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We were at 50's Prime Time on Saturday night, enjoying a nice dinner. We had our favorite "cousin" Loukili, had a whole room that was playing along, and all the other wait staff in the room was great!! We were having a wonderful time - and then it was fairly ruined by one family:
2 women were there with 6 or 7 children. Not totally sure which kids belonged to which lady, but that didn't really matter. One of the kids came over to our table to talk - okay, not too big a deal. I didn't really feel like being nice to a 6 year little boy, but whatever, I can be. He spent about 5-10 minutes at our table until he was called back to his table. They got ready to leave, and Loukili went over to say goodbye and that's when it happened! The 6 year old jumped up and SLAPPED the waiter!! HARD. Our guide got up to make sure things were okay, and the kid slapped him also! Then, the kid turned back to Loukili and slapped him a few more times. The whole time, the mothers are standing there, doing NOTHING. They didn't even look horrified!! I'm assuming it's not a new behaviour.
I can't imagine doing nothing while my child abused an adult.
The server is the one who got slapped but yet that family will probably turn around and sue Disney over emotional trauma or some such bull they encountered at the restaurant. Unbelievable
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That's horrible. This kid is in for a world of hurt when he grows up and ends up in prison because he never learned that you can't just physically assault whomever you please just because you feel like it. Even if he were to have a mental issue, that is no excuse to assault adults! I'm sure the CMs were thinking, "I don't get paid enough to deal with this crap."
. Even if he were to have a mental issue, that is no excuse to assault adults!
I'm fairly certain he had no issues. He conversed well, spelled his name for us (he wanted us to guess what it was), told us everything they had done that day, and informed us how old he was and when his birthday was. Pretty sure he had no mental or social issues, other than not knowing you don't go around hitting people.
I am so appalled at the behaviour some parents find acceptable but that takes the cake for me. I work in law enforcement and believe me I see a lot. I'm not sure I could have contained myself with that one though. I'm afraid I would have had to say something to those so called parents. My mouth gets me in to trouble sometimes.
Sad. I used to teach middle school. I had a student who got into a mini-fight with a girl because she wouldn't give him the sticker he wanted (8th graders, btw). The stickers were reward stickers for getting right answer. Only did it once. Never again. LOL. Anyway, I heard, "Give that to me, you wh*re." I turned around--everyone's eyes were big as quarters and were looking towards me.
"What did you say?" The kid responded that he had said "horse." Yeah, right. Long story short, I let his mom know what had happened. His father was a child psychologist who happened to work side-job with school system. The mom informed me that her son would never do or say what I claimed he did. She said he loved his sisters and would never treat a girl like that. Give me a break.
Some kids are just entitled little brats. Maybe the CMs interrupted his narcissistic prattling, and he slapped them to silence them. It is sad how so many parents drop the parenting ball. I know it isn't easy, but to tolerate physical assault? Jeesh!
This is one of the most extreme illustrations of non-parents ever. And I agree with Darlene-- this family would probably be the first to sue Disney for some imagined "damage" done to their darling.
The fact that the Parent of the child did nothing is even more appalling. So sad that the child was allowed to behave that way and not be spoken to or corrected.
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That's awful. That would have for certain ruined my appetite. I also would have had to contain myself not to speak up, not to the child because that is not my place -but to his parents which need to make it more of there priority to discipline there child and not deem that behavior acceptable!
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My eyes just popped out of my head when I read that! I can't believe the adults just stood there and didn't even do anything. I also agree with Darlene, they will probably end up suing Disney.
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That's horrible. This kid is in for a world of hurt when he grows up and ends up in prison because he never learned that you can't just physically assault whomever you please just because you feel like it. Even if he were to have a mental issue, that is no excuse to assault adults! I'm sure the CMs were thinking, "I don't get paid enough to deal with this crap."
I'm in shock!
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I'm just so shocked by that.
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