so, i'm at Dorney Park, an amusement park in Pennsylvannia and my son (10 yrs old) and i are in line for one of the major roller coasters. it's one of those that the feet hang off. great ride btw. we got thru the line pretty quickly, it only took us about 25 minutes to get on the ride.
anyway, about 10 minutes into the line a group of kids cuts, i mean really cuts in the line, they just walk by everyone pushing shoving sliding and they pass like 200 ppl. then about 5 minutes later another group does this trying to join the group that had just passed by everyone. this happens with like 4 groups. one of the older guys about 20 ppl in front of me points this out to one of the park employees, the employee kind of tries to say something to the kids that are cutting but they just ignore him and they go on up to the front. by then the kids that had cut are about half way up the steps to the ride. they start calling more of their friends to come join them. one group decides to join them, they are passing a bunch of people, finally this same older guy that said something earlier say, NOPE, you aren't going past me. they start ribbing him and stuff and trying to laugh off what he says. but he won't budge. then behind me a bunch of older people start clapping and cheering because this guy stood up to these young punks.
anyway, so, what would you guys have done?
also, does this story strike anyone as agist? what if i had used black instead of young and white instead of older, would that then have made the story racist?
btw, the story above did indeed happen but it was black people trying to cut, a white guy standing up to them and a bunch of white people cheering.
this story made me think, the story as told with young people vs old people doesn't bother anyone, no one thinks, oh he is just generalizing etc etc. and yet, when this story is told black vs white, all of a sudden it's a completely different standard. . . why the doulbe standard?
anyway, about 10 minutes into the line a group of kids cuts, i mean really cuts in the line, they just walk by everyone pushing shoving sliding and they pass like 200 ppl. then about 5 minutes later another group does this trying to join the group that had just passed by everyone. this happens with like 4 groups. one of the older guys about 20 ppl in front of me points this out to one of the park employees, the employee kind of tries to say something to the kids that are cutting but they just ignore him and they go on up to the front. by then the kids that had cut are about half way up the steps to the ride. they start calling more of their friends to come join them. one group decides to join them, they are passing a bunch of people, finally this same older guy that said something earlier say, NOPE, you aren't going past me. they start ribbing him and stuff and trying to laugh off what he says. but he won't budge. then behind me a bunch of older people start clapping and cheering because this guy stood up to these young punks.
anyway, so, what would you guys have done?
also, does this story strike anyone as agist? what if i had used black instead of young and white instead of older, would that then have made the story racist?
btw, the story above did indeed happen but it was black people trying to cut, a white guy standing up to them and a bunch of white people cheering.
this story made me think, the story as told with young people vs old people doesn't bother anyone, no one thinks, oh he is just generalizing etc etc. and yet, when this story is told black vs white, all of a sudden it's a completely different standard. . . why the doulbe standard?
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