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Maybe this is nitpicky but, when your board goes off away from you in the park and someone picks it up and hands it to you? Like actually puts it into your hands. IDK why but it's kind of annoying, like please just roll it back on the floor for me, that's where it needs to be. Is this just me?
I'm with you, really gives off "little kid sprinting across the park to pick your board up, but it's less than 2 feet away from you" vibes. It shouldn't but it really messes my flow up.
I can walk over and skate it from there just fine - don't worry about it, and don't touch my shit, guy.
Its on the same level as "are you okay?!" and it was the most gentle fall of your life.
I'm gonna say, yeah, this is a level of gatekeeping/nitpicking where you both need to lighten the fuck up a bit.
Maybe. I'm not rude about it, and it doesn't ruin my day or anything. Just a minor annoyance that I immediately forget about.
I just say thank you and move on
I reflected a bit cause I was thinking "what do I do when a stray board comes my way?"
It's not something I've ever even thought about or considered some kind of "etiquette" for.
I can say 99% of the time I just stop the person's board or maybe kick it back to them.
If I do pick up your board and hand it to you, it's because we're in a main thoroughfare of the park where people might be flying through at any moment and it's not appropriate for me to kick a board across it or for you to just jump back on and casually roll back to your preferred starting position.
Either way, it's never even occurred to me that someone handing me my board could be an annoyance.
As far as asking if you're okay after a wreck...
If someone rushed up to me like "Don't get up! Just breathe! Do you know what year it is?" that'd be annoying.
But a quick "you good?" and a nod has never even crossed my mind as being an annoyance.
Sometimes shit like rolled ankles are very unassuming to the onlooker.