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I got into an argument with some parents at a ski hill, they told the management, what do I do?

  • I was snowboarding yesterday, I was using the ski lift, halfway down there was a group of 10 kids around 6-8 that weren't in lessons and were unsupervised, they were sitting smack in the middle of the hill in a line going across the hill making it difficult to dodge them, I wiped out pretty bad trying to (so did a lot of other people)they couldn't ski so they had given up and decided to watch a jumping competition on the half pipe. I yelled at them to move a couple times and told them to either ski down or walk down. one cried and they told their parents (apparently they were cousins) their parents told me I was in the wrong and should just let kids be kids and that they should be allowed to sit there to see the competition. I left before it escalated. but I'll see them next week. the kids shouldn't have been up on the hill if they couldn't ski and were going to get badly hurt it cause someone to. the parents said they tell the people that run the place that I was bullying their kids. who was in the right and what do I say?

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    You were in the right. Best thing to have done was to tell someone in charge right away. But, if you are asked, just tell them what happened. The parents were not properly supervising their kids and it was a dangerous situation for everyone.

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As long as you were not too harsh or rude then yes, telling them to move aside was wise. Think if someone was to plow right into them how dangerous that could have been. Too much of a hazard for them to be right there.

Sunnydigits

what you typed explains your case pretty well.

Kasertie

You were in the right to tell off both the kids and their parents. If management questions you, tell them that the children couldn't ski and were in harm's way, and were bound to cause a severe injury either to themselves or someone else. My dad ran into a similar situation several years ago when he was skiing with my uncle. He and my uncle were racing down the hill (just tuck-and-go, no swerving) and my uncle stopped to warn my dad about a steep drop off but my dad didn't stop in time and went straight over the lip, and there was someone right on the other side of it just out of sight from oncoming skiers. Fortunately my dad was going fast enough that he went straight over the guy, but had my uncle gone over the lip there would have been a collision. Every ski hill has a set of rules to follow on each trail, and stopping on a slope where oncoming skiers can't see or easily maneuver around you is strictly prohibited.

dragona13

Should have spoken to management. Children shouldnt be sitting in an active ski area no matter how badly their parents allow them to behave. Yelling a six year olds is pretty sucky of you tho. You need to figure out how to deal with small children without acting like a jerk.

auxarcs

Their parents think that the children are worth more than others. That's why most kids are scumbags. You were definitely in the right. I would've run right into them and laughed.

thezanesterzz

I say you should've plowed over those little brats

zach_royer

These parents are morons, that's what you tell them if they approach you, explaining the situation & hazards involved. Really! How is this any different then letting your kids play in traffic? smh

ShayJay

You were absolutely right. Someone could have gotten extremely hurt, you or the kids. Though, you should've not have yelled at them and instead explained to them why what they did was wrong. Which one would you prefer: a kid crying because someone yelled at them or a kid crying because he broke a leg?

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