A recent event at Disneyland Resort has raised eyebrows and sparked discussions among guests and onlookers. During a visit to Pym’s Test Kitchen in Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure Park, a father reacted disproportionately when his young daughter accidentally spilled her drink shortly after their arrival. A witness found the angry parent’s response extreme–he left his children without a meal, leading to emotional distress for the kids involved.
The incident unfolded shortly after the family sat down to eat breakfast at the Disney Park restaurant. A young girl, estimated to be around two years old, spilled her cup of orange juice almost immediately after sitting down.
Instead of addressing the situation calmly, the father shouted at her for ruining the $40 meal. Rather than cleaning up the mess and continuing with their meal, he abandoned the food, taking both children with him in a fit of anger, leaving them without the opportunity to eat.
Redditor u/aud5748 witnessed the incident and shared their experience:
“I was at Pym’s Test Kitchen one morning and there was a dad there with maybe a 4 year old boy and a 2 year old girl. He brought the food over and almost immediately the little girl accidentally knocked her cup of orange juice over. The dad started screaming at her for ruining a $40 dollar meal, grabbed both of them, and abandoned the food because he had enough. It was definitely a core memory for the little boy.”
The Disney Park guest was disgusted by the father’s behavior and sympathized with the two young children.
“All I could think about in the moment was how embarrassing it was to watch this grown man have a temper tantrum in public,” they wrote.
Have you witnessed questionable parenting at Disneyland Resort or Walt Disney World Resort? Let Disney Fanatic know in the comments.
The other kid did not spill anything. The 2 year old is much more prone to spill things WITHOUT MEANING TO! This is where the dad way overreacted like it was on purpose or because it was too expensive. I don’t know if the juice spilled on the meal and true if it did it would be orange flavored whatever and might have taken a bit out of the experience but he wasted more money on not eating it especially if the juice didn’t get in the meal and if it didn’t I don’t know maybe the juice itself was 10 bucks I’ve never been but definitely the kids are kids and that young especially it was too much
Maybe he was a stepparent or had taken the kids without permission at my age almost 60 I would have intervened and figured out what was going on or alerted security for the children’s welfare. I think Grandparents are a critical role in this society because 20 and 30 something year Olds are not the mature age like we were getting married working 2 jobs. They are on their video games instead of parenting.
Yeah, see this occasionally at Disneyland. My daughter who is in the CP at WDW sees it all the time unfortunately and has had to cheer up kids with overly frustrated parents ducking in from a thunderstorm there and have had it. She’s
now unfortunately gotten in trouble and probably about to be termed for just being slightly on the spectrum prone to panic attacks like losing her phone in one of the hurricanes where she was written up for that, and now suspended for joking around about how stress things were backstage where some newbie took it overly seriously and pretty much has her fired at this point. So disgusted with Disney at this point for being a parent that actually went through the Disney management program years ago and worked with them and management for years and years. Not the Disney I worked for, but not this issue. Just parents that should not be taking their kids if they can’t handle it going to Disneyland, or just abusive in general. Seen it constantly in my lifetime there.
Becca prob never worked a day in her life lol
I would love to know what he did after leaving the restaurant. Dd anyone follow them to make sure he didn’t beat that baby?
My dad was a very violent person. One time (before I was born), he took the family to a theme park and waited till he got to the ticket booth to tell my brother to lie about his age to get the child ticket price. He knew my brother hated lying, so when my brother said he couldn’t do that, my dad used that moment to scream at him and storm away. Took my mom years to learn that it was all staged so that my dad could take off and have an affair. Later in the day he rejoined the family, acting like nothing ever happened. He was completely a narcissist and had very evil intentions. Over the years, he calmed down a lot. By the time I came along, his outbursts were fewer and further between. One time we went to Walmart and filled up a buggy with groceries. After the cashier scanned most of it, she got to some plums and rang them just a few cents too much (according to my dad). He threw a fit and stormed out, leaving the entire buggy of groceries to be put back. I was in junior high. I reassured the lady she was ok and it wasn’t her fault. He’s just like that. Then I ran to catch up with him. He died when I was a freshman in high school. My mom later found a letter from the BBB and Walmart, apologizing to my dad about the incident. 🙄🤦🏼♀️😂 We laugh about it because he was so ridiculous. But I do feel bad for that cashier if she got in trouble. He really was just looking to pick a fight with somebody. She did nothing wrong. He was like that in many places. And yes, he took us to WDW multiple times over the years. He did a lot of things to make himself look like a good dad. And in some ways he was. But for the times he wasn’t, he was the worst of the worst. I’ve seen many parents over the years overreact and get angry over nothing. But only once, when I was working in a mall, did I see a family where the dad’s voice gave me the kind of chills I used to get when my dad was angry. I truly feared for that family. Most parents just are frustrated and learning how to be parents. My mom had me later in life. She tells me about a lot of the cringe worthy things she did to and with my siblings when they were young, before she realized how she should have handled things. My siblings are often jealous because she doesn’t treat me as harshly as she treated them. But she’s learned and knows better now. That’s why I am willing to let a lot of stuff like this story go, hoping the parent just needs to learn to chill and eventually will. But if I was there and could hear the guy’s voice, I would probably have a better idea whether or not to be seriously concerned for the kids’ safety. You can usually hear it in the voice. There’s a difference between a parent who just is overwhelmed and a parent who is pure evil and some times one is overwhelmed because they’re married to an evil one and don’t know what to do. That’s the kind of reaction my mom would have had out of fear of my dad seeing the mess and knowing he would have made someone “pay” for it later on. She would have been more afraid for her children than worried about the money wasted. But it would have looked just like that. And people would have judged HER like she was the bad parent. 🤦🏼♀️
Well, he’s sure a barrel of fun. Did he ever think that giving a 2 year old a cup of juice without a lid (at a theme park where she was bound to be excited) was a bad idea? And yeah, this will be a core memory for both the kids. That jerk was probably in a bad mood all day, ruining what should have been a fun time.
Some people should not be allowed to procreate.
What a miser Rotten father to a two year led baby. That’s a bully. I’m sorry to say this but I have experienced such a person, and if I had been brave enough I would have smacked him right where it hurts. Lady’s please stand up to your miserable excuse of a father before it’s too late.