My biggest gripe about rude people at public docks are the clueless folks that will tie their boats up in such a way that it takes up two slips.
I saw a fellow almost come to blows when a police officer and another party attempted to move his boat at the Weirs docks during Bike Week.
There must have been close to twenty boats waiting to pull in that day. Two boats that had been docked in tandem left at the same time. This fellow pulls in and ties up, taking up two slips even though his boat wasn't any bigger than the boats that had vacated the docks. When asked to either pull forward or back in order to free up another slip, his response was "Screw you! I'm here and I'm gonna stay here!" The aforementioned police officer saw this exchange and asked the boater to move. The officer got a somewhat less profane version of the first response. The officer asked again and got the same response. The fellow proceded to walk away when the officer asked one of the bystanders to help him move the boat. The owner came running back and almost made the mistake of grabbing the police officer. I think that's when he realized that he wasn't going to win this argument......or the officer explained the facts of prison life to him.
In any case, the rude jerk ended up moving his boat in order to make room for another boat. Still, he shouldn't have needed to be told what he did was inconsiderate of others.
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