When rules don't apply to others; I want to hear your stories

LowesChevy

LowesChevy

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-Not only when people feel the need to stop in the middle of the walkway, but when they run in front of you or cut you off and then stop in front of you. That's my favorite

-Guests who have never looked at the menu until they are ordering their lunch with the CM

-Like OP have mentioned-guests who are somehow oblivious to their children bumping into, running around you or in your personal space.
-Guests invading your personal space in general. '
-Guests being all yelly in queues, hallways, eating spaces. Why you yellin'? Chill we on vacation
-Rude guests that snap at you when they are 6 and a half feet tall and they sit in front of your 4'10" mother that mutters under her breath.

Asking people to use common sense isn't necessarily applicable. Stop staring at your phones all day too, stop and enjoy what is around you

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Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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I usually don't get upset at stuff. I do get upset when someone steps in front of a scooter because they didn't look and then yells at the person in the scooter when it was their own damn fault. Almost every incident that I have witnessed, and there have been quite a few, have been the fault of the person that got hit and then proceeded to act like a jerk and blame someone else. I have also gone to WDW at least once every year for nearly 35 years and have never been hit by a scooter or a stroller yet. Why? Because I pay attention to where I am and where I am walking.

I am bewildered by the complaint about people stopping in the middle of the path (no injury involved) because I would bet my life savings that there isn't one person, including the loudest complainers, that haven't done that AT LEAST ONCE. It's a big place with a lot of things that divert our attention and directions that are sometimes confusing. If we live in glass houses we really shouldn't throw stones. Those are unintentional human happenings unlike cutting lines, swearing, wearing obscenities on T-shirts and using cameras in dark rides.
 
danyoung56

danyoung56

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Goofyer, I respectfully disagree on this. I may have stopped dead in a crowded pathway, but I don't remember doing so. I do remember many times heading over to the side to stop and answer the phone or look at a map or whatever. I think this is a matter of awareness of your surroundings, something that many people just don't have.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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danyoung56 said:
Goofyer, I respectfully disagree on this. I may have stopped dead in a crowded pathway, but I don't remember doing so. I do remember many times heading over to the side to stop and answer the phone or look at a map or whatever. I think this is a matter of awareness of your surroundings, something that many people just don't have.
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You just said exactly what I said when you put in "I may have.... but I don't remember. If you are human you have been distracted and not even thinking about your surroundings. I have done it a number of times and never had it occur to me until after I started moving again. Heaven knows how many times I have done it and never realized it. I'm just saying, that one should be worthy of a little flexibility. All of us, in my opinion have been guilty of it even if we don't remember it.
 
MinnieWaffles

MinnieWaffles

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Raineman said:
This whole thread just confirms to me that respect and common courtesy is somewhat rare these days. It is amazing how some of the idiots that do the things that are discussed here can make you go from thoroughly enjoying your day at WDW to wanting to beat the crap out of complete strangers. Maybe I am just unaware that there is a rule that spending $100 to get into a theme park gives you the right to do whatever you want, regardless of the rules-it's all about me, me, me. :mad:
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Oh but you see it even here all the time..."I paid $100 for a ticket, I demand magic out the wazoo and to be able to do whatever I want!!"
 
KBLovedDisney

KBLovedDisney

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Goofyernmost said:
I am bewildered by the complaint about people stopping in the middle of the path (no injury involved) because I would bet my life savings that there isn't one person, including the loudest complainers, that haven't done that AT LEAST ONCE. It's a big place with a lot of things that divert our attention and directions that are sometimes confusing. If we live in glass houses we really shouldn't throw stones. Those are unintentional human happenings unlike cutting lines, swearing, wearing obscenities on T-shirts and using cameras in dark rides.
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I do apologize for possibly contributing to this issue of people stopping in walkways. I am very guilty, but accidentally guilty. The hubs has had to grab my elbow a few times to get me out of someone's way because I stopped dead in my tracks. I get VERY easily distracted at Disney and sometimes don't pay 100% attention to my surroundings, well because...it's Disney. Lol
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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danyoung56 said:
I'm not saying everybody doesn't do it. I'm saying that it's not right under any circumstance, whether it's some dumb guest or me or you. Having a little more awareness of your surroundings goes a long way.
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OK, I understand, but, please we should let people be human and not some machine. There comes a day when people will look at us in judgment as well. Tolerance is really a positive thing and understanding that there, but, for possible good luck we might be the "guilty" party. This, as well, goes a long way to enjoying what we are doing, which is what we should be concentrating on in a Disney Theme Park. We are all human... let's remain that way and not demand things from others that we may very easily be caught up in ourselves someday.

In the paragraph above the one that you originally quoted, I advocated awareness of our surroundings when it came to sharing space with scooters and strollers. That applies to this, however, try as we might, it is very easy to lose that concentration for just a moment and that is possible from any of us.
 
disneyworlddad

disneyworlddad

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Flash Photography bugs the heck out of me. Last time I was on Nemo someone was trying to get a picture of the x-ray/lantern fish. Totally kills the affect! They also did it in the jelly room and tied to get pictures of the screens. My wife yelled at them but they still didn't stop.
 
KBLovedDisney

KBLovedDisney

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I think next time someone uses Flash photography, especially on a dark ride or in a show that is sitting close to me, I will tell them to use Night Vision so they won't ruin the Magic for others...Not sure it will work, but worth a shot.
 
SyracuseDisneyFan

SyracuseDisneyFan

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On my last trip, I was in line for the Haunted Mansion with my family. There was another family in front of us with two young kids. They kept holding up the line and moving at the pace of sloths.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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SyracuseDisneyFan said:
On my last trip, I was in line for the Haunted Mansion with my family. There was another family in front of us with two young kids. They kept holding up the line and moving at the pace of sloths.
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Another make believe problem. Even if they hold up the line... it's just a line and will catch up before it is time to get on. In other words, you don't get on one second sooner because they "kept up" in the queue. It is frustrating and I find it that as well, but, then I just repeat to myself the words that I just used and save myself some ulcers.
 
BoarderPhreak

BoarderPhreak

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Goofyernmost said:
...I am bewildered by the complaint about people stopping in the middle of the path (no injury involved) because I would bet my life savings that there isn't one person, including the loudest complainers, that haven't done that AT LEAST ONCE. It's a big place with a lot of things that divert our attention and directions that are sometimes confusing. If we live in glass houses we really shouldn't throw stones. Those are unintentional human happenings unlike cutting lines, swearing, wearing obscenities on T-shirts and using cameras in dark rides.
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Of course we've all done it one time or another. It happens. But I wager more than a few become aware of what they did and move to the side or apologize to anyone behind them (I know I do). But I digress.

There are far more people that do it, and do it knowingly. Usually in groups. They just hang out in the middle of a pathway, chatting, taking pictures, etc. like no on else is around. I'm not talking about stopping suddenly here.
 
disneyworlddad

disneyworlddad

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Goofyernmost said:
Another make believe problem. Even if they hold up the line... it's just a line and will catch up before it is time to get on. In other words, you don't get on one second sooner because they "kept up" in the queue. It is frustrating and I find it that as well, but, then I just repeat to myself the words that I just used and save myself some ulcers.
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I tend to agree with you here. However in the case of line jumping it does make a difference if people keep up the pace. People are less likely to line jump if there are people around, no open space to fill in.
 
danyoung56

danyoung56

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Goofyernmost said:
We are all human... let's remain that way and not demand things from others that we may very easily be caught up in ourselves someday.
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Everyone has their own level of tolerance, of what they'll accept from others and what they won't. This behavior doesn't bother you. It bothers me. Neither one of us is flat out right or wrong - we just have differing tolerances.
 
Dead2009

Dead2009

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danyoung56 said:
I once had a gentleman sitting near me in The American Adventure who had to explain every detail of American history to his 10 year old son. After the first five minutes of non-stop "you see, Billy, when the 3 ships left for America, they were crewed by blah blah blah', I started flashing him the dirty looks. He just stared back at me, and then went on with his history lesson. Really amazing!
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Did you flash him the dirty look because you felt his son was taking all the knowledge in for himself? :p
 

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