Black Market Handicapped Guides to Cut Lines at Disney

[Animavore]

That spawn children like those on My Super Sweet Sixteen and its ilk.

[JimC]

As a hypothetical, what would be the ethical position if Disneyland offered special tickets, with access to the head of any line, at a cost, say, 5 or 10 times the going rate?

[Tyrannical]

As a hypothetical, what would be the ethical position if Disneyland offered special tickets, with access to the head of any line, at a cost, say, 5 or 10 times the going rate?

Universal studios offers that free for resort guests and others can get it for an additional fee.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

Some people are just selfish cunts. These are the same people that "borrow" disabled badges so they can park next to the supermarket entrance. That "share" their choice of music with the entire neighbourhood. That keep three or four dogs tied up and barking in the garden all night.

[pErvinalia]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manh ... Vc1zItXGDP

These folks should be smacked silly.

LOL --

Rich "moms" (I don't know why they are blaming the moms -- are the dads not in on it?) -- rich "parents" are apparently hiring a service which will assign a handicapped person as a tour guide for the family at Disney. Being handicapped, he or she can get up to 6 other persons to the front of the line immediately, cutting in front of the riff-raff.

One "mom" quoted in the article crowed about "her daughter" only have to wait a few minutes, while everyone else's kids had to wait in the full 2 hour long line.... That's the kind of woman I wouldn't even bother to piss on if she was on fire. I loathe such people.

We agree on something!

[pErvinalia]

Shouldn't that be "Black (as Obama) Market Handicapped Guides to Cut Lines at Disney" - that would emphasise teh ebulz.

[pErvinalia]

I don't see the problem. Seems like fair game to me. What exactly is your contention? I mean except the snobbery of it.

Isn't the snobbery enough?

Actually, they are breaking the rules, since the black market guides are posing, dishonestly, as family members. It's supposed to be that if you have a handicapped kid, you can get to the front of the line and bring the rest of the family. It's not supposed to be that you just hire a cripple and go to the front of the line.

Your response sounds like "Hmmm... coito objects to this... I must find a way to not agree with coito..." LOL

No. I'm not just not agreeing for the laugh. Eveythng seems consensual. Even if it is dishonest.

Next you'll be saying it's not ok to use your cancer friend as an means to get talking to women

Maybe you are right. It's teh free market!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Shouldn't that be "Black (as Obama) Market Handicapped Guides to Cut Lines at Disney" - that would emphasise teh ebulz.

All Muslims are black after midnight.

[pErvinalia]

Here's what the rulez say.

Some attractions at Walt Disney World Resort have auxiliary entrances for Guests with disabilities. These are intended to offer Guests in wheelchairs or with trained service animals a more convenient entrance to the attraction. Auxiliary entrances are not intended to bypass waiting lines. Guests with disabilities and up to five members of their party may enter through these entrances. The rest of the party should use the main entrance.

Nothing about the party having to consist of family members.

I'm not sure if the article is correct instating that they explicitly stated the disabled persons were "family members" or if this is their spin.

[pErvinalia]

Shouldn't that be "Black (as Obama) Market Handicapped Guides to Cut Lines at Disney" - that would emphasise teh ebulz.

All Muslims are black after midnight.

This is a good thread.

[Hermit]

As a hypothetical, what would be the ethical position if Disneyland offered special tickets, with access to the head of any line, at a cost, say, 5 or 10 times the going rate?

That is exactly what Disneyland does. From the link CES posted: "Disney Tours offers a VIP guide and fast passes for $310 to $380 per hour." The "dicks" who are hiring handicapped guides are not breaking any rules at all - as Animavore has pointed out, and CES has failed to acknowledge. They are merely availing themselves to the exact same kind of service provided by Disneyland itself, but at a cheaper rate. It's one of those lovely things free enterprise offers.

[pErvinalia]

Of course they are breaking the rules, as I highlighted above. They are also dicks.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

As a handicapped person I think it's great that others are getting some employment. The market for dwarves in the great courts of the world has dried up.

[klr]

As a hypothetical, what would be the ethical position if Disneyland offered special tickets, with access to the head of any line, at a cost, say, 5 or 10 times the going rate?

That is exactly what Disneyland does. From the link CES posted: "Disney Tours offers a VIP guide and fast passes for $310 to $380 per hour." The "dicks" who are hiring handicapped guides are not breaking any rules at all - as Animavore has pointed out, and CES has failed to acknowledge. They are merely availing themselves to the exact same kind of service provided by Disneyland itself, but at a cheaper rate. It's one of those lovely things free enterprise offers.

There's a difference IMHO between premium/priority service* - where you just pay through the nose to get better/faster access - and manipulating a system that was designed for another purpose altogether**.

*As to what I think of this a practice ... that's another matter.

**Which in this case is to not discomfit handicapped people by having them wait in line for the same amount of time as everyone else. The fact that it's ultimately in Disney's own selfish interests to have a policy like this doesn't mean that it's OK for people to abuse it.

[Coito ergo sum]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manh ... Vc1zItXGDP

These folks should be smacked silly.

LOL --

Rich "moms" (I don't know why they are blaming the moms -- are the dads not in on it?) -- rich "parents" are apparently hiring a service which will assign a handicapped person as a tour guide for the family at Disney. Being handicapped, he or she can get up to 6 other persons to the front of the line immediately, cutting in front of the riff-raff.

One "mom" quoted in the article crowed about "her daughter" only have to wait a few minutes, while everyone else's kids had to wait in the full 2 hour long line.... That's the kind of woman I wouldn't even bother to piss on if she was on fire. I loathe such people.

We agree on something!

Wonders never cease!

One of the things I loathe about these people is the lessons they teach to their children. Priority - primacy - we are better than they, and we go first. We are the star bellied sneetches, and they do not have stars upon thars... I thought we all learned this lesson from Dr. Seuss...