I was in a shopping mall with my mom, we were waiting for my brother to finish his haircut. We had like an hour of time. There was a playground in the mall, so we went there.
In the playground there was a thing where you could play tic tac toe, like those blocks that you can turn around. I asked if my mom wanted to play tic tac toe with me.
We were minding our business, playing tic tac toe, and suddenly kids came up and started playing with the tic tac toe thing, just hitting it, twisting it, etc. I started to get annoyed so I told them to stop.
The mom of one of the kids came up and started yelling at us in French. She told us that they are just children and we didn’t want to start a fight, so we walked away.
The kids were like 2 and 4, they dont know how to play tic tac toe. But the children were just running around, all they wanted to do was just hit things. Meanwhile, me and my mom were literally playing the game as we wanted.
Yes, I know we are adult-ish and we dont belong in a playground, and the kids were just playing, I understand that. But I feel like this should be an opportunity for the mom to tell their child to wait their turn and say something like: "Hey look, those people are playing a game, maybe you could wait until they are done". I feel like the mom should teach their kids respect.
So, am I the asshole for telling them to stop?
Yes, you are probably old enough to deal with two small children messing with a tic tac toe thing at a public place, not to mention it is not only yours. If you wanted them to stop you could’ve done it different.
So you were adults in a playground for kids and annoyed that kids wanted to play in a space designed for them?
Yeah. The NERVE of those kids!
YTA, you say you and your mom are adult-ish? What even does that mean? You are an adult or you are a child, either way, for arguments sake, let’s say you are adults, then act like it and make way for the little kids to play.
“adult-ish” chile, YTA. get off the damn playground and let them children play lmao
YTA
>they dont know how to play tic tac toe.
Who cares! It’s there for children to play with! If they want to play just by spinning the things and hitting them, then *that is what it’s there for.*
I can almost guarantee there was a sign that said “this play area is for children ages ____ and under” and I can almost guarantee you didn’t fit in that age description.
I don’t know what kind of happy horseshit all these people are saying, but fuck! NTA. Like you’re in the middle of a game and the children were messing with it?
I had no idea you can’t be in a friggin mall playground to play a game of tic tac toe? Like give me a break. Finish your game, you should be respected enough to finish your game! Children do not own a mall playground.
YTA of course. If you don’t understand it already, just read the sign next time indicated the age range the playground is for. Let the kids play in a playground. Adult-ish, right.
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How old are you?
Was there a maximum age for the playground?
How did you speak to the child?
When you said wait your turn did you mean until we finish this round or more like until we don’t feel like playing anymore?
When the children were running around hitting things, was it just in the way of small children fooling around or actually trying to destroy stuff?
I agree that parents should teach their kids respect and to wait their turn. But I also think adults shouldn’t invade spaces for children and then get mad when children act like children in those spaces. So, YTA.
Obviously, YTA.
You do realise those play areas are reserved for children, right? I bet if mall security saw you there, using the play equipment with no children of your own, they would have asked you to leave. As soon as any children arrived, you and your mom should have promptly left the area.
No, no, I’m with you. Just the other day at a restaurant I took the last paper and box of crayons that were left out for kids so that I could colour while waiting for my food. Imagine the outrage I felt when a mum came up with her child and asked if they could have it! The nerve! That kid probably didn’t even know how to colour within the lines – something I, an adult, is an expert at!
/s, if it wasn’t obvious. YTA.