People trashing the parks

[Haybritt]

After a recent trip to Disney World, I just have to voice my displeasure with other guests who trash the parks. I was disgusted to see gum stuck all over the wall on the first lift hill of Splash Mountain. I am not talking about a few pieces, but like 50+ pieces of gum. And when I rode Haunted Mansion at the end of the night, there were plastic bottles and trash thrown all over the ride. Made me sick to see that. Unfortunately, I expect to see that kind of trash when I visit Six Flags, but normally I do not when I am at Disney. Do people forget how to take care of things and clean up after themselves once they leave home?

 

[Tom]

No, they don't forget. Those same people are trashy at home too. It's absolutely sad that so many people are that disrespectful. I wish it were only kids, but it's adults too.

 

[Cowboy Steve]

Having worked at a major amusement park, people never cease to amaze me with their disrespect... Every time I thought I had seen it all, someone had to prove me wrong.

 

[epcotisbest]

Just look on the side of the road on your way home, no matter where you live. Many people just don't care, will toss out trash and expect someone else to pick it up, or don't care if it gets picked up or not. That mentality does not change when they visit theme parks.

 

[JIMINYCR]

Unfortunately it's been that way for several years and not getting any better. People are too lazy, don't care and disrespectful of anyone elses property. The Disney custodial crew has a tough time keeping up with it all. They should start handing out fines for littering and make them appear before the Judge.

 

[disneyKaiju]

This makes me sick, and also all the rude people pushing in crowds and in stores/attractions. The other day I actually picked up other peoples trash while in line for "Dinosaur" because I was tired of seeing it!

 

[AndyS2992]

All part of the self entitled me me me culture we have sadly become.

 

[steviej]

there's no excuse for it! It makes me sick. And I call people out on it when I see it done in the parks (not home in NJ, cause NJ is a gigantic garbage can but that's another topic lol)

On my last trip in January, I saw 3 people drop an empty bottle and every single one of them said the same thing when I chased them down and pointed out the nearest garbage can, "oh, I didn't see it".... how badly I wanna tell them that I was born at night, but I wasn't born last night.

What is it, 1 garbage can every 50 feet!?

(side note: history has been made! My 1,000th post!)

 

[Mawg]

I agree it is disrespectful and disgusting to trash the parks or anywhere for that matter. Is it more noticeable because more people are doing it or because of the cuts to maintenance?

 

[WEDwaydatamover]

Last Thursday I spent an easy day at Disney. No parks, just The Springs and the monorail hotels. The trash in the 7 Seas Lagoon was so depressing. It was washing up on the shore of the Polynesian and at the ferry dock at Magic Kingdom. Empty bottles and crap all along the shore line.

Welcome to the Magic Kingdom!

Even the monorail ride from the Grand Floridian to MK was dumpy. Not just the trains but the ugly construction dump site by Adventureland and litter all over the grass approaching the station. This was first thing in the morning. It was very sad to see. It stuck with me all day.

 

[Kamikaze]

This isn't something thats just happening at theme parks. I do OCR and road racing and the amount of trash and disrespect for the area that other people have amazes me. Taking GU gels and other energy stuff and just throwing it on the ground when they are done. Its one thing if its at a water stop and you miss the trash, but I'm talking on trails in some of the most beautiful areas of the country. This happens to the point where we almost lost the premiere venue for OCR from allowing us to use it this year and maybe forever.

I find it helps if you just assume everyone is a lazy piece of ...

 

[mattdenine]

This isn't something thats just happening at theme parks. I do OCR and road racing and the amount of trash and disrespect for the area that other people have amazes me. Taking GU gels and other energy stuff and just throwing it on the ground when they are done. Its one thing if its at a water stop and you miss the trash, but I'm talking on trails in some of the most beautiful areas of the country. This happens to the point where we almost lost the premiere venue for OCR from allowing us to use it this year and maybe forever.

I find it helps if you just assume everyone is a lazy piece of ...

Don't forget the mustard packs, mustard packs everywhere!!!

 

[bethymouse]

@mattdenine Oh no! Now Disney will get rid of the mustard packs too!
Waiting for the boats to POLY, GF, etc.... there are so many water bottles in the water.
My son picked up some "litter" and threw it in the trash. Just no sense in it. There are trash cans everywhere!

 

[aw14]

My DW @awheartsdw picked up someone else trash waiting for the DME outside Poly. The woman with her children just left her coffee cup lying around. Ridiculous.

I see it frequently at work. I am a VP in a High School, and the lunch is rough. I have been told by parent and student alike.."this is why custodians are paid".

 

[disneyKaiju]

My DW @awheartsdw

I see it frequently at work. I am a VP in a High School, and the lunch is rough. I have been told by parent and student alike.."this is why custodians are paid".

I was a teacher for six years and if a parent/student said this to me I would lose it. That is beyond ridiculous

 

[Kamikaze]

Don't forget the mustard packs, mustard packs everywhere!!!

I didn't think anyone would understand why you'd be eating mustard while running up and down a mountain.
But not only mustard, I see water bottles, granola wrappers, just tons of everything. Killington was SO bad. And I ran early. Can't even imagine what it was like the second day.
I mean, if you tear the top off of something like a GU or mustard and you drop it and it blows away, thats one thing, I can't get upset over one little scrap. But if you're dropping the rest of the container too, you're just a ...

More on topic: Here's a little food for thought - the higher ticket prices go, does this behavior increase or decrease?

 

[brb1006]

Remember the days when WDW used to be very cleans?

 

[blueboxdoctor]

All part of the self entitled me me me culture we have sadly become.

No, I just think it's rude people. They are everywhere, and the kids learn it from the parents.

I mean, I don't really know anyone who would just throw their trash on the ground (except one person who decided because we were in a city it was ok to throw trash on the ground, whereupon me and another person with him yelled at him and told him to go and pick it up, note, this was a few years ago in college). But when so many people are in WDW, there are, unfortunately, bound to be a decent amount of rude people.

 

[rob0519]

I didn't think anyone would understand why you'd be eating mustard while running up and down a mountain.
But not only mustard, I see water bottles, granola wrappers, just tons of everything. Killington was SO bad. And I ran early. Can't even imagine what it was like the second day.
I mean, if you tear the top off of something like a GU or mustard and you drop it and it blows away, thats one thing, I can't get upset over one little scrap. But if you're dropping the rest of the container too, you're just a ...

More on topic: Here's a little food for thought - the higher ticket prices go, does this behavior increase or decrease?

It seems like the situation gets worse the higher the ticket prices go. It's like, I'm paying 1,000 dollars a week for my family to be in these parks, let the cleaning crew pick up after me. For that much money, I shouldn't have to find a garbage can. It just an entitlement mentality for some and sheer laziness for others.

 

[Disney4family]

I'm getting that "deja vu" sense over here. I remember something like this being discussed last year around this time. As I said then, don't worry. My husband will be there in 5 weeks. He walks around picking up everyone's garbage saying "Not in my house!" (which is true since he doesn't do that in our house...)
It has gotten worse over the years. Society has changed over the years. I've been involved with education for 25 years. I miss the students and parents of 25 years ago. I always tell my students to pick up after themselves. It's not the custodian's job to clean up their mess. I guess they got the point since many of my seniors created an 8th planet for The Little Prince this year in which adults trashed everything and never cleaned up. If you don't know the book, it has many lessons for adults and their "thoughtless" adult behavior. My favorite lesson, though, relates to our feelings of tapping the inner child when we're in our pixie dusted bubble at WDW -
« Grown-ups »
Alas, with age children lose the gift that allows them naturally to live in harmony with the spirit. They become « grown-ups » whose only concerns are utilitarian. Trapped by the material, vulgar side of existence, victims of their own conceit, greed or intellectual laziness, « grown-ups » judge what a man says according to the way he is dressed, gauge the beauty of a house by its value and think they know a young friend by how much money his father earns. Yet the child that once was is not dead: he is only buried, and an experience like that of the aviator (who is perhaps « getting a little old ») meeting The Little Prince allows that child to come back to life. (www.thelittleprince.com)