We were at the football, it was half-time, DS1, DS2 and their friend were out of their seats, larking about a bit.
I was talking to friend's father and didn't see exactly what happened, but there was some pushing and DS1 bumped the man in the seat in front. Man shouted at him to be careful. DS1 said sorry and all the boys sat down and behaved themselves after that.
DS1 was visibly upset to have been told off (good). I felt he'd been told, that he'd apologised and that the poor behaviour had stopped, so I didn't take any further action. If you were the bumped man, would you have expected me to also say sorry to you and/or take action against the boys?
I did talk to them on the way home about how inconsiderate it is to spoil another's enjoyment by their behaviour and made it clear that we won't be going again if the behaviour's repeated, but at the time, I felt DS1 showed remorse (and it may not have been his fault if he was pushed) but didn't feel it was appropriate to take further action in public. What do you think?