The wheelies of death!!!

[Raven66]

I'm not a fan of those shoes/skates either. There was a couple of times a kid would zoom past my DD. All I could think of was what I might do if they knocked her down.:fork:


As for EVC's. If they are coming from in front of you, then you move. What about if they come from behind? Are we supposed to always be looking behind us for a possible hit and run? I know people need them and I would never say they don't, but that doesn't give anyone the right to use it as a weapon. Strollers too. I got rammed in the back of the legs more then once. If the offender doesn't apologize I usually say something like "I'm sorry, was I in your way?" I'm always respectful of EVC's, wheelchairs and strollers. I move out of the way and let them pass if I see them. We've raised our DD to be the same way.

 

[DisneyDragon]

Wow, maybe it's just me, but a whole lot of you seem like grandmothers (no offense to the hip grannies out there). Heelez are no more evil than skateboarding (I was a boarder in my days, and wow, still alive today).

Yep - you're right, they don't belong in crowded public places like Disney because there are too many children that simply can't use them properly. The other day I was commenting how I would love to have a pair for touring Disney - and I'm mid-30s - but knew that it wouldn't be kosher.

As a former skateboarder, and active in-line skater/hockey player/skiier/snowboarder, I can tell you that Heelez are much more stable and rather easy to stop a fall. Still wouldn't recommend it at WDW or in a shopping mall...

My daughter has a pair that I bought for her, and she's a fantastic figure skater and hockey player, and she's in complete control. I still wouldn't let her wear them at WDW, just like she doesn't wear them to a mall.

But clotheslining kids using them? Straight-arming them? Tripping them? Some of you people are sick. Maybe it's an American thing, maybe you're pumped up on yesterday's mid-terms, but damn, anybody that suggested it should think about that for a second. Hurting kids...damn, that's just sad, pathetic and cruel. Say it's a joke to save your pride, but give your head a shake, please. And it's not a spanking thing - firm but friendly with your kids is the way to go - but what I saw suggested causing traumatic injury.

Over shoes with wheels in them? Wow...

 

[Victor]

But clotheslining kids using them? Straight-arming them? Tripping them? Some of you people are sick. Maybe it's an American thing, maybe you're pumped up on yesterday's mid-terms, but damn, anybody that suggested it should think about that for a second. Hurting kids...damn, that's just sad, pathetic and cruel. Say it's a joke to save your pride, but give your head a shake, please. And it's not a spanking thing - firm but friendly with your kids is the way to go - but what I saw suggested causing traumatic injury.

Over shoes with wheels in them? Wow...

I'm a horrible person for making a joke.

It is one thing to make a joke about tripping an obnoxious pre teen on those things (because most of them are pre teens), it is another to actually lay a hand on or hurt a child. Something I don't think anyone here is guilty of.

And yeah...it MUST be an American thing. Because I've never seen anyone else make a joke about clotheslining kids (Oh wait, didn't Monty Python do that? Oh wait, weren't they British?) It's just a sick joke, for shock value. Some can't handle it. So you can keep your halo, I'll take my horns. :fork:

 

[DisneyDragon]

I'm a horrible person for making a joke.

It is one thing to make a joke about tripping an obnoxious pre teen on those things (because most of them are pre teens), it is another to actually lay a hand on or hurt a child. Something I don't think anyone here is guilty of.

And yeah...it MUST be an American thing. Because I've never seen anyone else make a joke about clotheslining kids (Oh wait, didn't Monty Python do that? Oh wait, weren't they British?) It's just a sick joke, for shock value. Some can't handle it. So you can keep your halo, I'll take my horns. :fork:

Oh I can handle it. More so than you'd ever believe. But this coming from someone who's backtracked twice in the same thread due to perceived insensitivity? C'mon. That's like that K-Fed guy saying he isn't white trash.

Oh wait, other people joking about hurting kids? Try CommandoDisney or Master Yoda in this thread.

Oh wait, are you jumping to conclusions about my nationality? You must have because I'm not British. While I find Monty Python humourous, I can't seem to recall a skit where children are clotheslined. I just checked with a colleague from Britain, who is a huge Monty Python fan, and he can't recall a skit either. Perhaps a citation is in order, although it is kind of moot, since I'm not British.

You see, it's the thoughts like that which disturb me. Not accusing anyone specifically, but someone with those thoughts who has been cut off by a kid on Heelez 10 times. He/she decides that my daughter, who is quite capable and careful around people, deserves a trip / shove / clothesline / straight arm...

 

[Victor]

Oh I can handle it. More so than you'd ever believe. But this coming from someone who's backtracked twice in the same thread due to perceived insensitivity? C'mon. That's like that K-Fed guy saying he isn't white trash.

Nope, never backtracked. Said I was sorry if I hurt someone, but not sorry for my statements. Where does this 'twice' come from?

Oh wait, other people joking about hurting kids? Try CommandoDisney or Master Yoda in this thread.

Yeah, I wasn't saying you were attacking me personally. But as one of the ones who made a joke, I responded.

Oh wait, are you jumping to conclusions about my nationality? You must have because I'm not British. While I find Monty Python humourous, I can't seem to recall a skit where children are clotheslined. I just checked with a colleague from Britain, who is a huge Monty Python fan, and he can't recall a skit either. Perhaps a citation is in order, although it is kind of moot, since I'm not British.

Never assumed you were British, just making a point about nationality. Tell your colleague to rent a little movie called 'Monty Python's The Meaning of Life', and watch the scene in which grown up professors completely destroy a team of children in a rugby match. Here is a link to the glorious scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ElJSFAQHSE

<img src="http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/life/ii-rugby.jpg">

:wave:

 

[Hakunamatata]

Nope, never backtracked. Said I was sorry if I hurt someone, but not sorry for my statements. Where does this 'twice' come from?



Yeah, I wasn't saying you were attacking me personally. But as one of the ones who made a joke, I responded.



Never assumed you were British, just making a point about nationality. Tell your colleague to rent a little movie called 'Monty Python's The Meaning of Life', and watch the scene in which grown up professors completely destroy a team of children in a rugby match. Here is a link to the glorious scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ElJSFAQHSE

<img src="http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/life/ii-rugby.jpg">

:wave:

That was funny :lol:

 

[Master Yoda]

Wow, maybe it's just me, but a whole lot of you seem like grandmothers (no offense to the hip grannies out there). Heelez are no more evil than skateboarding (I was a boarder in my days, and wow, still alive today).

Yep - you're right, they don't belong in crowded public places like Disney because there are too many children that simply can't use them properly. The other day I was commenting how I would love to have a pair for touring Disney - and I'm mid-30s - but knew that it wouldn't be kosher.

As a former skateboarder, and active in-line skater/hockey player/skiier/snowboarder, I can tell you that Heelez are much more stable and rather easy to stop a fall. Still wouldn't recommend it at WDW or in a shopping mall...

My daughter has a pair that I bought for her, and she's a fantastic figure skater and hockey player, and she's in complete control. I still wouldn't let her wear them at WDW, just like she doesn't wear them to a mall.

But clotheslining kids using them? Straight-arming them? Tripping them? Some of you people are sick. Maybe it's an American thing, maybe you're pumped up on yesterday's mid-terms, but damn, anybody that suggested it should think about that for a second. Hurting kids...damn, that's just sad, pathetic and cruel. Say it's a joke to save your pride, but give your head a shake, please. And it's not a spanking thing - firm but friendly with your kids is the way to go - but what I saw suggested causing traumatic injury.

Over shoes with wheels in them? Wow...

The comment was toung in cheek.:brick:

If you honestly think I would deliberately and intentionally hurt a kid for no other reason than my own savage enjoyment ten you are sadly mistaken.

I have 3 kids of my own and and much like you I would not dare let them where heelez in the parks. Not because I am worried about them getting hurt, after all all three are in martial arts so bruises and sprains are a part of every day life for them, I am more concerned about them potentially hurting an innocent bystander. This is the entire issue here. I can't tell you how many irresponsible kids I have seen flying around the parks with absolutely no concern for anyone. This is where the problem lies. It doesn't bother me that they have no regard for their own safety but they have even less concern for how their actions affect those around them and that is a huge problem.

I spent a good bit of my youth on a skate board or a BMX bike but I did it at a skate park and at a track where the only person that was in any danger was me. I did not do it at the mall where I could hurt others.

Maybe you will feel a little different when one of these brats crashes through your family, I know I did when I saw it happen to someone else's family at the mall. There is nothing quite like seeing a 5 year old with a compound leg fracture after she was run into by a skateboarder at the mall to help reinforce why their are rules against things such as Heelez at the parks and why many of us have little tolerance for them..

 

[Erika]

I'm not sure how this thread got to this point but how can we expect the kids to behave when the adults can't even get along? :brick:

Disney's rules are in place for a reason and if more people would follow them I think most of us would be a lot happier. Personally I have higher priorities in my life, bigger things to worry about than what shoes I am allowed to wear to the parks and I think the rest of you probably do also.

 

[Victor]

I'm not sure how this thread got to this point but how can we expect the kids to behave when the adults can't even get along? :brick:

Kids have a sense of humor. Some adults seem not to.

 

[lisbetgabrielle]

As for EVC's. If they are coming from in front of you, then you move. What about if they come from behind? Are we supposed to always be looking behind us for a possible hit and run? I know people need them and I would never say they don't, but that doesn't give anyone the right to use it as a weapon. Strollers too. I got rammed in the back of the legs more then once. If the offender doesn't apologize I usually say something like "I'm sorry, was I in your way?" I'm always respectful of EVC's, wheelchairs and strollers. I move out of the way and let them pass if I see them. We've raised our DD to be the same way.

If an ECV or PWC is coming behind you then it is their responsibility to not clip you if at all possible. I usually let people know that I am behind them. That way they don't stop short. My PWC is my legs not a weapon.

 

[sprocketfish]

I'm normally just a lurker, BUT... when I was visiting in July in Epcot it started to rain and a wheelie kid, amongst the scramble for cover from the rain, fell and almost took me out... the ground was really slippery and I don't even want to think about what could have happened to the kid, or the other people in the crowd (crowd + rain + wheelie kid= BAD NEWS BEARS)... (the kid seemed to be okay, though knee scraped)

I'm all about being young and having fun, but it still is important to be considerate of others and the rules of the parks... (enough for me, back to lurking...)

 

[Hakunamatata]

Heelez are no more evil than skateboarding (I was a boarder in my days, and wow, still alive today).

:lookaroun

 

[v_misses_epcot]

:lookaroun

omg where did you get that!?! :lol:

 

[DisneyDragon]

omg where did you get that!?! :lol:

The URL is at the bottom of the sign.

Alas, I'm a Buddhist, and Siddartha was a slammin' boarder.

 

[Hakunamatata]

The URL is at the bottom of the sign.

Alas, I'm a Buddhist, and Siddartha was a slammin' boarder.

He may have been, but I thought the orriginator of Buddhism was Siddhartha. But I could be wrong since I am not a Buddhist.

 

[DisneyDragon]

Kids have a sense of humor. Some adults seem not to.

Precisely, keep working on it, and it will happen for you one day too...

Totally zoned on The Meaning of Life, so hats off.

My whole issue has been with people who demonize the products and lash out at the kids. Improper use (any product) and etiquette is 99% the fault of the parents and 1% the children when the kids are young (esp. at primary Heelez usage age).

Yet, so many people have referred to "the brats", etc. It's not the kids who need to be punished (or hurt), it's the parents.

There's little that sets me off except for topics where injuring kids can get joked about. As a parent, I am already concerned enough about some of the sick f--ks out there. As a sports coach, I've already had to deal with hockey dads and soccer moms who cause more problems for their kids than they could possibly get into themselves.

 

[DisneyDragon]

He may have been, but I thought the orriginator of Buddhism was Siddhartha. But I could be wrong since I am not a Buddhist.

Regional spellings, kind of like y'all and youse guys in the United States.

 

[metscool]

:lookaroun

Wow that is diffrerent. I can not believe that someone would put something like that up. They should change it to these things are evil.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Regional spellings, kind of like y'all and youse guys in the United States.

Ahhhh...I see.

 

[DisneyDragon]

Ahhhh...I see.

One of the Managers who reports to me is from Pune, India. It is not uncommon to have two different dialects spoken in two villiages less than 5 miles apart. That's why English was a popular language for parity... not to mention the fact that it was forced upon them by the British.