"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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After two nights of this, I politely yelled "turn off that f__king
light,
please!" Would you believe she asked me why, after the boat was tied up?
And
this was a 65 year old woman with a boat of her own.

#1 - Obviously the person was trying to help, but ignorant. No need to
swear.

She talks that way the moment she stumbled out of her cabin each morning!
When in Rome....


#2 - Why wait for three nights, why not simply explain to her that the
light
blinds you...on the first night. By not explaining you were
probably
leading her to believe it was helping.

I have limited patience for people doing obviously stupid things when they
should know better. I save ALL of that patience for my 14 yr old son,
because he's testosterone-crazed and doesn't know what's happening to him
and I love him. Everyone else gets the drill sergeant part of my
personality.


#3 - The person is a woman and 65. Ok, maybe it shouldn't make a
difference
but do you really need to yell obsenities at a 65 year old woman?

See #1. I'm not kidding. When we first went to this resort, we wouldn't let
my son near her until we talked to her about her language. Now, he's 14 and
it's hopeless anyway.