My most memorable example

[BreakerVolant1081]

Hi, I'm new too... I work at the Fantasyland classics in Paris, and one thing we'll get all the time in the dark rides is that parents will tell their kids to "go ahead, get in the front" before the vehicle has actually stopped. Then, when I'd stop the kid from running straight into a moving car, in 99.9% of all cases the parents will immediately blame the kid for running off, sometimes loudly so, while it's them who encouraged their child in the first place!

And it's not like we ever get thanked for saving a kid from an accident in this way. The parents will just try to save face by making their kid look like the one responsible.

(One time it was actually an elderly man who jumped into a vehicle while it was still moving... I'm careful around kids, but for that I wasn't prepared. I got to hit the station stop button when the car was already in place anyway. Thankfully nothing had happened...)

[schunoko]

Ah, I work classics too. I love the kids who have the parents talking to each other and the kid paying more attention to the light chaser or whatever annoying flashing toy they have and just letting the kid walk right in front of the vehicle. Then it takes the parents a few seconds to register that there's an alarm going off and I'm like "Um....could you grab your kid?"

Moral of story: WATCH YOUR DAMN KIDS!

[leftcoaster]

I like the wonderful parents that let their children 'wander' in a small crowd. I am walking in a straight line, kid 'wanders' into my knee, leg, arm, etc and it's MY fault that the kid gets hurt ?!? And this has happened not just at Disney, but even wallyworld (I don't shop there anymore), the supermarket, etc. I realize that kids watching where they are and where they are going is not even on their mind, but it's the parents fault for allowing their kid to wander in the first place.

Usually it's a near miss (wouldn't near hit be more appropriate?), with me dodging the kid, so I don't knock him/her flat to the ground (and the parent claiming I hauled off). Many times I get a "Sorry" from the parents.

I have learned however to attempt to steer clear of the kids, and really keep a lookout for them. But sometimes you are distracted, or in a mood that you want to get in the store, get what you need, and get the heck out.

:D:

[LittleDollClaudia]

I am saddened by this because it is becoming an everyday occurrence. No one wants to take responsibility anymore. Kids are having kids and expect the rest of us to pick up their slack. It's not just young parents though. I have people from different cultures come through my hotel and the children are animals. Picking up the magazines and papers as they toss them across the floor while the parent ignores them. Then they look at me like it's my fault for having the items there to begin with. I am in constant fear that one will have a tantrum and smack their head on our marble floor. Wow what a lawsuit that would be, because you know whose at blame for that?? Mmhmm, the hotel and staff. When do parents take the duty that they are supposed to and give us working stiffs the respect we have earned? Sadly, my face will turn purple with red spots before that happens.

[leftcoaster]

As a friend of mine who is a teacher says "We need to retake control of the asylum."

:notallthe

[manderson6309]

I like the wonderful parents that let their children 'wander' in a small crowd. I am walking in a straight line, kid 'wanders' into my knee, leg, arm, etc and it's MY fault that the kid gets hurt ?!? And this has happened not just at Disney, but even wallyworld (I don't shop there anymore), the supermarket, etc.

It is soo true. It's not just kids tho. The parents do it, or a couple will walk right into you and yell at you for not going around, and I'm thinking, "Stupid idiots, I don't get paid to People dodge. Stay out of my way! I am working her, oh, not to mention with CDS 3.0 I'm being timed! So MOVE!" LOL...oh, and my favorite is when you are standing stationary helping a guest and another guest will drive their stroller right into your shin...and the guest you are helping is like, "Are you Okay?" My general response, "It only hurts the first hundred times!"

Oh, and beware old people and their ECVs...those things are weapons if placed in the wrong hands!

[Zazu]

It is soo true. It's not just kids tho.

Got that right! Yesterday, I was standing by the boarding gate at Main Street Station, pointing to the front of the train as the back was already full.

A woman walks right into my hand, getting herself poked just below the eye. Could have done herself serious harm had she been an inch shorter.

She had also infected the rest of her family, as her husband and two teenage kids then proceeded to impale themselves on my hand in rapid succession!

After the second, I thought about not pointing any more, then decided that if they wanted to pay $50/day to ram their face into some strangers' fingers, who was I to tell them no?

[manderson6309]

I thought about not pointing any more.

At fantasyland theater, after a show is out, there is no exit behind me and I am doing the "this way" hand signal and, as if I were invisible, they walk right into my oustretched arms. And my other hand is being used kinda in a fanning motion directing everyone to the exit, and they'll walk right into my hand and as my hand comes down, I accidentally hit them. Then they yell at me for hitting them and in my head I say, maybe you should watch where you are going and maybe do what my hands say to do instead of walking into me you effing heffers!

[TheManator]

Ah.
This brings back memories a bit.
Years ago, when I used to visit WDW annually.
One year, when I went to see ITTBAB, I was sitting in the front row, and to my left, there was a 'nice' family of what appeared to be at least 10 kids and only two adults, anyways, before the show even started, I felt something wet and heavy on my left knee. Natuallry, you will put your hand there, and what did I feel? It felt like oatmeal or something, and I looked next to me and the kid looked to be about 7 or 8, so I look on my knee, and what I see is something white and red...I also have a problem with smelling things, so I smelled my fingers, and what do you know, the smell of vomit is on my fingers. I tried to tell the 'responsible' adults that were not watching the kids very well, so basically no one but my dad knee how pissed off I was, because I never did get around to telling the adults and hence why I never sit next to a big groups of kids again. Nothing against kids though, as I have a 1 year old.

[manderson6309]

That is outrageous! Eww! I don't think I could have stomached that! As soon as I realized the kid had thrown up on me, I would have unintentionally returned the favor when my body forced me to gag from the thought of vomit! I wish someone would do that to me, they'd never know what hit em! Eww!