That dumb bitch was prolly not enjoying her day at the park and decided to take it out on you guys

ahaha I would of told her to eat a bag of shit!

 

Agreed.

While what you did in her eyes isn't the nicest thing so to speak, it really shouldn't warrant more than a second thought. The fact that the people joining you weren't riding the ride means you did absolutely nothing wrong.

That lady definitely needed to be told to eat some sort of excrement in some fashion.

 

that would piss me off. specially after you offered her to go ahead.. .some people just have to have something to bitch about

 

IMO..what you did is rude.

Offering them to move ahead of you makes no sense and if they accepted would essentially contradict what they are so heated about..... so your offer was more of a slap in the face....

If you don't get it.....you will never get it.

If you were sure what you did was fine, you wouldn't be posting this thread.

Regardless if your intentions were good, you put yourself in a situation that had others questioning your motives. You were motivated by your own desires to have your mother and brother join you. The public are not mind readers and probably don't care about your desires. Regardless if you are going to ride the ride, the majority of other parents are not going to either. Bottom line is you get what you want above everyone else behind you. So yes it's rude IMO.

Lines are formed for a reason.... and you're one of the people who skirt the etiquette for why they work.

You want to hate one the woman who confronted you...but I say bravo to her. She is just voicing what every person behind you was thinking but was too chicken to say.

I would have told you that if you wanted to all be together, to do so at the back of the line.

JMO.

 

i guess i won't ever get it, either, then.

not having been there, what you did seems fine to me. some people are just bitches.

 

I pretty much agree with these comments.

To the OP: Considering that you didn't intend for your friends/family to get on the ride, I'm sure it wasn't your intention to be rude, however, as mentioned, the people behind you have no idea what your intentions are and they have the right to be miffed if they had been waiting in line for any considerable amount of time and suddenly this group of people walks up and cuts in line ahead of them.

However, when the lady said something, you could've simply responded by saying that your friends/family wouldn't be joining on the ride and that you were simply visiting with them. Maybe that would've helped.

 

I wasn't trying to be a jerk when I offered our spot. It wasn't my intention to piss everybody else. I never said that I hated the lady for confronting me. I tried to explain my intetions but yeah like you said she didn't care. I would handle things different had I knew this was going to happen. I just felt bad this whole situation kind of ruined our fun day at the park. Maybe I will get it from now on that holding a line for others is definetely a bad thing.

 

My post was directed somewhat at the others responses that I think posted before really thinking.

I'm sure your intention was genuinely innocent.

As with any case, there are exceptions to holding a spot in line.

1. The elderly that can not stand too long. I've seen this at restaurants all the time.

2. If they were originally with your group and had to leave and come back. The polite thing to do there is to let the immediate people know they are coming back and you are holding their place.

I didn't mean to come off so harse... I was more upset with some of the responses than your OP which I though was a legitimate question.

Golden rule fits nicely in this situation.

It's all good.

 

Ok. I have to agree and disagree.

The situation the poster was in is at Legoland. It's a theme park, a happy place, family, kids, fun..etc etc. The poster asked his mom and brother to join him waiting in line to watch the kids. Only 2 people (one is an elderly person..I'm sure older than that lady that was yelling and creaming) so for her to be yelling and screaming is totally stupid. WTH was the rush for her? I can bet that she was just not enjoying her day and decided to scream. Especially when she scared his mom with her attitude after he explained it to her.

Restaurant is a totally different story, because everyone is waiting in line. They're hungry or not, waiting to eat. Still if I see an elderly cutting in line in front of me just to join their family, then I have no problem with that. I have respect for elderly.

JMO. It's all good.

 

they arent participating, they were just staying with you. the lady was pissed, you told her they werent skipping her but were simply keeping company, and she still wanted to be pissed.

if you let people cut her to a ride on an amusement park or dinner, i could see her being frustrated.

it sounds like she thought she was cheated, she wasnt, and she didnt regain control of herself. not your fault.