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Mike
> Kirsten wrote:
> > I got the same impression on the rides that I actually rode myself.
> At my
> > first one I had an overly excited 50 miler yell at me "Get your
> horses butt
> > out of the way" - in a part of the trail where there was only room
> for one
> > horse at a time.
>
> Gasp.
>
> Am I naive, or is this just astonishingly rude?
>
> I'm sitting here wondering exactly what the correct response to such
> a yell would be:
>
> a) "Just *&%$ off" [no, that's just as rude, but probably appropriate]
>
> b) oops, my riding crop inadvertantly whacked your horse on
> the butt as you pushed past, causing him to react in a
> violent and excitable manner [no, that's not kind to the
> horse, who is probably already having a bad day]
>
> c) oops, my riding crop inadvertantly poked you in the eye/
> ear/insert other delicate area, as you pushed past [actually
> none of these will work - who'd be carrying a riding crop in
> an endurance ride?]
>
> d) Remember this episode later when you get back to camp and discover
> that the AERC have come up with a new rule, and riders are being
> disqualified for rudeness on the trail. [nah, the AERC would never
> go for it]
>
> e) Seek out the rider's SO/mother/crew and ask if that is the normal
> behaviour of the rider in question, and, if so, do they condone it?
>
> [I'm hoping that, put the right way, the SO/mother/crew will be
> so disgusted with the rider that they'll refuse to support/crew
> for them again][there's me being naive again...]
>
> Any ideas?
>
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