Something that really bothered me

[NYwdwfan]

It's not just kids - I've seen plenty of grown ups that could use a visit from Miss Manners. I was in the Frontierland candy store one visit and had my (then) 2 & 4 year old in the double stroller. We were waiting patiently while the guest ahead of us painstakenly picked out at least 25 individual pieces of fudge & candy. My kids wanted a bag of pretzels and cotton candy. They ATE both while we were waiting. Once that guest paid I stepped forward to the counter and some lady busted in front of me from across the store and started picking out her individual candies. I politely stated that I was next (and quite frankly working on borrowed time as the 4 year old had FINISHED her cotton candy and the sugar was just about to her bloodstream) and the woman replied that she was WITH the person in front of me, so SHE was next, despite the fact she was not actually on line. In a moment I'm not particularly proud of I let the New Yorker in me shine through - I think the woman was so horrified she stepped aside and let me pay.

 

[SoupBone]

Hey! At least you weren't sitting on Carousel of Progress and a group of teens walked on the stage and pulled the mask of the animatronics!


Considering i'm a "tween" I guess, I don't see why we do that. My parents would tear my rear up if I did that, lol! Now i'm happy for it! Now they just sit in the coffee shop without having to worry about me causing trouble around the park! I am a very good boy! :animwink:

Anyways, considering I don't like to talk about those things to the parents, I'd tell a staff member.

Please do tell. That would almost have to mean a permanent ban from Disney property.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Hey! At least you weren't sitting on Carousel of Progress and a group of teens walked on the stage and pulled the mask of the animatronics!


Considering i'm a "tween" I guess, I don't see why we do that. My parents would tear my rear up if I did that, lol! Now i'm happy for it! Now they just sit in the coffee shop without having to worry about me causing trouble around the park! I am a very good boy! :animwink:

Anyways, considering I don't like to talk about those things to the parents, I'd tell a staff member.

And you are the kind of young man I want my boys to have for a friend. Sadly, we've not found much of that around here.

I'll never forget when my sons were 9 & 10 we were checking out at a Target store when 2 other little boys came charging towards us. One tackled the other and they were right there at our feet rolling around laughing & wrestling. My kids stood there & stared as if they were from some other planet. When we got out the door my oldest said, "there's something wrong with those boys.". Lol! We had a nice conversation about all the reasons what those kids did was unacceptable. Both my boys agreed if they did that they'd be dead on the spot. Lol!

 

[Kamikaze]

100% true. Well said!!

Nothing is 100%. I know plenty of ***hole adults with nice kids and vice versa.

 

[Pooh Lover]

Sadly, many times the lack of respect begins when parents don't respect each other and set that as the example to their children. When children see their parents abuse each other either verbally or physically, they think it is normal and act out in the same manner.

 

[disneyrcks]

In a moment I'm not particularly proud of I let the New Yorker in me shine through - I think the woman was so horrified she stepped aside and let me pay.

Sometimes that is what you need to do...I am a nyer and cannot stand the rudeness around me, sometimes people need to be put in their place!

 

[blackthidot]

Its funny sometimes you see kids and say man they need their a$$es kicked...but most of the time its the parents who need pounded IN FRONT of their children.

 

[mickey2008.1]

its true, its just not kids, its adults as well. all need a good slapping. NYdisney, when in december are you staying, we will be there dec10-15

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

its true, its just not kids, its adults as well. all need a good slapping. NYdisney, when in december are you staying, we will be there dec10-15

I live next door to that situation and the same 2 houses down, the parents are completely nuts, ever since they moved in graffiti pops up in out block from their kids and all the houses surrounded have gotten the special greeting. This is a well kept middle class neighborhood I am talking about and we have to have morons come in and trash the place. One of the kids purposely hit me with a lacrosse ball not to mention all the other strays getting are yard and let me tell you when I we stopped throwing them over the fence we were the bad guys.


There are so many people like that and it seems to be getting worse. I hear kids saying things at age 5 that me and the rest of my age group in the community didn't learn or start using until middle school. I will walk into a party and the parents are buying kaigs for their kids while my closest friends the people I stick around the most are forbidden to drink. I can name 10 better things to do than get wasted, feel sick in the morning and not even remember the night before. Last summer after senior year we were on the beach on our quads and making youtube videos, they were stupid stunts but nothing incriminating. Its better than getting wasted or getting high or screwing up our lives.

 

[powlessfamily4]

My children are 21 and 19 (yes I know adults... but they are my babies to me). When they were growing up they were made to mind and be respectful of others. I used to tell them, you don't have to agree with everything an adult says, but you show respect because they are the adult. I cannot tell you how many times over the years the number of compliments I received about how polite my kids were. It's worth the extra effort to raise them right!

I once saw a police officer approach parents in a diner who were allowing thier kids to run wild, he said to them "Either you get them now or I will get them when they are 16".

The parents were shocked, they grabbed thier kids and left.

 

[Tom]

I was exiting space mountain standing on the belt when some kid head butted me in the back. I was kind of bothered that he was running and glad he wasn't hurt. It didn't really bug me and said to my self he's just a kid until 2 seconds later. They knocked over an elderly lady, they just looked back, laughed and kept on running. Now you should of seen how upset her grand children were, they were toddlers under 3 feet tall. I raced to help her up and luckily she was didn't get seriously hurt but it did knock the wind out of her and no doubt she didn't feel that the next morning. My main point of this thread is next tine you decide to run down the ramp, your kids do or even if you see other kids doing that remember this story and dont be afraid to say something. I approached the kids parents and told them what their kids did and all they said was Chill out... S*** happens, that lade shouldn't be here if she cant handle it. Maybe it wasn't my place but I really felt the need to tell them. I felt a normal parent would take what I said and address it to their kids.

This kind of stuff sickens me. Natural selection isn't working AT ALL, because kids like this live way too long and then reproduce, thus continuing the life cycle of scum.

It's a terrible shame you didn't have you elbow accidentally sticking out to your side, or in such a fashion that his nose would have forcefully made contact with it.

When in queue or exiting something like SM, I always center myself in the aisle and often put my hands on either railing just for opportunities like this. And believe me, if this kid had run into me....well....he may not have been able to keep going.

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

I want to see the parents let their kids run recklessly than not be able to find them long enough to get a good scare. Trust me it works, my sister went with my dad to work and he was convinced that she told my mom she was going with her. It was a half an hour of hell and my mom never let her out of her sight for a very long time. She was sitting in the back lawn playing with her Monsters Inc Mc' Donalds toys at the house my dad was working on the whole time LOL. We thought she was kidnapped and this was before Cell phones were in everyones pocket 10 and older.

This kind of stuff sickens me. Natural selection isn't working AT ALL, because kids like this live way too long and then reproduce, thus continuing the life cycle of scum.

It's a terrible shame you didn't have you elbow accidentally sticking out to your side, or in such a fashion that his nose would have forcefully made contact with it.

When in queue or exiting something like SM, I always center myself in the aisle and often put my hands on either railing just for opportunities like this. And believe me, if this kid had run into me....well....he may not have been able to keep going.

When I was 7 we were at the unloading dock at Horizons and saw 3 older kids running on the unloading belt and they caused a chain reaction. Me and my cousin started to run to and my Grandpa had our shirts and we ended up running in place. I was so upset seeing my Grandpa mad at me LOL. At the time my sister was 4 and all day she told everyone she could approach "watch out for the bad big kids who run" LOL.

 

[Susan Savia]

So, where were the CMs at the unloading area while all this was going on? Kids are raised differently today, then when I grew up. It's a shame tho, because they'll be adults one day.

 

[NYwdwfan]

Nothing is 100%. I know plenty of ***hole adults with nice kids and vice versa.

Oh no doubt! I just meant when the kids are savages and the parents exhibit the same behavior it's pretty safe to assume where they picked it up!

mickey2008.1 I'll be there 12/12-12/18...December can't come fast enough - it's going to be real feel of 105* today on Long Island.

 

[DABIGCHEEZ]

This kind of stuff sickens me. Natural selection isn't working AT ALL, because kids like this live way too long and then reproduce, thus continuing the life cycle of scum.

It's a terrible shame you didn't have you elbow accidentally sticking out to your side, or in such a fashion that his nose would have forcefully made contact with it.

When in queue or exiting something like SM, I always center myself in the aisle and often put my hands on either railing just for opportunities like this. And believe me, if this kid had run into me....well....he may not have been able to keep going.

I am the same way... no bratty unsupervised(although sometimes that doesn't even matter) kid is going to barrel past me. First off, my wife or I would go on the ride with them and my kids know that if they would ever behave as such, their vacation is done. Plus my handprint on the back of their neck as I directed them out of the park myself might last for days.

 

[ScorpionX]

lots of parents don't care anymore, they let their kids run nuts. My husband and I are busting out butts to make sure our kids keep manners with anyone. We immediately take hold of our child should they do someone to someone and make them apologize and they get disciplined. Sure my kids are still little but it starts when they are young.

Manners are a thing of the past. We are in the Information Age, where computers are the main method of communication. We have Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Skype, and even this very website. Get modernized, ErickainPA.

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

The scary thought is I will probably have to work with them someday.

 

[Demeter Tess]

As many have said, most parents nowadays simply don't care. I've taught at an inner-city elementary school for two years, and it pains me to see young children saying and doing the most horrible things to one another - and I know full well that they learned it from their parents and relations. People nowadays are so oblivious to anything outside their own wants and needs. So sad. The last trip I took to WDW with my mother, she had to chuckle every time I complained about the behavior of someone else's child. She said she had raised me so that I knew how to act in public and be cognizant of those around me. I can recall several occasions in which she followed through with threats of taking me home for bad behavior. She was happy to see that I will do the same for my future children.

 

[SoupBone]

Hey! At least you weren't sitting on Carousel of Progress and a group of teens walked on the stage and pulled the mask of the animatronics!


Considering i'm a "tween" I guess, I don't see why we do that. My parents would tear my rear up if I did that, lol! Now i'm happy for it! Now they just sit in the coffee shop without having to worry about me causing trouble around the park! I am a very good boy! :animwink:

Anyways, considering I don't like to talk about those things to the parents, I'd tell a staff member.

You really need to tell this story. :brick:

 

[SoupBone]

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