Pushy neighbor
We camped in Sterling State Park, MI, last week. Upon arrival, we barely came to a stop in our pull through site and got out when I noticed a young boy pull up on his bike in the grass between our sit...
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richvkansas wrote:
What is going on here? The OP pulls in to set up, a kid arrives and annoys him for a few (?) minutes while he is setting up and then leaves. The kid has no further contact with the OP during his stay. OP is upset enough to post his rant and point to the kid as being a problem. Then we get a poster who admits no expertise, training or experience who guesses the kid has Asperger syndrome and away we go sliding into lack of parental supervision, etc.
How long was the kid there? As I read it, he was gone before the OP finished setting up so a guess of less than 20 minutes might be in order and during that time he "pestered" the OP's son about bike riding a fishing. Then he was gone with no further contact during the OP's stay.
There are two problems with this thread. The first is the OP complaining about a kid--like saying "can I help" without saying "HI" and other things that just irritated him. The second is only popupcamping and garyhaupt seemed to recognize the "problem" is the OP not the kid. The rest of the posts, I just marvel.
And I'm sure your reading into this exactly what "you" want. Since when has camping become a social program designed to educate / entertain or babysit other people's kids?
Asperger or not, the child should have been supervised or had been taught to not to speak with strangers. If it were me the child would have been there 19 minutes too many.
So what would you say if the the kid got hurt by being in the way. We all know who would be getting sued. The OP has a ligitimate concern.
