Which is right?

While we were all readily observing Rules 11 and 12 at the Northern Line gate at Bank tonight, a father and his young daughter were trying to exit. The dad steered his child towards the exit, saying "we need to go this way". The young girl promptly started saying "excuse me please" and people were slowly moving out of her way (slowly because everyone was so spread out and it was so packed they really had nowhere to go). The dad said, "no just push through". The daughter's response? To say even more loudly "excuse me please". 

Which was right?

I love it when kids have better manners than their parents!