What I noticed in the theme park today..

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1. too many men wearing no tops, but gold chains.
2. a lot of swearing
3. a lot of tight fitting dresses seemed a bit hot
4. kids in uncomfortable shoes bad for their feet (no good for walking about)
5. teens in hoodies - it was 27 degrees
6. lots of missing teeth in adults
7. queues too many of them

What is this Oxford St thing please

I love people watching!

In summer in the UK there are always men that take their tops off and walk about in inappropriate places.

Teenagers always wear nothing in winter and overdress in summer....it's some sort of mild rebellion.

The Brits are known globally for having crap teeth due to not having private dental care.

Swearing has become much endemic, I work in a secondary school and most teenagers cannot stop themselves.

Decent kids shoes are expensive and you might not have noticed a cost of living crisis going on lately.

At a theme park you will encounter all sorts of people, some of them will be nice and some will be abusive pricks but let's be clear that being an abusive prick isn't linked to class, it's just that the more educated pricks are better at hiding it and the middle class wives are ashamed it's happening to them so they try to hide it.

Some thoughts though correct are best left in one’s own head!

Well I wasn’t expecting an existential crisis this morning. They still have their labels on, maybe I should just send them back, I don’t really have time for all that.

I've got a missing tooth at the moment because of a dentistry disaster. I'm getting an implant for £3000 but the whole process takes six months.

I've got a 'plate' with a fake tooth but I don't like having it in so I'm just having the gap.

I'm too posh to have ever been to a theme park though so it can't have been me you saw.

If you weren’t judging, it’s funny how your list is so negative isn’t it. It’s horrible. And sneery

You’re not going to out yourself by naming the theme park ffs! There were thousands there that day!!

… flamingo land?

@BlackOps me too it's vile. I can't imagine going somewhere with my kids and focusing on what other people are wearing and how many teeth they have!!!

I know. And having the opinion that other people would care what some woman they don't know thinks of their appearance. It's baffling.

dont want to out myself but not them.

You should have name changed then as you have loads of previous posts.

@MossCow it really is. And that other people would care what you let your children wear on their feet!!!

Coz everybody hates a tourist

Me too. We’ve just come back from Orlando and the difference between the parks there and here are vast. Everyone obeys the shirt and shoes rule, didn’t hear any swearing or shouting. People were just happier. The parks were cleaner, better maintained and security were visible everywhere.

If they are enjoying themselves who cares? Theme Parks are just a more modern equivilent of a Funfair.Ordinary people who cant afford the Dentist(national Scandal)like to relax ,and shock horror remove tops(Although many theme parks dont allow this ) and I agree not a good look .The gold chains OK ,and tight fit dresses surely up to them .I never notice what anyone wears and hope no one judges me!

I think you'd have been entirely justified in judging.

There ought to be some special enclosure for people who dress like this.

Well at least from your description I know it was in the UK. I bet if you had a list of observations from a theme park in France or Spain, the queues would feature in your list, perhaps some of the swearing (in the local language), but none of the other things you list.

When I went Chessington I noticed the young girls wearing shorts that were far too short(like the modesty shorts girls wear underwear dresses) and they has their breasts on display, I just assumed this was how people outside of London dressed as it was the majority not the minority.

Some young girls dressing in a way which which has lots of flesh on show has been the case since the year dot though. It's just what they do.

Lord I dressed in a way that would trigger immense pearl clutching when I was a young 'un

I just assumed this was how people outside of London dressed as it was the majority not the minority

It's not an 'outside of London' thing: it's a 'certain types of people' thing.

dont want to out myself but not them

As evidenced by OP's post, there were lots of people at the theme park she visited. Is it such a risk that one of OP's friends might read this thread, nod sagely and say "I bet that was Natalie. She said she was taking the children to Grotty Adventure Land"?

I suspect it's the embarrassment factor of being seen to visit such a destination, rather than fear of being outed online.

@Supercat65 and little dogs in pushchairs!

Not really relevant to the thread but why did you have to yell in French??

FGS OP don't ever go to a water park. I don't want to say what I saw there, but Oh my eyes!