AITA For setting up in front of someone at beach?
AITA setting up in front of someone at beach?
I was at a private resort beach where they have a row of rented shade areas farther from the water. People tend to setup 3 rows deep. Turtle season so there are blocked off areas.
I go down and find a spot close to the water and I say like 20 feet from the person behind me in thier small setup and I say they are a little off from the natural setup rows. As I am setting up in front of a TPT, a woman came up and asked if I was going to put a tent (not a tent, just a side ways umbrella half dome) up in front of her. I said yes. She said I could go farther down the beach. I said this space is clear and I am far from her and I would have to go another 200 feet to not setup in front of anyone. Actually even if I was to move back a row was about the same. She said she got there early and I was going to block her view. I replied and said she should have setup closer, that if you look up and down the beach I am in line with people next to me. She gave a reason of turtle eggs and I replied none near us. I finally said that she can't expect to own the whole beach between here and the water to be unimpeded. There was rows of setups, I was simply following the rows. Whole time she side eyed saying okay, okay like there was a threat or something was going to happen.
I was going to originally setup a way that would less impede anyones view, but after that I just didn't care and setup to the max.
Her husband had came and didn't listen/hear the conversation but nothing else came from it but by that time I was setup. I figured any normal person would be okay with it since there were designated rows.
EDIT: To clarify, there were 3 rows of setups. She was on farthest 3rd row. I was setting up closest to water 1st row. A whole row empty between us. She did not want ANYONE between her and water.
EDIT2: I had a sideways umbrella, but to her looked like a tent, and it could be argued that it laying down is sort of a tent. Like a half dome. 90% of setups were canopy, tents, domes. Some had a beach umbrella.
EDIT3: to the max meant i put beach chairs to the side instead of in the dome. The dome was a head taller than the chairs (it came with).
AITA for setting up in front of TPT?