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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that the other mom was out of line.

I was at an amusement park last week and a mom and her daughter did something unsafe (which violated a clearly posted rule) that hurt my daughter and me.  I asked her to be careful, and she said that there was no way to avoid doing what she did.  I explained to her how to use the equipment.  (We're season ticket holders so I've been on this particular thing literally a hundred times.)  She kept arguing.  When we got off, I told the operator about the rule violation and asked the operator to please explain to the woman how to use the equipment because she had told me she did not know how to use the equipment.  The woman then chased after me across the park to yell at me for telling on her to the ride operator, telling me I needed to calm down and enjoy the park, and telling me I was a bad role model to my children for telling her how to use the equipment.  I told her to calm down and that I hoped my children learned the lesson that if you don't know how to use something, you should learn how to use it.  Her daughter looked totally embarrassed and kept staring at the ground during this whole conversation.

Some people are just crazy and unable to accept any responsibility for their actions.  It's a whole personality type.
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Again, you chose to lecture a STRANGER about their behavior in a public setting, then it's on you if that stranger gets pissed and yells at you.  You can't both get to enjoy the frission of correcting others in public, and avoid having them get mad at you in public.  If you don't want to get yelled at, just take care of yourself and don't try to teach other people lessons when that's not your place.  You tattled; you got called out on it.  [/quote]

I'm not the PP, but I kind of disagree, because the other mom did something unsafe "that hurt my daughter and me." That's why the mom said something - it hurt her and her kid. So, maybe I wouldn't have tattled, but I might have offered the correction - shown other mom how to use equipment to avoid me or my daughter getting hurt. [/quote]

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