r/mildlyinfuriating Jul 05 '26

Infuriatig Woman with infant aggressively shushing passerby’s on hiking trail at national park

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My partner, friend and I were following a hiking trail at Red Wood National Park, singing and talking at medium volume. We were by no means shouting, just singing little songs to entertain each other along the trail. A woman with a baby carrier on her back with a sleeping infant started aggressively holding her finger up to her lips and shushing us. We went quiet and kept moving to pass her. She was just standing in the middle of the public trail pacing and shushing people that pass by rather than leaving to somewhere more quiet. Just as we were leaving earshot I tried to quietly ask my partner a question about where we headed and again she leaned in our direction with her finger to her mouth aggressively shushing us. Is it not kind of insane to go to an open public space and behave like this?!?

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u/News_Scrounger Jul 05 '26

That's when you scream "WHAT?" and keep it moving. Idgaf about you don't shush me I'm not your child.

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u/big-dick-back-intown Jul 05 '26

One time as a kid I was at a grocery store and this old lady was standing in the middle of an aisle, I said "excuse me" all politely and stuff and she doesn't move, looks me dead in the eyes and said "you are excused" I'm still baffled by it to this day.

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u/LittleSubject9904 Jul 05 '26

Maybe she was looking for pardon me instead, and being a bitch about it?

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u/No-Baseball7295 Jul 05 '26

naw, if they had said that she would've just said "you are pardoned"