I encountered a situation that was new to me, and I'm wondering how others would have reacted. It's still bothering me.
I was out detecting for a couple of hours in a park this afternoon, in a fairly desolate location, when all of a sudden I felt someone push at me from behind (sort of a medium-strength push on my lower back). It scared me as I had headphones on and hadn't heard anyone approach. I turned around and it was a boy, roughly 8 or 9 but on the big side for that age, and he asked me if he could try my detector. I told him sorry, but no, that it was a delicate machine and it could break easily, then I turned away. Then I heard someone call out to me and I turned around again and it was his mom. She asked me if I would let (boy's name) try my detector because they were thinking of getting him one. I told her I'm sorry, but no, this type of detector is not what he would want anyway, and I suggested a couple of detectors that he might like. She replied by addressing her son and saying sarcastically, intended for me to overhear, I'm sorry, (boy's name), but some people just aren't willing to help others.
I let it go without responding, and just turned around and continued what I was doing.