I had no intention of getting "angry" with said idiot - merely assertive and surely a response of "f**k off is a more inappropriate reaction and doesnt teach a very good lesson either. At the time I was unaware that it had occured until she came over sobbing as I was dealing with other customers.

Elstar, if you know who it was please do make sure you have a word with him. That sort of behaviour is completely unacceptable anywhere. Be it at Alton Towers, in the street or if a kid wandered into a brothel.

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ShelfordFX

Your points are certainly valid.

However I think you're unlikely to recieve sympathy or an understanding view if your intention is to be 'assertive' with someone a year after the event for an incident that you never witnessed as seems to be the case.

Especially if your contention was that the child was 'roleplaying its little heart out' (despite the fact that the parent did not in fact witness the event) and you then go on to reveal that the customer wasn't roleplaying as it was a traders area (despite again the fact that they never witnessed said confrontation.)

As I suspected this is not in fact a case of a roleplayer actually being rude its a case of reported heresay from a seven year old child.

Whilst telling a child (or anyone really) to fuck off without provocation is mean and not something I would particularly condone, reporting something as a factual happening when you never actually saw anything happen is ruder. 

I'm fairly sure in fact that children are not regularly sworn at at events. If it does happen its more likely a lack of attention or merely forgetting oneself on the part opf the player rather than intentional cruelty. It certainly isn't common at any event Ive been at. (though maybe there are some more rabidly child unfriendly persons out there im not aware of...)

Children, again, it's a matter of 'how well trained are they'. I have met very small children who are quite capable of comprehending most things and acting appropriately, and would generally be less disruptive than many of the adults who still haven't learnt this. There doesn't seem to be a hard age category at which a small child stops being an incurable muppet, it depends on the child. I would like to see more *sensible* young children at LARP events (although I can understand that there are probably insurance implications); children who can't abide by the rules, or drop out of character at common IC occurances like swearing, aggressive behaviour, and so forth, should be dealt with in the same way as adults who do these things. I suspect I'm quite heartless on this issue though and hence wouldn't personally moderate my behaviour around children just because they were children, but some people might do or might expect this and that might cause unnecessary drama.