Annoying guests on vacation...Do you say something?

[hrcollectibles]

Say your waiting in line and all of a sudden a group of people come through the Fast-Pass isle and jump in front of you to be with their group.

Or you come across the Disney know it all and everything the guy says is a steaming pile of dung and you just want him to shut up.

Do you, while on vacation, say something to these people bringing unneeded stress while at the Happiest Place On Earth?

Now there are hundreds of way for people to get on your nerves, I usually don't let it bother me, but sometimes, I just feel the need to straighten people out.

An example, I was waiting in line at Rock N Rollercoaster, when some guy got an idea to light up a cigarette. A woman asked him very nicely to put it out, to which he called her a name and told her to mind her own business, but not in those words. I went over, took the cigarette out of his mouth and broke it in his face, and asked him to not smoke, to which the little coward said ok. I got an ovation from the line.

Other than that, and an idiot not moving down the seats at Philharmagic, thats about all I can come up with that strikes me.


What do you do?

I'm almost 6'8 and my feet are the size of snowshoes

No WOnder the person didn't say anything back lol



I find it funny your story is about smoking and allluding to the fact that some non family friendly langauge and your avatar is Andrew Dice Clay.. Don't get me wrong I am a huge Andrew Dice Clay fan....

And while I am at Disney I do not let anything around me bother me.. I feel that I am on vacation and relax....

I do find it annoying to see people use the bathroom in line.. True story I was standing in line of Buzz Lightyear Spce Ranger Spin talking to this family when all of the sudden both of them stopped talking and stared straight ahead with a look of chock on their face.. There were 2 boys going to the bathroom on the side of the building ...

 

[hrcollectibles]

, I AM a smoker.... but I really wish I weren't!!!

I am a former smoker.. the last cigarette I ever had was after my Final drink at motion on the Final night of Pleasure Island being Pleasure Island.. It was hard but haven't smoked since.. I was able to kik the habit after 12 years.. Cold Turkey

 

[richiericher22]

Say your waiting in line and all of a sudden a group of people come through the Fast-Pass isle and jump in front of you to be with their group.

Or you come across the Disney know it all and everything the guy says is a steaming pile of dung and you just want him to shut up.

Do you, while on vacation, say something to these people bringing unneeded stress while at the Happiest Place On Earth?

Now there are hundreds of way for people to get on your nerves, I usually don't let it bother me, but sometimes, I just feel the need to straighten people out.

An example, I was waiting in line at Rock N Rollercoaster, when some guy got an idea to light up a cigarette. A woman asked him very nicely to put it out, to which he called her a name and told her to mind her own business, but not in those words. I went over, took the cigarette out of his mouth and broke it in his face, and asked him to not smoke, to which the little coward said ok. I got an ovation from the line.

Other than that, and an idiot not moving down the seats at Philharmagic, thats about all I can come up with that strikes me.


What do you do?

I agree about the smoking. I smoke (such an idiot I am for even starting:brick::veryconfu
But smoking in line is something that would ________ me off. I would do the same thing you did, and I applaud you for it =]:sohappy:

And for cutting in line, if it was like one person than I would just be like whatever, karma will kick them in the butt, but if it were like 5-7 people than the claws come out!

 

[Horizons1]

I get annoyed with the people who cut in line too. But I usually let them have it if it's not an extreme case, if they want it that bad, whatever. I'm not getting into a fight and then getting kicked out. But there was a time when some arsehole thought he could cut me and my ladyfriend as we were boarding Everest. Needless to say he had a little "accident" as he pushed by, and his face suddenly got to meet the ground. We sat down and the airgates closed, he got y with me and said he'd meet me at the exit. He never showed. Goes to show ya, when push comes to shove, well, go kick some .

 

[richiericher22]

Thats what I was thinking.

It has nothing to do with "bigness". I know of a few people, of both genders, who are quite small who have the ability to defend themselves quite well.

-dave

Agreed. I'm like 6 ft, 220 lbs, and I wouldn't hit someone or take them down for anything, though I don't let anyone walk over me like a door mat, I just won't hit them. Unless they hit me, but thats self-defense=]

 

[disneynut4u]

An example, I was waiting in line at Rock N Rollercoaster, when some guy got an idea to light up a cigarette. A woman asked him very nicely to put it out, to which he called her a name and told her to mind her own business, but not in those words. I went over, took the cigarette out of his mouth and broke it in his face, and asked him to not smoke, to which the little coward said ok. I got an ovation from the line.



What do you do?

:sohappy: I applaud you for that myself!!!!! I LOVE it!! I would have definitely said something, or gone to find a CM, but I don't know that I'd be brave enough to do that! and I'm usually very vocal about things like that!

 

[disneynut4u]

For the line jumpers, when I see them coming I stand right in their way and make them shove me to get through, which causes everyone in the vicinity to give them dirty looks.

For the people who believe they will get to the front of the line faster by standing on my heels and pushing me through the line, I intentionally leave a HUGE gap between me and the person in front of me and walk really slowly, to make the person behind me look even more foolish for line-humping me.

For the stoppers-in-the-middle-of-the-rowers, I just roughly shove past them, fake trip over them, and act like it's the biggest hassle in the world to get around them.

:lookaroun

I've done those!!! I can't stand it when people try to push ahead. I had someone say they were needing to meet up with the rest of their party. We let them pass, and then found out THEY WERE ALONE. After that, we quit letting people pass, by blocking or taking up a lot of space. And I can't stand when people stand too close to me in lines. Hello, have you ever heard of a personal space boundary????

 

[afr117]

We had a situation several years ago at the HISTK pre-show. I know that the slide show is kind of corny, but my daughter was in first grade and she thought it was wonderful and was really enjoying it. There was a group of obnoxious, and what I soon came to realize, quite drunk people heckling and cursing very loudly at every picture. I asked them to please stop and let my daughter enjoy the show (I'm one of the 5'4" types) and they basically ramped up their behavior even though my 6'5" husband was there as well. I asked the CM to step in at this point and they accused me of harassing them! Her solution was for us to wait and watch the pre-show again without them. They yelled as they went in that they would be waiting for us to finish this when we came out later. I was so upset and crying at this point that we just left and went to the Magic Kingdom. This was four years ago. Long story and I guess my point is that even when you do say something to some people - it doesn't help.

 

[wdwwdeagle]

After reading through this thread, I've concluded that this forum is populated by giants. (grin.)


Okay, here's my story.....

December 30 in the MK. Approx. 6pm. Main St. USA is thronged with people.

The W.D. Eagle family is making our way up Main St. through the massive crowd, trying to find a way to get up to the sidewalk so we can go in the shops. It's still about 1.5 hours until the parade begins (so the sidewalk ropes aren't up yet), but many people have staked out their spots for it by sitting on the curb, so we are having trouble finding a place to get through. Finally, we see a break, and the Eaglets and I head for it. Just as we are about to step up, we notice that the 2ft. of open space is covered by a towel, folded to about 1ft. in width, so we step over it (not on it), and up onto the sidewalk.

Well, Mr. Eagle is behind us, and as he approaches to step up, the man sitting next to the towel begins screaming, "You are NOT allowed to cross here! You MUST go around to the end of the street!" So, Mr. Eagle says, "I just need to cross to get to my family right there on the sidewalk." Man: "No! You are not allowed to cross!" Mr. Eagle: "I'll be right out of your way. I just need to step up to get on the sidewalk" Man: "You'd better not try it." Well, that was it. Mr. Eagle just stepped across, at which point, the seated man grabs him by the ankle and begins punching him in the calf (not exaggerating). Now Mr. Eagle is not a giant (I guess that's why he's not on this forum), but he's a soccer nerd so he's got some darn strong thighs, so he just jerked away from the guy, at which point I said to the man, "Are you insane???" and what must have been his adult daughter on the other side of the towel, said, "DAD! Stop it! Would you please calm down and leave people alone!" (clearly, we weren't his only run-in that night). So then we went on our way.

Now, mind you, this whole exchange took approx. 15 seconds, so it wasn't like we could make a plan to meet up later while this buffoon was screaming at us. Plus, I think it's just ridiculous to let someone like that bully you. But I guess my worry is that there's some unwritten code of pre-parade ethics that says you shouldn't step up on the curb when someone is saving space. So, was it us? or was it him? Get out your popcorn everyone, 'cause I gotta know.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Id saying habitual bollocks talkers would be a more accurate description. :wave:

 

[wdwwdeagle]

Id saying habitual bollocks talkers would be a more accurate description. :wave:

Yep. But see, if I let you say it then you get in trouble and I don't. I'm like a little sister that way.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Yep. But see, if I let you say it then you get in trouble and I don't. I'm like a little sister that way.

its only the depth that varies. :goodnevil

 

[wdwwdeagle]

and, perhaps, the girth?

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

 

[wdwwdeagle]

I know; to use a Southern colloquialism, I'm really poking at the ant hill this morning. I'd better sign off before I get bit.

 

[Jimmy Thick]

I find it funny your story is about smoking and allluding to the fact that some non family friendly langauge and your avatar is Andrew Dice Clay.. Don't get me wrong I am a huge Andrew Dice Clay fan....

There is a time and a place for everything, Dice's routine is not Disney friendly or shouldn't be yelled from the top of one's lungs on the corner of Main Street USA, but that does not mean he's not funny in the right, controlled setting.

 

[Jimmy Thick]

:sohappy: I applaud you for that myself!!!!! I LOVE it!! I would have definitely said something, or gone to find a CM, but I don't know that I'd be brave enough to do that! and I'm usually very vocal about things like that!

Thank you.

My experience is, most bullys, and the twit in question most certainly was, are the biggest wimps around. That kind of behavior, no matter how much money you spend for a vacation, should not be tolerated anywhere let alone Disney World.

 

[Mad Stitch]

Or you come across the Disney know it all and everything the guy says is a steaming pile of dung and you just want him to shut up.

Do you, while on vacation, say something to these people bringing unneeded stress while at the Happiest Place On Earth?

I love the irony so I’ll say something. Disneyland is “The Happiest Place on Earth”, not WDW. WDW’s (which I assume your referring to since you mentioned RnR and Philharmagic) Magic Kingdom is known as “The Most Magical Place on Earth”.

 

[armyfamilyof5]

Thats what I was thinking.

It has nothing to do with "bigness". I know of a few people, of both genders, who are quite small who have the ability to defend themselves quite well.

-dave

Yes, I once watched a 6'2" 200+pound drunken neighbor eat dirt as my 5'6" 160 pound husband simply preventing the neighbor from hitting him by taking him down to the ground. The neighbors wife was crying and begging DH to let him up, which DH did after the guy agreed there would be no violence, it was nice they and their guests quit throwing cigarette butts and beer cans in our yard and were quiet enough our kids could sleep, there was never any problems again the 2 years they lived there :lol:.

 

[WDW 3]

Our most recent experience was on the ToT and 3 kids (8 - 14ish) with out adult supervision. In the library my daughter whispers to me to block the exit with her because they had almost knocked over a mother and daughter in an attempt to get to the library exit. When the door slid open we politely blocked thier way and allowed the mom and daughter to exit before us and we followed at a leisurely pace with the kids right on our heels. Seriously, do you need to rush to the elevators?
Anyway, they were so excited to get the front row, which they didn't, we did. They were seated right behind us. Loud, fake screaming, awful. So at photo time, all three of us without a word, put our hands up. After the ride it was priceless to watch them run to see the pictures and hear them say "oh man, you can't see any of our faces". I always amazes me that kids are left to run unattended. If thier parents don't want to be with them why assume anyone else does???