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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are two totally different incidents being discussed, OP and another poster who lectured a mom at an amusement park.[/quote]

Yes, I'm the PP that had the amusement park thing, but I really didn't lecture her.  There are signs all over that say "Don't X."  She did X and it hurt me and my daughter.  I looked at her and said "No X allowed!"  She said "It's not my fault" and started insisting that the equipment just does X.  I said "That's because you didn't Y.  In order to not do X, you need to Y."  (The ride operators should really explain this, but they don't.) She kept yelling at me that it was not her fault, and was the fault of the equipment.  Her husband actually apologized, and I said "It's okay -- just be sure to do Y so that you don't do X."  I'm not sure she heard that because she was still yelling at me.  When we got off the ride, I told the teen operator that the person behind me did X and could she please show her how to use the equipment to avoid doing X.  We had just ridden that ride several times, and I was concerned that if my daughter wanted to ride it again, we'd end up with the same situation.  (Also, I didn't want someone else to get hurt.  I don't generally want to mind my own business if it means that a child is going to get hurt.)  My child wanted to do something else, so we walked to another ride.  That woman came running across the park to the other ride, dragging her poor 8-year old along, to yell at me to chill out and just enjoy the park, and why was I trying to get her in trouble.   The husband was trying to look like he didn't know her, and the kid was just staring at the ground.  I explained that what she did hurt, and that I wasn't trying to get her into trouble, but just wanted the ride operator to explain how to operate the equipment so she wouldn't hurt anyone else.  But she kept yelling at me that I needed to chill out and just have a good time.  (As if following the rules and respecting people around you is inconsistent with having a good time.)

I'm a lawyer and I occasionally run into this personality type...people who just cannot ever admit that they made a mistake and whose M.O. is to attack rather than just say a simple "Sorry about that!"  These are the same people that bring ridiculous lawsuits (like the burglar that tried to sue the people he was burgling, because he fell through their skylight and broke his leg).  Or the people that are four months behind on their rent payments but want to sue their landlord because he didn't fix a broken cabinet door.  It's probably some kind of recognized personality disorder, but I don't know what it is.  Some people are just going to yell at you if they are in the wrong.  That's life.[/quote]

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