Chasing away the ducks

[SillyDeer]

I went for a walk with toddler and pushchair. Grey rainy day so no one about.

We saw a duck and went to stop. Cyclist came along the tow path, I noticed my pram could have been in the way so went to move it but he said it was ok.

He cycled past and said "scaring away the ducks"

Was that aimed at us or him

I’ve no idea, does it matter ? Id’ve forgotten about it 5 minutes later …

Im failing to see what the problem is OP .

I’d say he meant he was scaring away the ducks. He might have meant it as a bit of an apology if your child wanted to see the ducks. Whatever it was, you are over thinking this, it was a throw away comment.

Do you expect everyone to be the same as you

Who knows?

you’re overthinking it

Thanks

So when I was with my friend her kid went to "high" the ducks. She told her not to and a man was angry and said twice don't hug the ducks
So I thought maybe he thought my kid was doing the same or maybe they shouldn't be near ducks?

Him. By cycling past, he's scaring the ducks.

Erm I think the best person to know who it was aimed at was probably the person there.

And that's not us

People don't have to think the same. But it would be useful to know what is supposed to be the issue with this uneventful interaction.

Who was he saying chasing the ducks away at? Seems a weird sentence. He didn't say "whoops sorry" or "I'm chasing them away"

Yep, this seems most likely to me.

This was my first thought too. Particularly as the rest of the interaction with the cyclist wasn't unpleasant by the sounds of things.

OP - Nothing wrong with saying "hi" to ducks but hugging them isn't recommended (I am assuming an auto correct fail there).

Does it matter?

I read this to maybe be a joking remark about toddlers/children and ducks. I take DD to feed the ducks or see the horses near us sometimes but will (jokingly) say something like “we went and disturbed the ducks/horses and then came home for lunch” to my DH. She’s obviously not really disturbing them, I wouldn’t allow that, but it’s a comment on her general tornado-ness.

Nothing about his actions or the entire interaction suggest it was anything negative or unfriendly. I wouldn’t think about it anymore.

Was he T-Rexing in Asda?

Does it matter to you?

Why would it matter to me? It’s not my thread. How odd.

😆

We werent next to the pram and following the duck..

On reflection he probably thought he chased away the duck, which he maybe he somewhat but it's just one of those things isn't it, a shared path. So maybe I'm focused to much on me doing something wrong

So you understand it's my thread, my feelings. That's good

Either:

A - he was apologising for unintentionally scaring the duck away from your dc who was looking at it, and didn't want to spoil things.

Or:

B - he was hoping you were not going to allow your dc to chase the duck. Some parents seem to think it's funny if their kids chase ducks and other birds.

Whichever scenario it was, neither of them are worth concerning yourself with.

My kid had that backpack with the reigns on it, so no way he could run away and he was near water. We were close to the duck but no reason the duck couldn't get in the water and paddle away?

I think he just meant he was scaring them. There a place I run that often have ducks all over the footpath I always try my best not to scare them away because it makes me feel bad. It sounds like it was just a passing comment

I am so sick of high ducks. Quack addicts.

gets coat

indeed.

so - does it matter?