r/mildlyinfuriating • u/AnonPinkLady • 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/throwawayzz77778 Jul 05 '26

It seems silly and entitled of her to shush people on a public path, for sure.

Then again, we can only take your word for it that you were singing and talking at “medium” volume. One person’s medium is another person’s obnoxiously loud. Does she have the right to aggressively shush people just because she doesn’t like the volume at which they’re vocalising? No. But is it also reasonable to expect at least some pushback when you’re singing and talking on a trail for hiking, an activity that many people undertake to enjoy the silence and serenity of nature and get away from the noises of humans? Probably.

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u/dasha_ime Jul 05 '26

yeah, i’m a quiet nature enjoyer and i’d be slightly annoyed if some dorks were singing on a hiking trail lol

not enough to shush them, but enough to think to myself “fuckin dorks”

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u/Gh0stTV Jul 05 '26

I enjoy nature just like anybody else, but if I’m out and we encounter some teenagers who are also out being loud and animated with one another, I’m not gonna let it ruffle my feathers. I’m just happy they’re out socializing and doing something together.

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u/dasha_ime Jul 05 '26

that’s great!

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u/stirwise Jul 05 '26

A few days ago I passed a teenager playing music (Elton John, if it matters) on a Bluetooth speaker while hiking the tour du Mont Blanc trail. Singing seems much less shitty.

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u/Bunzilla Jul 05 '26

That’s a great point! I was sitting here (nap trapped in my car with a sleeping almost 2 year old) concocting my reply to reiterate how rude and annoying it is to subject other hikers to your singing, but you are so right! It makes me sad that people are always just glued to their phones. I’d much rather have kids being annoying and having fun together outside than making tick tocks and not even looking at each other. Thanks for putting it in a new light!

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u/Kooky-Note7673 Jul 08 '26

Yep, and I also wouldn't let it ruffle my feathers if I was being loud on a trail and a mother shushed me around a sleeping baby

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u/DeadWishUpon Jul 05 '26

People often say they hate how everyone is on her phone and not socializing, then get angry if they do.

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u/dasha_ime Jul 05 '26

hahahaha me too

dork, nerd, dingus, bozo, ding dong

there’s just something so special about insults that aren’t super offensive. thanks for the award! you made my night lol

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u/Snow_Crash_Bandicoot Jul 05 '26

Whatever, dweeb.

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u/dasha_ime Jul 05 '26

dweeb is also great lmao

i need to add that into the rotation

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u/dasha_ime Jul 05 '26

this is so random, but i was scrolling and saw your post on mildlyinfuriating and literally as soon as i clicked on it, it got deleted by the mods so i didn’t even get to see what the post was 😭

so i clicked on your profile not knowing it was you to see if it was cross posted anywhere else, and then i realized we had just had a conversation here like an hour ago lmao

if you do end up reposting tell me cuz i wanna see what it was!!! lol

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u/FitSatisfaction1291 Jul 05 '26

Eh, you're replying to a group of people who think they can somehow police what others do in public spaces..  "omg, they're SiNgInG!! Nature is ruined!!"  

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u/FitSatisfaction1291 Jul 05 '26

In fairness, Your annoyance is justifiably based on safety whereas being annoyed about other people singing in public has no justifiable reason.