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.

Now known as the alleged victim and the alleged perpetrator - case in point.

This won’t go down well but I think there are some places to be avoided depending on the type of clientele..! I stopped shopping at Lidl because of the behaviour in the car park!! 😂

If that’s snobby, so be it. Most of us are judged on how we present ourselves, it also happens to those perceived as posh by the way they speak, dress, behave etc. Is that snobby? If you never make a mental judgement about people, well done you, but it’s natural for most people. There’s lots of evidence that people feel most comfortable around others who display similar behaviours to their own.

This thread is about the behaviour of some families and the deterioration of standards in modern life.

By commenting on how people dress as if thats somehow linked to it you make yourself look utterly stupid.

There most definitely is a link. It’s almost as if they’re compelled to dress themselves up as pantomime characters so that we can all identify them.

I just knew this thread would descend into snobbery.

My local Lidl is great. We were talking about COVID yesterday and I said one of my favourite moments looking back was being in Lidl, family in front of me got the last loaf. Little boy held it up proudly and I said how lucky he was as my husband wasn't going to have any toast. Just a jokey comment from an old lady. His mother took the loaf off him and offered it to me. I thanked her and said it was fine my husband would survive. At a time when people were panicking about shortages I thought that Lidl customer was lovely.

Not snobby just having basic standards . . .

Of teeth? Turkey teeth, no teeth, one tooth, gold tooth.

That sounds insane!

I think as a society we dont seem to work out what needs to be done to prevent people becoming violent.
As obviously there must have been life circumstances that made people behave nasty but surely just excusing them and letting them do harm to other people isnt right.

Twas ever thus.
British parents have often been lax in comparison to many other nations. A relation 50 years ago used to help run an International school in Germany for families of many different nationalities.
They had to ban British children ( but no other nationality) because their behaviour was so awful.
Eg French parents are much more strict. (However left on their own French children can be truly awful too.)

I also notice that people behave much worse since covid.
Havent experienced the same as OP but come across rude self-absorbed people every day.

Tbh, a lot of the more well off parents are as bad, if not more so. Self entitlement goes off the scale when you have parents of children who think theyre better than others..

Intrigued as to where you are. Sounds absolutely wild!!!

Yes, because on the whole people who have bad teeth have/had parents who fell short in bringing up their children and that poor parenting perpetuates through to the next generation.
People who value fake tans and are heavily made up probably have values that are superficial and are probably also on the lower end of the intelligence spectrum or they would realise how stupid it looks.

I've never got the appeal of holiday parks or all inclusive. I don't get the provided entertainment or kids clubs either. If you're on holiday as a family surely you enjoy your time together as a family and don't farm the kids off elsewhere for someone else to look after. I can't imagine ever even thinking about using them for my three.

A UK holiday park in the Easter hols is, I'm afraid, is notoriously one of those "pile 'em high, flog it cheap" type places.
They do tend to, unfortunately, attract a certain demographic.

Going there again early summer with family. We’ve done the holiday parks with young children and grandchildren, back in the day. I love CP as it gives them so much freedom. They’ll spend most of their time on bikes, in the pool, and show up for food. We haven’t encountered any terrible behaviour from adults or children on visits there over the years.

We never used the holiday clubs, but we did enjoy the entertainment. It was a bit bittersweet last year as she’s too old to join in , but she still wanted to go every night to awww at the cute little ones and she still remembers all the dances/moves.

Teachers have being saying for ages that behaviour is going down the pan. People in life generally these days can be terribly selfish and rude. I worry for the future.

As an old later waiting for a knee replacement I do find that if I am jostled, especially by feral kids, my legs do tend to inadvertently go in all directions! Whoops, sorry dear.
It's not entirely new though, about 25 years ago I recall telling a pupil to pick up the crisp packet she'd thrown on the floor. She refused, that's why schools pay cleaners, she was doing them a favour creating a job for them! Sadly, her breeder was thick enough to agree with her sprog when the Head of Year phoned her!

Society is broken and there are millions of us who are feral. This has been building for decades and is now irreversible.

You have done a good job of making yourself look stupid with that comment.

Tale as old as time.

All this bollocks about how bad shame is and how it hurts peoples feelings. Shame is what used to keep people in check……what used to encourage people to not behave like a selfish, inconsiderate fool….what used to encourage people to get off their arse and better themselves. Now it’s just a load of pathetic nonsense, crying and whinging because someone dared to ask you to stop little Timmy or Tyrone or Krystal from doing whatever fresh hell they’ve dreamed up. Children today are being spectacularly failed by their parents.