You were being nice,you can't do that

[jlaspoq]

You know,something somewhat similar happend on our last trip,HOWEVER,the cm for our Toy Story autograph signing,SAW it. Guess what?? She made a VERY obvious statement,by walking all the way over to our child,who WAS behaving and being polite, LIFTED the ropes,only allowed her to come in,ALL the way to the front,and Buzz & Woody spent about 3-4 minutes with JUST her.I think it sent a LOUD message to all the rowdy kids,it certainly sent one to ours.Being good sometimes DOES pay off

That is wonderful! I have a daughter who always let everyone go ahead of her in line too.....

 

[G00fyDad]

She must be related to the (at least ) 25 year old couple that pushed through my 3 year old last year while I was holding her hand. They just broke right through our hands, I was LIVID not for just passing but for breaking us apart and scaring her to death, she thought someone had her.

That would probably be the thing that gets me kicked out of the park and maybe arrested. That person would not know what hit them. And there would probably have to be several people pulling me off them. That is a vagrant disregard for another individual. It was no accident, they meant to do it. I have never been the type to just "take" something like that off people. If someone bumps into me, even bumps hard, that's understandably an accident. But Lord help them, and me, if they do something like that on purpose. All I can say is that they had better have eyes in the back of their head because I am coming at them.

Okay, venting over....

 

[LibertyLover]

I have to say that if anyone, and I mean anyone, pushed through between my DD2 and I as we walked, that person or persons would need medical attention. Don't ever come between me and my kid, especially since she is a toddler.

 

[PamNC]

is funny. Sadly funny.

PamNC

 

[minmate]

There are definitely better ways to get the point across... maybe along the lines of, "Hey honey, it's great to see you be so thoughtful and kind of others letting them go ahead of you in line, since they are so anxious (AND IMPATIENT!), but everybody needs to learn to be patient, even those people... and if you let too many people in front of you, even though it is a nice gesture, you might miss out on your turn to see the character and I would feel really sad for you then." Well, something, anything would be better than belittling a child in that way.

 

[LIFERBABE]

Nothing in the parks is worth teaching my children to be rude. I actually feel sorry for the people who go thru their vacation pushing and shoving not really enjoying anything, just doing it because they spent so much money.
It's like a buffett, if you eat everything trying to get your money's worth out of the restaurant, you only hurt yourself, don't really enjoy anything and hurt your waistline (been there done that) LOL!

I teach my boys balance. They compete over who holds the door for me wherever there is a door to be held. They always hold the gates for others when we are exiting the ferry and though some will not say thank you, others will make it a point to comment on how polite they are and thank them profusely.

There will always be rude people but the ones that are grateful erase a whole day's worth of rudeness. Plus we know we will be back and the rude ones won't although there will be others to take their place!

Even with teenagers, I see alot of contempt on this board for them, but sometimes they are just misguided and as an adult, I think we should be more nurturing when they are acting inappropriately than be ugly to them. I had a small group behind us in line at BTMRR and one was just gushing profanity. I was irritated, but I politely asked him to watch his language. He apologized and stopped. Too many times we take the whole be a kid again thing too literally.

I think it can be very traumatic for a teen to be yelled at by total strangers and that can stay with them a long time, because they dont understand that all adults are not created equal.

 

[eeyore0062]

I thought I had heard and seen everything in the parks. But today a mother was yelling at her child, You let someone get ahead of you in the line. You can't do that. You can't be nice.

This was in a line for a characters autograph. What a thing to teach your child!!!!

I can understand teaching a child to stand up for themselves, as I also have a child who would just stand there and let everyone cut in front of her. Once I realized what DD was doing, I told her in private that the place she had in line was hers, that she had waited and the kids in back of her had to take their turn, as well. I am sure this mom was just frustrated with the situation, plus all of the other stresses some parents have while on vacation. I would cut her a break.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

I thought I had heard and seen everything in the parks. But today a mother was yelling at her child, You let someone get ahead of you in the line. You can't do that. You can't be nice.

This was in a line for a characters autograph. What a thing to teach your child!!!!

This wasn't someone attempting to "cut" in line to get ahead of the whole line, and the little girl was letting them in front of her, was it? If kids do that, they they should be told it is wrong, IMO. We seen these with my 7 year old nephew. Another little boy tried to get in in front of him, and he was going to allow it (he's a sweet kid) and I told the little boy he could if he asked all the people standing behind us if he could enter, if they said yes, than it was fine. Long story short, he went to the back of the line.

 

[bear22]

There are always going to be rude people anywhere you go. When I'm at the parks I just try to ignore it unless one of my kids get hurt. I love to be first in line for every ride but that won't always happen. Some of the magic in the parks is just waiting in line anticipating your ride.

 

[sodaseller]

So sad - part of the joy of WDW is the interaction - the shared kindnesses with other devotees enjoying the experience. We always "chat up" neighbors in lines and enjoy it. I would hate for someone rude to ruin a special day