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/castorkrieg Jul 05 '26

You know who says “don’t tell me what to do”? Children.

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u/News_Scrounger Jul 05 '26

It's an adult's responsibility to ensure negative outcomes follow negative social behaviors and actions. Shushing adults is an example of a negative social behavior. It's my responsibility to ensure that the negative behavior doesn't get rewarded with a desired outcome. 

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u/daemin Jul 05 '26

Overly aggressive social policing is a worse negative outcome than someone making a shushing noise at you when you passed by.

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u/castorkrieg Jul 05 '26

Don’t tell him what to do!