Loud, entitled families at the beach

[Tuxedomaddness]

Aibu to think they are so self absorbed. 5 windbreakers, take over so much space and then play loud ball games,screaching. Performative parenting at it's worst. Just so feckin rude. No wonder their kids are spoilt brats.

Margate or Broadstairs? 😆

I live a 15 minute walk from a 3 mile long sandy beach. It's busy here today but there is so much space I don't need to be near anyone if I don't want to.

Haven't you encountered those people when there is tonnes of space but they have to set up near you?

I really don’t think you can expect families not to play ball games on the beach and for kids not to be noisy. And I also don’t really see why windbreaks etc are a problem.

I don’t have any kids and I like peace and quiet but on a hot day at the beach I would absolutely expect families to be enjoying themselves, playing games, kids running around playing and squealing etc.

For empty beaches try Colonsay, Oransay. Jura, etc., - takes a while (and ferries) to get there though, so not really a day out at the beach

I thought you were going to say they were blasting music. All of this sounds fine to me- normal beach fun sounds. The windbreakers are only antisocial if they are put down in front of others blocking their view of the sea- I don't mind them at the back of the beach near the walls.

@Pootles34. Perfectly quiet here, I can see a couple of paddling dogs and a lady with a baby plus a fisherman sat on the fishing pier (presumably dogs are his). Will get busier after 4 no doubt as it’s popular to BBQ on this beach. The advantage of a stony beach!!!

Open spaces for families and children to enjoy.
Yabvu

I'd imagine their neighbours are having a lovely day at home without them.

Our NDN's have been out in their garden since 8 am with a whinging baby and screeching toddler. They're also masters of performative parenting. Hence I'm sat in the living room with the curtains drawn/windows shut and a fan on instead of sitting outside on the lovely shaded patio on the expensive garden furniture I just treated us to. I swear to god that people just have no idea how far their noise carries......

There’s a very good beach cafe near us. A couple of years ago we were having lunch at one of the outdoor tables. The beach was very busy and every table was taken. A party of 5 or 6 people on a small speedboat came careering into shore, parked the boat right on the shingle beach, and barged right to the front of the beach cafe queue. They were asked to go to the back, to which they loudly claimed that they hadn’t seen the (very obvious) queue. Having ordered their food, they tried to get an elderly couple sitting at a large table to leave (not share the table with them, just leave) because that was the only table that would fit their whole group and every other table was busy. The elderly couple gave them a very firm no. I’m sure I wasn’t the only person who was quietly amused. They ended up getting back on the boat to eat their food! Proper entitlement.

I get it but hey they are entitled to use the beach as much as the next person

Not to mention those who bury their picnic rubbish in the sand instead of taking it home and binning it.

Yeah, there’s a difference between enjoying the open spaces as a family and subjecting those around you trying to do the same, to the type of behaviour that makes your neighbours glad you’re gone for the day.

That's so lazy and disgusting.

See also idiots who burn pallets on the beach and leave the rest of us to pick all the nails out of the sand / pebbles the next day.

On holiday last year I actually saw a family pack up and leave after using disposable barbecues. They buried them in the sand and walked away while they were still smoking. My DH tried to call them out but was predictably met with a face full of abuse.

I find now is the best time for a couple of hours on a beach.

Those are the families who will be there all. So they mark out a space, including a changing area and take games and either take food or buy plenty of food from the cafe. Maybe even a little sun tent.

The only way I find those types annoying is if they start playing music or pitch up right in front of me.

They don’t. I came from a noisy family. I only realised it as an adult. My parents did not realise they got through so many neighbours.

Beaches are notoriously small, enclosed spaces reserved for a select few to enjoy in silence, so I can see why you're upset.

God forbid children have fun with their family on a public beach. At least their faces aren't buried in phones, which people would also complain about.

Just FYI a busy beach is a terrible place to decide to have a ball game. If there are people sat nearby then it's not the place to be kicking a ball or throwing a frisbee around. I don't understand how people don't realise that? Not every beach is 3 miles long.

We left the beach last time we were there because three kids were kicking a ball to each other right where we were sat and the parents didn't give a shit as long as it wasn't going to hit them (no worries there as they were also surrounded by a multitude of windbreaks protecting them from poorly aimed balls).

Kids having fun is great, kids kicking balls right next to you while screeching or screaming over and over and over is not. But as long as they're not bothering the parents then they couldn't care less it seems.

Ugh ball games, unnecessary noise and dogs - I would ban them all off beaches. YANBU.

Happy bastards. Having fun eh?!!

There’s surely a difference between normal, happy kids playing and making reasonable volume kids noise, and OTT noise.I was on a beach recently and there was a tiny minority of families with kids screaming, shouting, screeching to my mind excessively. I know we’re all different but even on a beach I found it really rude and annoying. Loved watching and hearing the quieter kids play though and normal happy noise made for a lovely, varied, atmosphere.