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2007-03-26 . 9:02 a.m. - Mothers don't let your babies grow up to be spoiled brats.As of March 30, 2007, the Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios will be shut down. Naturally, I had to ride it one last time. I called up my new roller coaster buddy Dan and we bought some season passes to Universal Orlando (why not, it basically pays for itself after the 3rd or 4th visit). It was there that I came face to face with my biggest pet peeve: people who think the rules don't apply to them. Nowhere else in the world is this more prevalent than in theme parks. There's just something that clicks inside of a tourist that says "Fuck everyone else around me, I'm going to enjoy myself." I'd like to delve into this theory a bit further, but I'm on a tight schedule, so I'll skip right to the case studies:
Case #1: Cutting in line. I counted at least 5 instances in which I was the victim of line-cutting. The most infuriating instance was when I was waiting in line to put my stuff in a locker and some pimple-faced teenager comes up and stands not in back of me ... not even in front of me ... but RIGHT NEXT TO ME. Is this supposed to make it less obvious that he's about to cut in front of me? No sooner does the patron in front of me complete their transaction at the automated kiosk does the pimple-faced teen reach his freakishly gangly arm out and push a button on the kiosk to begin his transaction. I just look at him and wait for him to make eye contact with me. When he does, I say "Oh, no, please after YOU!" and walk away. Neutron says I'm a doormat like that, but as long as I get my little passive-aggressive barbs in here and there, I'm fine.
Case #2: Blatant disregard for rules being all-but-blared from a PA system. After riding BTTF and the Mummy, Dan & I decided to do one more attraction before moving on to Islands of Adventure. We chose Shrek 4-D. It follows almost the exact same formula as Muppets 4-D at MGM and Bug's Life at Animal Kingdom. Anyhoodle, there are only 2 rules that you need to follow when you attend this kind of attraction: 1) Don't put your glasses on until you're seated (this is for your own safety) and 2) When you're granted entrance into the main theater, you must keep moving down the row until all the seats are filled. In other words, don't stop in the middle of the row and make people walk around you just so you can have center-row seats. Mostly, this rule is to make sure that each show is run at maximum capacity, but I'd like to think it's also to punish the fuckers that pushed themselves to the front of the crowd thinking this would get them the best seats in the house only to find out that all of their hard work has landed them in the far end of the row. Well, without fail I saw a family of 5 walk half-way down our row and plop down in those seats leaving at least 10 seats in between them and the people that were actually following the rules. As Dan & I walked past them, I gave the mother a look that said "Good job, mom. You're teaching your children to be entitled spoiled brats who think the rules don't apply to them." I can just see the oldest child 10 years from now: yelling at a hostess in a crowded restaurant wondering why his party hasn't been sat before the 20 people ahead of him on the wait-list. Fucker.
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My blood pressure is rising & I'm exhausted.
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