33 minutes ago, CrashVector said:

 

No it was a genuine ask....

 

I wanted honest opinions though, not comments from people simply trying to be ********.

 

This site is becoming toxic.

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"Give me your opinions....Wait no, not those opinions...."

58 minutes ago, CrashVector said:

 

No it was a genuine ask....

 

I wanted honest opinions though, not comments from people simply trying to be ********.

 

This site is becoming toxic.

kind of odd when the "toxicity" usually involves a post where you are part of the conversation. we're all friends here, for the most part!

 

 

On 4/8/2022 at 5:05 PM, CrashVector said:

I was bank fishing a bit ago, caught 2 on swimbaits back to back...roughly 2lb each.

 

Right as I was about to make a third cast, a guy in a kayak is heading right for the spot I was casting into.  I waved at him, twice.  He didn't reply.  So finally I yelled at him "What are you doing?! I'm fishing right here."

 

He says he didn't see me and adds "You probably won't catch s**t anyway."

 

Anyhow, being as he just kayaked right through the spot I was fishing, I decided he ruined the spot, so I started walking up to my car.

 

He pulls in the kayak, and says I was rude.  I tell him I waved, but he didn't answer, so I yelled to make sure he heard me.  I tell him that I kayak fish quite a bit myself, and the difference between the two of us is that if I had done the same thing he did, my response would have been "Sorry man, I apologize.  I didn't see you."

 

I would understand if he didn't see me if I was standing in the woods or something, but this is a big lake, and I was standing out in the open by a sidewalk.

 

He tells me he's not going to apologize because he didn't do anything wrong and then calls me several names which prompted me to tell him in no uncertain terms that if he didn't pack up his kayak and leave my personal space that he was going to require medical assistance.  It ended with him getting in his truck and leaving.

 

So... I guess I'm just wondering, how would you guys have handled this situation, and was I the one who was wrong or not?

You talking legally or morally? Two very different answers, legally you were wrong as a three dollar bill, no court in the country would consider that you didn't instigate and escalate, that being said, morally? The guy was a ***** and probably deserved to get punched in the face a few times...as far as how I would handle it, can't really say, depends on how high my blood pressure got, whether or not I'd been drinking, and my overall mood, could be anything from completely ignoring him to ending up caring what's on the menu at the county lockup, and everything in between. 

We're done here.