Arthur Wellesley
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"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." -Agent Kay (Men In Black. 1997)
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Rumored incident at Disney Springs??
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RandomPrincess
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We don't know what happened after they ran out thinking there was a shooter. They could have went straight to a vehicle and drove away, never learning that there wasn't and active shooter. Hopefully some of them will return and pay.
draybook
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Well, I would hope that they would be smart enough to watch the news, read a newspaper, or something equivalent to paying attention and they would have known pretty quickly. I'm sure some of them are probably in the midst of trying to pay, but I'm sure that some will use the "event" as an excuse for a free meal.
s8film40
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I've always kind of wondered what happens in these situations where a restaurant is evacuated. If I were finished with a meal certainly the right thing to do would be to return and pay. What would be the correct thing to do if you were say half finished or had just had appetizers?
Nubs70
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Offer to pay for the fraction of the meal you consumed.
Zummi Gummi
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I would absolutely return and attempt to pay. However, it would not surprise me in the least if restaurant management comped the meals of the people who did try and return. Even if that were the case, I would still insist on getting a tip to whomever my server was.
Next Big Thing
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A fistfight broke out, people panicked and things got blown way out of proportion. Not too out of the usual for WDW.
Victor Kelly
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Victor Kelly
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This is the very reason eye witness testimony is tossed out in court. Nobody knows what happened, or who or when or even where. That is why I don't trust any info for days.
PhotoDave219
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How do we get from a 70 year old man losing his spit to Shots fired?
ShoalFox
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I'd say modern sensationalism at its finest, or worst depending on how you look at it.
s8film40
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Most restaurants aren't set up to put partial entrees on a check. However as @Nick_A said I wouldn't be surprised if they just comped it to avoid the hassle, but I would want to make sure the server was taken care of. On the plus side perhaps when this guy is done dealing with the battery charge in court the restaurant can go after him for the lost revenue due to the disruption of their business.
Adam N
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My guess is people running away caused people to assume that's what happened and panic spread.
Or you can go conspiracy theory and when there's smoke there's fire and Disney/OCPD is covering something up. Which I don't believe, since I was there.
Zummi Gummi
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I still don't understand how a table hitting the ground can be confused for gun shots, other than the aforementioned idea that people were on edge to begin with and any little thing would cause a panic.
People are so afraid of guns they never have taken the opportunity to be around one firing?
Zummi Gummi
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If that's the case you'd have to put me in that category, as I've never been around a fired weapon, nor do I particularly care to.
However, I imagine I would be able to tell the difference between a gun being fired and a table hitting the floor.
bhg469
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If you're indoors you definitely can tell. Even with ear protection, there is noise but the pressure is what really gives it away. Outdoors... unless someone is using a really large round, most people probably wouldn't notice a difference.
s8film40
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It's probably this plus the power of suggestion.
If someone fired a gun in the MK around fireworks time many guests would simply think, "ooh the fireworks must be starting". In this case many of these guests have spent the past few days going into the parks seeing metal detectors. Making the obvious assumption from recent news events that these are in response to recent shootings it is safe to assume they are looking for and/or expect a similar shooting at Disney. Then when some guests hear a disturbance and some bangs coupled with the fact they may not actually know what a gun shot sounds like they very easily jump to the conclusion that a shooting is taking place. Meanwhile the guests running from this event shouting that there is a shooting taking place convince more guests of this event and a chain reaction is started.
PhotoDave219
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That would likely be started by people trying to cover their about spreading hysteria
Victor Kelly
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If you have never been around a firearm being discharged, how do you imagine to be able to tell the difference? The uninitiated are an issue. How many people here have heard a round going past them in close proximity? I have, there is no sound like it in the world. A person that hasn't will not know to get their melon behind cover.