War Stories...

[Randy B]

My husband loves the kids that throw food. If the food lands on our table he throws it back. :D:

Or just set the kid on the floor with a spoon and tell them "you didn't eat it when it was on your plate, so now you eat it!"

Randy

[Kwahati]

Okay, I don't agree with making kids cry, but the other part of that is absolutely my sense of humor! I laughed my ass off at this! <And this is why I'm not ready for kids yet...good thing protection works!> :D: Making the kids actually cry, though, is pretty f*ck*d up... (But I do think my roommates and I actually cracked some jokes like this to each other when we were on our $8k spending spree we lovingly called a vacation--but we're all old enough to know it's a joke. In fact, we actually do refer to my dog <who I love dearly> as "Snacks" whenever we're poor or in the process of spending too much money!) :twisted:

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Okay, I don't agree with making kids cry, but the other part of that is absolutely my sense of humor! I laughed my ass off at this! <And this is why I'm not ready for kids yet...good thing protection works!> :D: Making the kids actually cry, though, is pretty f*ck*d up... (But I do think my roommates and I actually cracked some jokes like this to each other when we were on our $8k spending spree we lovingly called a vacation--but we're all old enough to know it's a joke. In fact, we actually do refer to my dog <who I love dearly> as "Snacks" whenever we're poor or in the process of spending too much money!) :twisted:

Yeah, but does your dog overhear it? be carfull, he might leave you a present in your shoe someday to get back!!!

[Big Wallaby]

Dad: We are losing our house because we gave mickey all of our money.
Mom: Yup Mickey is repossessing all of our stuff because we have no money...
(Both start to laugh while their two little girls burst into tears)
Daughter: (In between Sobs) I don't want Mickey to take our dog!
Dad: Oh that's ok he won't, he knows we will need something to eat.
(Children cry harder while parents laugh)
Mom: Yeah, Mickey is going to take all of our money and become a crack dealer...(Laughs)

Making kids cry and feel guilty about going to the Magic Kingdom?
That is seriously abuse of the worst kind!

Okay, I don't agree with making kids cry, but the other part of that is absolutely my sense of humor! I laughed my ass off at this! <And this is why I'm not ready for kids yet...good thing protection works!> :D: Making the kids actually cry, though, is pretty f*ck*d up... (But I do think my roommates and I actually cracked some jokes like this to each other when we were on our $8k spending spree we lovingly called a vacation--but we're all old enough to know it's a joke. In fact, we actually do refer to my dog <who I love dearly> as "Snacks" whenever we're poor or in the process of spending too much money!) :twisted:

Actually, I read this with shock and horror that people would do that to their kids for a couple reasons:

First of all, one of the reasons CM's (and by CM's, I mean those with the Cast Member mentality) don't talk about home life is that it makes people around them think about their own home life. If you're joking amongst your group about the money you're spending, that's one thing, but if other people can hear you, you get them thinking about their own, similar worries, and that disgusts me. And, of course, not keeping in mind that up until a certain age, kids don't get jokes like that.

Oy, if you're being an idiot by being at Disney World because you are living beyond your means to be there, don't blame Mickey, especially to your kids. They will have a Mickeyphobia the rest of their lives, and it's all your fault.

The guest experience is to me an almost sacred thing. I can't stand people that ruin it for others. A CM being told /she ruined someone's vacation by closing on time does not fall under these standards, but you know what I mean.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Actually, I read this with shock and horror that people would do that to their kids for a couple reasons:

First of all, one of the reasons CM's (and by CM's, I mean those with the Cast Member mentality) don't talk about home life is that it makes people around them think about their own home life. If you're joking amongst your group about the money you're spending, that's one thing, but if other people can hear you, you get them thinking about their own, similar worries, and that disgusts me. And, of course, not keeping in mind that up until a certain age, kids don't get jokes like that.

Oy, if you're being an idiot by being at Disney World because you are living beyond your means to be there, don't blame Mickey, especially to your kids. They will have a Mickeyphobia the rest of their lives, and it's all your fault.

The guest experience is to me an almost sacred thing. I can't stand people that ruin it for others. A CM being told /she ruined someone's vacation by closing on time does not fall under these standards, but you know what I mean.

Well said. Mental abuse of children is still abuse. plain and simple. Those poor kids are going to remember that for many years to come, long after the mom and dad forgot about their "jokes."

[DevilDuckie]

Okay, I don't agree with making kids cry, but the other part of that is absolutely my sense of humor! I laughed my ass off at this! <And this is why I'm not ready for kids yet...good thing protection works!> :D: Making the kids actually cry, though, is pretty f*ck*d up... (But I do think my roommates and I actually cracked some jokes like this to each other when we were on our $8k spending spree we lovingly called a vacation--but we're all old enough to know it's a joke. In fact, we actually do refer to my dog <who I love dearly> as "Snacks" whenever we're poor or in the process of spending too much money!) :twisted:

Yeah, only okay with people old enough to get that it's a joke. :mad: It is a very funny joke when told to the right audience but not like those people.

I have been known to tell my boy that I didn't go shopping and we'll be eating the bunny for dinner. He always gives a different response and I keep doing it because his answers crack me up. I think my favorite was (totally deadpan) "I want the drumstick."

[Big Wallaby]

Kids under about 12-13 don't have the understanding of sarcasm necessary for these kids to understand what their parents are doing. Their minds just aren't wired to work that way yet. The day they can understand it, you'll know.

Now, if I had heard those people and they were talking to me, I would have laughed. But not with their kids there. Don't ever do things like that to get a rise out of your kids. Evil.

[BRWombat]

Kids under about 12-13 don't have the understanding of sarcasm necessary for these kids to understand what their parents are doing. Their minds just aren't wired to work that way yet. The day they can understand it, you'll know.

Heh. I guess everyone's different. Mine have understood -- and contributed to -- warped humor since, oh, age 4 or so. But that's just because they were exposed to it from early on. :D: But seriously, folks, know your audience. Making kids cry just to give them a "just kidding" later is pathetic.

[Kwahati]

Making kids cry just to give them a "just kidding" later is pathetic.

I think I recall a show, like an SNL sketch or something, where they did a spoof of a "hidden camera" thing and told a couple of kids that their parents had died while, meanwhile, the parents are watching on closed-circuit TV and cracking up as the kids are bawling. Can't remember what show that was, but (knowing it was fake) it was pretty funny in a really morbid, grotesque way.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

I think I recall a show, like an SNL sketch or something, where they did a spoof of a "hidden camera" thing and told a couple of kids that their parents had died while, meanwhile, the parents are watching on closed-circuit TV and cracking up as the kids are bawling. Can't remember what show that was, but (knowing it was fake) it was pretty funny in a really morbid, grotesque way.

I seem to recall that one, but can't quite place it. I want to say that Jimmy Fallon was the "allen funt" MC of the show.