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To have told this small child not to be rude?

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NotAnotherNoughtiesTune · 10/05/2018 09:16

Walking back from school run and a l3/4 year old (?) was behind me on their scooter. I was going to move aside but before I did the child said "get out of my way". At this point his mother was way ahead of him so I didn't say anything. He stopped to look at something with his Mum and a younger child. I went past again and he once again was behind me but his Mum was next to him. Again he said to get out of his way in an annoyed tone and as his Mum said nothing such as sorry about that or told him to ask politely I shouted after him not to be so rude. Was I wrong for doing that?

Naturally I'm prepared to get slated as it's AiBU.

I don't know the Mum or child in question. I just thought even with a young child that's pretty rude.

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KimchiLaLa · 10/05/2018 13:20

YANBU. The mum should have been embarrassed

EmpressOfSpartacus · 10/05/2018 13:26

Faced with that child I think I'd have slowed down & taken up as much space as I could. Assuming I wasn't wearing sandals anyway).

Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 10/05/2018 13:50

Bloody hell, Mother, they left her there? There's some serious scum out there walking around, sadly.

Motherofallbeasts · 10/05/2018 14:07

GM says once you get to over 80 and under 5 foot you are invisible to most.

NotAnotherNoughtiesTune · 10/05/2018 14:16

@ThisIsTheFirstStep sorry thought you were living in the UK now - apologies.

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morespaceneeded · 10/05/2018 14:17

Yabu to say something to a preschooler, primary aged child different imo. She is really really unreasonable not to have immediately chastised her child though. And she should have apologised to you.

NotAnotherNoughtiesTune · 10/05/2018 18:21

@morespaceneeded I know what you mean. Still at 3 (maybe 4?) I'd expect some basic manners. But maybe judging on my standards which isn't fair.

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