AIBU to be disgusted by parents and children at holiday parks?

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I am so disgusted by Utterly gross behaviour of young children and their parents on holiday parks.
We’ve been at our favourite campsite since Friday night and so far I’ve been punched and smacked by numerous little kids, this is clearly kids trying to push past in queues or when waiting for entertainment etc to start and it’s not eagerness, it’s a massive case of “I’m entitled to be first!”
We were sat towards some stairs at a table and chairs, clearly the “space” is designated for the table. Sadly, dozens of kids have climbed the stairs, stuffed themselves in a tiny gap and literally kicked/punched my kids to try and get up/down the stairs. I ended up moving my seat to cover the gap and got kicked repeatedly by small children trying to squeeze into a gap that wasn’t there.
A man then saw his daughter pick up a lolly off the floor and put it in her mouth. Instead of throwing it in the bin 2 paces behind him, he threw it back onto the floor. When I told him, he said “well you throw it away then” how vile and disgusting this man is I cannot tell you. I literally wanted to punch him. (I did put the gross lolly in the bin, because the staff shouldn’t have to clean that up)
why can parents not keep an eye on their kids, apologise when they hurt someone, check they know where their kids are and ensure they aren’t engaging in gross behaviours? I have noticed it’s gotten so much worse since Covid, it seems people are stuck in their own bubble and don’t care about anyone or anything else.
It’s so vile the amount of selfish and entitled behaviour I have seen makes me so sad.

One of many reasons I don’t mind paying more to go to Center Parcs each year.

You do sound quite goaded tbf

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Unfortunately if you don’t have much cash your options seem to be don’t go away or accept that all the shite of the day will be in the same place :(

I don’t understand the situation. The space is ‘obviously’ designated (by whom?) for the table at which you are sitting. So the table is blocking the stairs by design? And then you move your chair to block them more effectively? But not effectively enough, because hordes of uncouth children are still trying to squeeze past? Are these your private stairs? Where do the stairs go, in a campsite? It doesn’t make a lick of sense.

🙄🙄 of course she’s different. She didn’t actually punch anyone and I’m guessing probably wouldn’t.

Completely agree. Kids are always pushing in front of my children / being grabby / talking over them. Adults behaviour is also much worse now.

We have just been to a major theme park today and the queue to get in was an eye opener.
Men with turkey teeth and multiple tattoos shouting at the staff, teenagers being arrested at the gates, single lone men with trousers pulled down so you can see their pants entering the park carrying plastic bags, groups of young teens with mini skirts and fake caterpillar eyebrows and a ton of fake tan, there was a discarded empty bottle of vodka on the queue floor, people with one tooth, no teeth or gold teeth arguring with each other. One very large man had a gold chain and gold bracelet so large Mr T would be jealous...
It was quite a sight to behold...

The problem is some parents are savages and raise feral children.

We were in Asda last week and I was astounded by a woman at the reduced section. She literally dived into the fridges as soon as the Asda lady finished putting the food in and she was grabbing everything she could get . Then her teenage daughter appeared , shoved her way to the front and between them they started emptying the fridge , there was ALOT of stuff in the section and they were grabbing everything they could , then a little lad pushes his way to the front , and he starts taking all the reduced food from the two and taking it bk to a man with the waiting trolley . I heard him telling him that someone had pushed him out the way so he elbowed them back … I was flabagasted that people could be so selfish . They had arm fulls of stuff and wasn’t giving anyone else a chance and they obviously wasn’t skint coz they grabbed a piece of beef that was reduced to £17 !
People have genuinely lost their manners and they have no care for anyone else .

Hopefully the summer holidays will be better !

Is it butlins? I've never been but this is what I imagine it to be like.

My child was sick in Tesco once too. I told a staff member and she said she’s get someone to help. We were there 10 mins waiting, but even after asking other staff members no one turned up. We left eventually because my child said they were going to be sick again. I just hope no one slipped in it!

An April Fool's Day message said that all prospective parents will have to have lessons and pass a test to show you will bring up children to behave well (just as you need to follow the highway code rules and pass a a test to get a licence) before you're allowed to reproduce. I think it was in response to that article about how gentle parenting is causing issues in schools.
I'd say you're not wrong, but every generation has complained about bad parents (even Enid Blyton had one of her teachers say we need a school for parents).

Where was this 🤣 was it Alton towers?

Why go to these places? Seriously, why? These people don’t sound wholesome. You’re not going to have a wholesome experience. Just don’t bother.

We went to Centre parcs in February with our toddler and it was lovely. Other kids were helping him in the soft play areas of the restaurant and playing all together in the pool. A child lost a toy at the park and lots of parents and kids helped to look for it.

I was in a Primark before Christmas and spotted someone had been sick and just left it. It had splattered on quite a few clothes and my daughter nearly stood in it. Luckily it wasn’t busy and there was some staff nearby so called them over. They asked for a cleaner on their walkie talkie.

Ugh, sounds horrible OP. Yep, people in the UK are just getting worse and worse and good parenting becoming a thing of the past.

We were in the hospital thurs and the grandparents were just as bad as the kid they brought along. She was running, screaming up and down the corridor, they were bellowing out to her, being ignored. I couldn't hear myself think. People in that hospital would be going through the mill, worried or hearing bad results etc and the grandparents just did not get that child to sit. No books/colouring in with them, no drink, no prep.

We've spent the day at a family Easter event, at a local attraction we frequent regularly. Today was hideous. By the end of the day I was so fed up of my DD being shoved and pushed out of the way by frankly feral children, because she was actually following the rules of several games being played, that I ended up telling off 4 or 5 kids. Parents all stood about absolutely oblivious, glued to phones and vapes. Sometimes I wonder why I am bothering ro raise my DD to be polite and respectful because it often does not seem to get her far, just sad and frustrated 😔 I am dreading her starting school.

Completely agree with this. It’s so hard trying to get your child to be respectful and then seeing them being walked over by rude people.

Yes antisocial behaviour is definitely getting worse. I’d avoid holiday parks for this reason.

The generation social media has brought up to think they are the most important person and are entitled to anything they want and their kids 🙄

Broad generalisation but our society has broken down. And it's not just some immigrants behaving like this...

Yeah I feel the same! Just today I took mine to an adventure park and they were queuing to get on some teacups and a lad just walks to the front of the queue (he was old enough to know better) I sent him to the back of the queue as mine and a couple of others were there first. He did go back but then as soon as the gate opened he ran on before everyone else. No parent in sight at all.

but parents are as bad aren’t they in a lot of cases, everyone thinks they are more important!

Why should people with manners and basic respect not get to enjoy rollercoasters?

“everyone thinks they are more important!”

This is the crux of the issue. Rules don’t apply to them.

So it’s an entertainment venue with a mezzanine level. The table we were sat at is at the front of the venue, this table runs horizontally.
We like this particular table as due to the layout of the stairs, they run vertically, just missing the very back of the table and allowing us a bit of extra space next to the stairs, as the shape of the staircase makes a sort of quadrilateral with the table.
Directly in front of the table and us, to stop people falling off the mezzanine level, are three horizontal bars. Children clamber onto these bars (despite warnings from staff) and squeeze through the gaps in the bars past our table to reach either the dance floor or their table/the loo/bar etc.