To think this was utterly revolting and to wish I’d said something?

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We were queuing at a theme park today for a family ride. Family in front of us with a small child of perhaps three plus older child.

The 3yo vomits. Copiously. Like an entire puddle across the walkway, chunks and all. The dad got out the wet wipes and tissues and started sort of scraping it up. I think we all just stood there waiting for the mother to leave the queue with the child but she didn’t.

After a few minutes of scraping puke into a corner they left the pile of tissues and just carried on. We sort of shuffled forward a bit, and I poured my half bottle of water over it to try and sluice it. No one said anything, it was all very British.

Interestingly both parents then got out their own water bottles and... drank from them.

Anyway, much nervous shuffling and ignoring and the queue moved on. Until about ten minutes later when the same mum pushed past us with a full (open!) potty of wee in her hands. Presumably she went to the end of the queue to empty it? No one that I could see came back with a mop or anything so I don’t think she mentioned the puke incident.

I went to say something and DH nudged me not to make a fuss but come on. Really? The family behind were also doing the same loud muttering but none of us actually said to the couple that they were actually inconsiderate and disgusting.

They then merrily got on the ride with their puking pissing child and that’s the last we saw of them.

I double dare you to find a reasonable excuse for this. The only thing I was BU about here was not saying something, I reckon.

Yes to sawdust.

I love AIBU. People twist themselves in knots to say YABU. I might be guilty of this myself at times. Madness. There is nothing ok about this, really there isn’t. It’s going in my annals of ‘mad things I’ve seen’.

I think the floor is a reasonable place to be sick in that context. However next steps would be - one parent/adult leaves queue with child, the other does everything in their power (ie washing away with drink) to clear/cover up mess and then get a staff member who would presumably have the appropriate equipment.

Potty would bother me less.

Ach well. It gave you something to talk about...so there we go.

Honestly the potty business just tipped me over into full on holy what the fuckery. A potty on its own wouldn’t have raised an eyebrow, it was just that it was so hot on the heels of the still sticking vom that it was noteworthy.

Stinking not sticking. Although it was both.

YABU

No-one is judging the child for throwing up, it is the complete lack of consideration from the parents of their environment and anyone else around them.

We ALL know that kids vomit but it is not ok to not bother cleaning it up properly.

Oh for fucks sake.....YANBU

This is totally going to out me if anyone knows me as I tell everyone this story, but the grossest thing I have ever seen was walking behind a mum with a toddler in a buggy along a busy seaside town promenade (the type with amusement arcades and sticky pavements). The toddler dropped their ice cream (mr whippy type) out of the buggy, the mum picked it back up off the pavement, gave it a big lick and then gave it back to the toddler

You're right, it's minging. And some people clearly just don't give a toss. I pay for an expensive private gym which unfortunately lets non members and their kids in for swimming lessons. I walked into one of the shower cubicles one day to find a child turd on the tiles. Bloody disgusting. I would say your experience is equally gross and I don't understand those who think it's ok.

Oh my goodness I totally agree with you op ! I’m going to sound like my Nan here but what is the world coming to ?!

I think having to endure the horrific queues at Legoland turns people a bit insane - it is as if they'd put all that effort into waiting for the ride that nothing could stop them.

YANBU

I’m not sure tbh- puking at a theme park is pretty common isn’t it?

You don't then take the child straight onto a ride surely?!

You’re really weird OP.

Why?

Because she sounds gleefully hysterical about the whole thing on an Internet forum yet appeared to stand there in muted silence doing nothing at the time. Weird

It’s a massive YANBU from me!
Kids puke and pee, the potty thing would be fine with me, nobody wants to leave the queue for the ride but the puking is totally unacceptable. Child should have been taken away, the staff notified and the mess cleared up, who wants to look at somebody’s sick while they are waiting in line. Gross.

Yanbu at all

Ughhhh minging, I would have silently judged too 😂.

Op is most definitely not weird, I think she was probably stunned that a child copiously threw up everywhere and the parents didn’t take action, it’s beyond belief to me.

The pissy spotty dotty potty wouldn't have bothered me in the least.

The puking however...well let's just say the 3 yo wouldn't be the only one spilling his guts. I react to the noise,sight and smell of it ,fun times.

Because she sounds gleefully hysterical about the whole thing on an Internet forum yet appeared to stand there in muted silence doing nothing at the time. Weird.

Nah that's pretty normal. The other way round would be weird.

Yanbu and I can't believe they took the child on the ride.

I would have even left the queue rather than risk contamination. Grim.

Ugh, yeah that's gross. We travel on ferries regularly, and the DC (and I!) have vomited more times than I can count. When they were younger we had the odd occasion they didn't make it to toilets/grab a bag in time showering puke out of DD's very long hair, with hand soap, in a tiny hot shower room, on a rocky ferry, was one of my low points and no, we wouldn't have left it. We'd always clean up as much as we could, and let someone know. That's just courteous to the people around us, who've always been very kind and offered wipes etc. Equally, when travelling recently, a young man was very ill on the ferry, lots of us were handing him wipes/offering water etc.
The potty on its own wouldn't have particularly bothered me, as small kids sometimes can't wait.
Some people are just disgusting.

YANBU and they are lucky i wasnt in this queue as i'm a sympathy puker.

They should have told a member of staff about the sick instead of leaving it. I guess the sick might be excitement/too much junk rather than a bug. If the child was only 3 I am guessing it is a tame ride you were waiting for so I wouldn’t necessarily remove them from the queue.

The wee in a potty wouldn’t bother me at all(I am currently potty training my third dc so am still well in that stage).

Eeeeeeurgh.

They were probably worried that if they told a member of staff that their DC had done a massive puke, then they wouldn't be allowed on the ride (and might be asked to leave the theme park).

Not that that makes it OK in any way.