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Who was being unreasonable? Diagram included

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PonyPals · 27/07/2017 04:19

I hope the diagram provides help to decide who was being unreasonable.

DH and 1.5DS and myself are away on a holiday and have gone to a swimming pool this morning.

The swimming complex has a main pool and a toddler pool on the side which is separated by a concrete wall. The only way into the toddler pool is via steps on the side as the toddler pool has a glass wall on the ledge.
When we arrived there was a family already in the toddler pool (mum, dad and 2 DC) and the huge double pram was right in front of the steps into the pool. There was no other way to enter the toddler pool unless you were to go into the main pool and climb over the ledge... which is what my DH said we should do.
I thought it would be okay to ask politely if we can move the pram a bit back to open up some space for us to fit through (maybe 30 cm back).

I asked the people in the pool if I can move it for them so they didn't have to get out.
The man said... yes not problem but the woman said I have no right to touch her property. I said that it was fine but could she please move it a bit so we can use the pool. She just turned her back on me!
I admit... I saw red and moved her pram back.
There was a lot of muttering under her breath. I think both of the DHs looked uncomfortable and mine kept on saying we should have just entered the main pool and climbed over but with a toddler DS I didn't want to do that. Plus I wouldn't expect anyone to do that.
To me it was all rude and she was being very unreasonable but I could be wrong as I am still so so mad!

Who was being unreasonable? Diagram included
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DanHumphreyIsA · 27/07/2017 04:22

No YANBU, she sounds like a bellend, tbh.

mctat · 27/07/2017 04:22

Not sure the diagram actually helped me Wink But yes she sounds v unreasonable - unnecessarily rude & precious!

leafv · 27/07/2017 04:25

I would have pushed the pram in the pool, only joking Grin She was being a knob, who leaves their pram there in the first place!

ClaraLane · 27/07/2017 04:34

She was BVU and I'd have done the same thing as you!

salvage · 27/07/2017 04:42

Agreed, Bellend.

Friolero · 27/07/2017 04:50

She was being totally unreasonable. It sounds like she was trying to keep the toddler pool just for themselves by preventing anyone else from being able to get in. What a knob.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 27/07/2017 04:52

Yes, what Frilero said. Sounds like it was entirely deliberate so that her family got sole use of the toddler pool - selfish knob that she was!
Glad you just did it - serves her bloody well right.

SouthWindsWesterly · 27/07/2017 04:56

"You have no right to touch my property...."

Well you have no right to make entry into the toddler pool unsafe.

She sounds entitled. If she does the same tomorrow, let the management / life guard know.YANBU

SerfTerf · 27/07/2017 04:57

Poor man, married to that.

kadiy · 27/07/2017 05:03

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MoveOnTheCards · 27/07/2017 05:03

She was being pathetic and acted like a nobber. Forget her, ywnbu.

Mummyoflittledragon · 27/07/2017 05:07

The lifeguard needs to be aware she is putting other people's lives potentially at risk. I'd get the lifeguard to talk to her next time. Stupid woman.

FrancisCrawford · 27/07/2017 05:16

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troodiedoo · 27/07/2017 05:35

Is this a water park? Not your hotel pool? Hope you don't have to see her again. Well done on confronting her, more people should call out poor holiday behaviour.

I still beat myself up for keeping quiet over some towels on sun beds 6 years ago.

MrsJamesAspey · 27/07/2017 06:12

I'd have moved the prom without even asking, if people don't want their stuff touched then they shouldn't block pathways etc

Pengggwn · 27/07/2017 06:32

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TidyDancer · 27/07/2017 06:42

She clearly thought she'd blocked off the toddler pool for her own use and was pissed off you weren't playing ball. Yanbu.

flumpybear · 27/07/2017 06:46

What an idiot she is! Stupid roman, I'd have moved it too and told her I'm no uncertain terms this is a holiday resort we've slumped for so stop blocking access or you'll report her to the operators/hotel

Miserylovescompany2 · 27/07/2017 07:48

Wow! So she thought by blocking of the entrance entitled her to have an entire pool?

Then she had the brass neck to refuse to move the makeshift barricade - if that wasn't enough, she proceeds to throw a "huff" fit!

Well done you, OP, for not standing for her shite behaviour!

Bluntness100 · 27/07/2017 07:51

I'd also just have moved it back and got in. Easier to ask forgiveness than permission some times.

Agree she was probably blocking it so no one else could use the pool. What a twat.

Littledrummergirl · 27/07/2017 07:56

It wouldn't even have occurred to me to ask permission to move it. It was unattended and in the way, causing a safety hazard. I would have moved it aside to somewhere it wasnt an obstruction.
Exit routes should always be kept clear.

numbmum83 · 27/07/2017 08:07

Don't people normally leave prams in changing rooms ? Why would they need to take the pram right to the edge of the pool or am I missing the point .

FruitCider · 27/07/2017 08:10

I would have sneezed so hard the pram fell in Wink

seasonschooner · 27/07/2017 08:15

I would ask management to move pram as it's blocking access and a hazzard. YANBU I would take her head on. She probably thinks if she leaves it there people will give up after a while and she will have the pool to herself.

emmyrose2000 · 27/07/2017 08:15

I'd have moved the prom without even asking, if people don't want their stuff touched then they shouldn't block pathways etc

Same here. It wouldn't even have occurred to me to ask her to move it; I'd have just done it. If a hazzard's in the way then it simply gets moved, end of story.

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