Woman Walks Along Lazy River With Her Baby, Yells At Person For Hitting Them With Their Tube Repeatedly

"It’s like standing around on a ski slope complaining about all the skiers and snowboarders."

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• May 28, 2024

A chill ride down a waterpark's lazy river turned chaotic when a Redditor bumped into a woman holding a baby. The mom and her baby weren't on a tube — they were walking/jumping along the river surrounded by people floating on tubes.

OP was enjoying their time, allowing the river's currents to push them. There were certain parts of the lazy river where the water rushed faster, so OP, like many others, found it difficult to control where their tube was headed.

It was not deliberate when OP was pushed behind the woman holding a baby. OP tried their best to paddle away and avoid bumping into them repeatedly.

However, they were in a crowded part of the lazy river and the current was so strong that paddling proved ineffective. OP bumped into the woman holding the baby several times.

The woman turned and yelled at OP that they were bumping into her while she was holding a baby. OP did not expect to be yelled at in the middle of a lazy river and was stunned.

OP apologized and said they couldn't control their tube. They clawed onto the concrete sides of the river to prevent their tube from hitting the woman again but were unsuccessful.

OP said they couldn't forget about the interaction. It has been plaguing their conscience.

OP felt they could have done more to stop their tube from bumping into the woman instead of arguing back.

OP also clarified that no one dissuaded the woman from going into the river with her baby without a tube. The lifeguards watched them the whole time.

OP wanted to know if they were the a**hole for being defensive instead of finding a solution to prevent their tube from bumping into the woman.

OP was not the a**hole according to most of the comments. They went into the lazy river and used it as intended. The woman with her baby did not.

As hard as she tried, she couldn't blame other people for her faulty decision-making.

If she didn't want tubes to surround her and her baby, she shouldn't have gone into the lazy river.

Most of all, she was an a**hole for getting upset and ruining the vibe that people go into the lazy river for.

Her worst offense was endangering her baby and blaming other people for it.

She didn't think through the hazards of walking along a lazy river, tubeless, with a baby. Other people would have bumped into her.

Bumping into other people on tubes is a part of the design of a lazy river. People don't make an issue about it because they know what they're getting into.

OP shouldn't lose sleep over a wreckless person's actions. It isn't OP's fault that the lady went into a lazy river with her baby.

That woman should thank whoever is looking out for her that the most she could complain about was a random person bumping into her on a lazy river. She and her baby were in a lot more danger than she anticipated.

The lifeguards would have had difficulty getting to them if they had gone underwater amid all those tubes. OP was right to apologize, but they aren't at fault for not controlling where the lazy river's current took their tube.

Chelsi