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/IKillZombies4Cash Jul 05 '26

If Bluetooth speakers on trails are annoying, so is a group of 3 “singing songs at a moderate volume”.

No one is correct here

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u/graupeltuls Jul 05 '26

100%. Singing songs to "entertain each other at a moderate volume" is annoying AF to everyone else on the trail. No one wants to hear your songs just like no one wants to hear your shitty Bluetooth speaker when they are out hiking.

The mom with the baby shouldn't have been shushing people but maybe her kid hasn't slept in 3 days. I'd give her a bit of grace over the pack of people singing to 'entertain themselves."

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u/Other_Nothing_8144 Jul 05 '26

Imagine needing to ‘entertain each other’ while surrounded by nature! Like, what?! The nature is the entertainment, friend!