Random man moved my beach bag and towel from my sun lounger and chucked them on another one behind

[Winter3000]

I'm on holidays.
I arrived at the little beach early for a swim.
There are free sun loungers there for everyone to use, plenty were free.

I put my bag and towel (scrunched up)on a free sun lounger at the front, closest to the water, lay there for a bit and then went for a swim. The water is very close by.
While I was in the water, I saw a young woman, a middle aged woman and a middle aged man arrive by my sun lounger.
The 2 women lay down on two empty sun loungers next to mine.
The man hovered around for a bit, he was standing there beside my sun lounger, looked around and then chucked my bag and towel on to a different sun lounger behind mine. He made to put his stuff on my sun lounger.
I saw it all.
I got out of the water went up to him and gave him a piece of my mind. Loudly. People started looking. He denied it but I told him I was watching him.
He looked embarrassed.
The younger woman said something, don't know what but it wasn't 'sorry', and I told her not to make excuses for him.
They all looked mortified.
A girl on her own nearby looked over approvingly.

Indeed some people on MN are really not keen on women standing up for themselves or setting boundaries.

Your tail does not need to lie on a sunbed just put your bag on the patio bit

You take your towel with you into the pool do you?

I find it best to leave the towel laid out nicely with some big pegs, a bag, book etc, the more stuff the better.

No, as I just said I wouldn’t put it on a bed though

Your towel can READ?

Its tricky with Sun loungers because so many people reserve them by throwing a towel on and then piss off for several hours blocking anybody else from using them, in that scenario it’s reasonable for someone else who is actually there and wanting to use it o move their stuff. However, obviously leaving your things on a sun lounger whilst you swim isn’t unreasonable and your stuff shouldn’t be moved in that scenario. If someone has a bag on their lounger it should be clear that they haven’t just thrown on a towel and disappeared so can’t really see an excuse for moving that.

Why can’t you put it on a sunbed? It’s not different to someone putting their coat or bag on a table while they queue in a coffee shop.

Your tail does not need to lie on a sunbed just put your bag on the patio bit

Where do you put your tail? And why move your bag onto the floor when you go for a swim?

The towel can swim

I was in a coffee shop yesterday & left my coat on the chair when I went for another drink. Should I have placed it on the floor?

The towel can swim

No not yet, it’s still taking lessons.

@EchoFallz so where do you put your towel?

Anyone who loudly gets in the face of a stranger who's with two other people is just foolhardy.

He was wrong but there is no need to shout in someone's face.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Being a strong woman, standing up for yourself etc doesn't mean being aggressive.

Probably with his wife and child. Not nice to do that in front of them even if he was wrong.

He was cheeky, didn't become aggressive to you, didn't throw your stuff on the floor. .....

You could have achieved the same goal in a polite manner.

Why didn’t you just say to him politely can I have my sun lounger back, he clearly thought it was someone who had hogged it and fucked off.

why the immediate go in with aggression ? I certainly wouldn’t have looked at you approvingly. I’d have thought you’d no social skills and lost your marbles.

And then drip around trying to find a lounger to dry off after your swim? What an unpleasant idea.

Anyone who thinks it's ok to chuck a stranger's belongings about is weird. If my DH leaves his stuff on a lounger while he swims, it'd better stay exactly where he left it as without his glasses he wouldn't be able to find it again in a random location.

I know. It’s like some posters just revel on being oppositional to what ever the OP has done.

why the immediate go in with aggression ? I certainly wouldn’t have looked at you approvingly. I’d have thought you’d no social skills and lost your marbles.

Are you in the habit of moving peoples bags? I think that's a really odd thing to do.

Well done OP... why didn't they take the beds behind or any other free beds go that matter. Bl cheek

Why didn’t you just say to him politely can I have my sun lounger back, he clearly thought it was someone who had hogged it and fucked off.

Why would someone leave their bag and fuck off?

Probably with his wife and child. Not nice to do that in front of them even if he was wrong.

Why not?

If I was not lying down on a bed, I would not put my stuff on the bed, I would put it on a table or a patio or somewhere

No it's not