@tranquilsea Well, if she is so young you can of course take up the fight for her. You could also let her try first. She can at least ask him why specifically she is not allowed. When he has to prove it maybe he will back down. The thing is, if this guy is an asshole from the start, he may need another adult, even a man, to challenge him. Only one way to find out. When I worked in retail and I would get some idiot cocky man who wanted to return something that was completely unnacceptible (and we took back almost everything) if he was that sort of guy that seemed to have serious anger or entitlement issues going on, When I called in a second manager for backup, I called a male manager. We all did it, we all joked we are going to need to get a man for this one. Sad, but true.
Another little story. When I was in 6th grade, I was 10 years old, my teacher put me in the bottom math group. I had always been very good at math. I lived with it for a few weeks, I was little and didn’t know I could challenge a teacher. One day I mentioned it to my dad, and he said I should go to the teacher and tell him I think I should be in a higher math group. We had not been tested or anything, I still have no idea why he placed me in that group. Anyway, I went to him, stated my case, and said I wanted to be in the top math group (there were three groups, the bottom one, the on level one, and the excelled one). I think he though it was very ambitious, maybe even unrealistic, going from the bottom to the top. He said, “this is the assignment those kids are doing now, can you do these problems?” I did three of them right there on the spot. He let me in the group. But, my teacher wasn’t an asshole, just evaluated me poorly on my ability in math based on nothing from what I can tell.
@Pandora It surprises me little kids would ignore a female lifeguard. To a little kid doesn’t everyone over the age of 14 appear to be a grown up. Especially if she has a loud whistle. LOL.