To tell off a kid for being rude?

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Context- I was walking with a buggy on a shared path, wide enough for pedestrians and cyclists but I was passing a bunch of people chatting, blocking most of the path with dogs, so only space for one to pass on my side. Behind me I was aware of insistent bike bell ringing. I stayed on the path. People with dogs didn’t move. I appreciated that was annoying, but I carried on my way. Cue more bell ringing which I ignored. Then once I’d passed the group with dogs, the kid on the bike overtook me, looked back at me with attitude and said “oh my gosh”. I was shocked to think he was actually expecting me to hop out of the way (with buggy!). I called out to him that I had a perfect right to use the path and not to be so rude. The rest of the family passed on their bikes afterwards, looking to see what I was calling out about but not reacting.
I feel bad about telling off someone else’s kid (maybe 11-12?) but surely they should be taught to be considerate of others on the path?! I always stay to the left and expect people to overtake on the right, it wasn’t my fault there wasn’t enough space.

Maybe not rude, but definitely insane not to at least look behind you to see what the insistent bell ringing was about. In your determination to be right you could have been putting yourself in harms way.

It's not clear to me why you think the boy was rude to you.

The large group blocking most of the path were the rude ones - his "oh my gosh" could as easily be construed as solidarity with you for the annoyance of having to get round them.

It's a shame that they didn't get out of the way in response to his bell ringing - not sure why you think this was aimed specifically at you.

He paused to look round at me, right in the eyes, with a sneer on his face. Definitely aimed at me. I ignored the ringing because I thought it was aimed at the large sprawled out group of people with dogs!

When you have a bike riding 11 year old you might think differently, how ever many times they've been told they do t always act as you might wish.

What do you think the oh my gosh meant?

Yeah I would have said something. Don’t love children ringing a bike behind me, stop and wait to pass, you don’t have a right to go barging past.

Both parties were rude in that situation. I hate it when you’re a lone walker but you’re somehow meant to move over to accommodate selfish dog owners who want their dog and lead to take up the whole path. And yes the kid on the bike deserved an earful. Kids need that more these days as parents don’t want to teach the little darlings consideration for others any more. He’d have got a bollocking from me too impatiently ringing his sodding bell - entitled little git.

Maybe you shouldn't have blocked their path walking slowly?

Eh? I don't think she did 'block their path'. She was walking some people who were blocking the path and she carried in walking. Last time I looked, bikes don't have right of way over pedestrians on paths. Bike boy should have slowed down and passed when he could do so.

*walking passed

Presumably you'd already told off the people blocking everyone's way?
Or do you only tell kids off?
That's 'ard.

Bell ringing cyclists are very tiresome

They’d left space for people to get past, albeit in single file, so no, I personally had no issue with them.

Presumably you'd already told off the people blocking everyone's way?
Or do you only tell kids off?
That's 'ard.

The child rang his bell repeatedly at her then looked at her and said oh my gosh. The group of people didn’t do that.

I refuse to believe an 11-12 year old boy said "oh my gosh".

I think all of you could have done with being more aware of your surroundings- even a ‘sorry’ to the group with the dogs to let them know to move

I was just about to post this.