of you. But it's okay, you don't have to give me your fries. I sure do appreciate you're offering though." That really made my day. So, mom, if you're out there, good job!

 

[luvthatduke]

I just want to say that I am THRILLED to
read the previous 2 posts about Mom's
"doing the right thing." And I'm sure there
are many Dad's as well that haven't been
mentioned.

And the Mom with the fries, not only did
she do the right thing, but she's obviously
raising her son the right way - as he
made sure to tell her!

So often we're only exposed to the bad
things people are capable of, especially
when influenced by heat, crowds, fatigue, etc.
Hence the reason for this thread!

Thank you to all who have shared these
true "WDW" moments in the midst of
the nastier ones...

 

[MaryKatesMom]

Originally posted by Disbug


Wherever you are, ma'am... I am sorry.

Disbug, you are a wonderful person.

 

[The Duchess]

The view from the first room the tried to give us at YC! Sorry, that is NOT a water view!

 

[NIK]

Originally posted by lfontaine
I actually saw...... people...... EATING! It was the most shocking thing I had ever seen. I would NEVER even consider eating in public. These people should have been immediately escorted from the park and shot! You should only eat in the privacy of your own home or hotel room..... Yeah, right......

Um, people, these are humans. Humans need fuel. Why is this so horrible? It was a mean comment by the poster.

I find myself wondering why everyone has issues with fat folks? Being one myself I get totally fed up with the 'lets make fun of the fat lady' type joke.

If a dinky person is walking along, eating something, that is just a dinky person walking along eating - no one says anything. But if I, as a chubby chick, were to walk down the road with a hot dog in my hand - well, that is a crime in some folks' estimation. Do people think they are going to suffer from passive eating?

I'm overweight because I have a disability that restricts exercise - I do my best but it isn't easy. I don't over eat but why should I not enjoy a hamburger or hot dog or bag of chips like any other person without the side order of snide comments.

It is as much a prejudice as any other, you are quite right!!

 

[n2mm]

During last year's MNSSHP I saw a family feeding themselves and their children off of the fixings bar at Peco's bill. They all had the little paper cups (you put mustard, mayo in) filled with pickles, mushrooms, tomatoes, etc. One member event went in and made himself a salad on a napkin with lettuce and tomatoe. They were standing in front of us during the parade. BTW, they did not have wristbands on either for the entire party. They trick or treated for free, and watched the activities, but doubted that they could ride any of the rides. There were about 4 or 5 kids in the bunch and several adult members. They sure got a nice free night of munchies, candy and fun.

 

[SCohen]

I actually feel sorry for these people. If their self esteem is that low to stay for something they didn't pay for and then eat dinner from a fixings bar, they really need our sympathy. Hopefully their kids will one day realize that their value as a person is worth more than this.

 

[jann1033]

Originally posted by lfontaine
I appreciate this medical condition but if I were caring for someone subject to this kind of behavior, I would make sure that they were not in a position to make other people uncomfortable. . If you don't want to deal with it, leave them at home in the care of someone else. You can't expect everyone around you (strangers) to cater to the needs of the person for which you are responsible. Don't impose your issues on other people.

sorry but this comment makes me wonder what kind of person actually feels this way and still goes to wdw...seems like they would rather go to say the Holacaust ( sorry I think that is spelled wrong)Museum in DC to get their "fun fix" hope they never find themselves in the position where they have to eat their words

 

[jann1033]

Originally posted by n2mm
During last year's MNSSHP I saw a family feeding themselves and their children off of the fixings bar at Peco's bill. They all had the little paper cups (you put mustard, mayo in) filled with pickles, mushrooms, tomatoes, etc. One member event went in and made himself a salad on a napkin with lettuce and tomatoe. They were standing in front of us during the parade. BTW, they did not have wristbands on either for the entire party. They trick or treated for free, and watched the activities, but doubted that they could ride any of the rides. There were about 4 or 5 kids in the bunch and several adult members. They sure got a nice free night of munchies, candy and fun.

maybe they are just really cheap or really poor..how did they get in without wrist bands? ( never gone to mnsshp so don't know the routine) but if you can get in for free just not ride or what ever, why is that a problem? doubt most people would "chose" to eat a dinner of pickles over something a little more substantial

 

[philaround]

NIK, I agree with you completely. Eating and size, in my opinion, should never be linked. As someone who has gained much too much weight over the past two years due to quiting a 40+ year smoking habit and severe vertigo that has prevented me from doing much physical activity, even just standing up can be a challenge.

The only comment about eating should be the manner of eating. The open mouth chewer, the dribble down the chin onto your shirt [unless you are young enough to still be teething], the holding of any food in your hands that is not considered "finger food" [once again if you old enough to to be able to tie your own shoes].

Just to make myself clear on the "finger food", I do have a wide selection that I consider falling into this catagory, including, but not necessarily limited to. the following:

Any kind of sandwich [except open face drenched in gravy]
French Fries
Onion Rings[even the blooming onions so popular at many restaurants and fairs]
Corn on the Cob [canned corn is another story]
any kind of poultry still on the bone
donuts and other similar pastries
most kinds of shell fish [unless cooked in sauce and poured over pasta]
BBQ ribs

I'm sure there are others but I can't think of them right now.

I hope I've made my point.

 

[DizBelle]

Originally posted by MaryKatesMom
Troll

No, really, why is age alone enough to get everyone's respect? I would just rather choose to give my respect to people that earned it regardless of age. I would just prefer not to participate in discrimination of any kind.

If a snotty kid grows up into a snotty adult and eventually becomes a snotty senior citizen, why should they get anyone's respect?

 

[DizBelle]

Originally posted by Lora
Don't be ridiculous. You don't have to be the last to have respect for everyone. I can't believe you're giving someone a hard time about wanting to respect others and offer seats to certain people.

BTW TN.... some of us in the north were taught those values as well. (I just happen to live in the south now.)

All I was suggesting that if giving up your seat on the bus is showing respect for someone else, why doesn't it follow that giving up your spot on the bus altogether also showing respect for others. If you are willing to give up one to show respect but not the other, then you aren't really showing respect at all are you?