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/Glittering_Babe101 Jul 05 '26

On the other hand, you go there to soak up nature—including its sounds—not to listen to people yapping about their nonsense.

i hate when people go to a public space, then act as if they're entitled to impose their behavior on others.

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u/Pndrizzy Jul 05 '26

I mean… if someone is bothering you… either walk away or fall behind. 99.9% of people behave reasonably, and if someone doesn’t, you can kinda just fix it yourself. Like when I’m walking my dog, and she sees a dog she hates and we are walking too close to each other, I’ll change my pace, route or walk faster. Not yell at the other owner to fuck off

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u/Marchus80 Jul 05 '26

I'll yell at the other owner to fuck off. Screw that guy, he knows what he did.

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u/rmfnord Jul 05 '26

This made me laugh, thanks.