Pet Peeve

[timfromma]

Kids and or pets playing in the road that don't even attempt to get out your way.


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[nomad297]

Originally Posted by rockfordroo

Those aren't yours - they're your neighbors!

You read my mind.

Bruce

[Oakman]

Originally Posted by Wobbles

Looking at your second picture, I could not help but wonder under what circumstances could cause those drag marks in the asphalt.

LOL! That is another campground Pet Peeve.

One thing my wife and I do when we visit a campground is to walk the campground and write down our rating of each campsite, good, OK, bad. The campsite in the photo below has a bad rating because of the drag marks.

[Cowracer]

My pet peeve when camping? When I reserve a campsite, I usually do it like 6 months in advance. I look at the images of the campsites, and find one with the nicest ground, and plenty of tree cover.

4 times now (in maybe 7 years of camping) I have gotten to my campsite and found people there either in the process of setting up (twice) or even fully set up (once), or with a lawn chair sitting in the middle of my spot "holding" it. (once) The guy that was fully set up had a spot across the street in full blasting sunlight, with a pretty good slope. Of course, he didn't want to move. He even went as far as to move his reservation tag to my site, and my tag to his site. The park ranger explained the way of life to him. The whole time, his (rather vocal) argument was that he "Got there first".


The two times the people were in the middle of setting up... One was simply mistaken about their site, and the other was someone who was a "walk-in" who thought they could just take whatever site looked best. The chair was interesting. A couple of friends wanted to camp 'butt-to-butt' for some reason, and they placed the chair on my spot to hold it for their friends who were due in later. Turns out they only reserved one spot, and they just thought "First come first serve". Their friends pulled nearly 2 hours just to find out there was no open spots (this campground is ALWAYS full). I was actually at the host buying firewood and I heard the guy argue with the gate attendant about how "his friends have him a spot already", despite him not having a reservation.


Tim

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by Cowracer

The two times the people were in the middle of setting up... One was simply mistaken about their site..

Heh, we did this a few years back. We consistently reserved the same site and when we went to reserve like 6 months in advanced, it was booked. We took one of our fallbacks for completely forgot about it. Got to the campground and started setting tents, dining canopy, etc. up in our preferred site when a sheepish younger guy came up and asked if maybe there was some mix-up with reservations. Man we felt dumb! We beat feet to get moved the 3 sites down where our actual reservation was.

[rockfordroo]

Originally Posted by ependydad

Heh, we did this a few years back. We consistently reserved the same site and when we went to reserve like 6 months in advanced, it was booked. We took one of our fallbacks for completely forgot about it. Got to the campground and started setting tents, dining canopy, etc. up in our preferred site when a sheepish younger guy came up and asked if maybe there was some mix-up with reservations. Man we felt dumb! We beat feet to get moved the 3 sites down where our actual reservation was.

I bet it was Cowracer!

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by rockfordroo

I bet it was Cowracer!

Dat jerk. How dare he tell us we were on the wrong site when we really were!?

[Browns-Camden]

I think my pet peeve is having people walk through your campsite as a shortcut to their own site. But...I have to admit that everything else listed here so far would fall into my top 10.

[Martsing]

We have only been camping 3 times now with our Rockwood and my peeve has to do with a FUTURE reservation. I booked for late August at KOA Cape May at a full hook up site and received a call yesterday that they need to move me to a water/electric only site because my original location was SOLD. They will comp me the honey wagon and "free wifi". But it bugged me.

Marty

[Cowracer]

Originally Posted by rockfordroo

I bet it was Cowracer!

The one adjective that nobody has EVER used to describe me is "sheepish". And "younger" went out the window decades ago.

Tim

[dustman_stx]

Originally Posted by Browns-Camden

I think my pet peeve is having people walk through your campsite as a shortcut to their own site. But...I have to admit that everything else listed here so far would fall into my top 10.

I LOATHE THIS!!!!! Blood pressure is rising just thinking about it.

[BandJCarm]

This will get me shot, I bet..................

But, folks who walk their dogs, and then let them do their business along the way, in MY campsite!!!!

[Mountndream]

Originally Posted by BandJCarm

This will get me shot, I bet..................

But, folks who walk their dogs, and then let them do their business along the way, in MY campsite!!!!

We walk our dogs everywhere, and they go the bathroom. heres the thing, they are on the edge of campsite and we pick up after them. That's more than i can some for some people (and thier kids)

It does seem that if you have people around your campfire, that my dog is more likely to poop in your campsite than the empty one next door though

[97flhtcui]

My wife and I camp host at a state park.
Our are....people walking through our site to get to the restroom. And I do let them know about it. I tell them it is poor camping etiquette to cut thru other campers sites. Another is parking there TV on the grass. Come on!!! You got 25 ft of blacktop in front of your rig and you can't park there. Or not backing the trailer all the way back on the pad so you do have room to park on the blacktop. Also driving 30 in a 10mph campground. Don't get me started😠!!
Also not having the dogs on a leash and controlled. I carry mace for that.

[BandJCarm]

Originally Posted by Mountndream

We walk our dogs everywhere, and they go the bathroom. heres the thing, they are on the edge of campsite and we pick up after them. That's more than i can some for some people (and thier kids)

It does seem that if you have people around your campfire, that my dog is more likely to poop in your campsite than the empty one next door though

And if your dog does its business on my campground that has people on it, while on a leash that you hold the other end of, and you watch it as if it's 'normal and acceptable', prepare for a head-bonking!!!

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by BandJCarm

.. prepare for a head-bonking!!!

A physical attack for a poopin' dog?



There's a reason I usually avoid these "pet peeve" threads.

[Sierra360PDEK]

Or all of folks who park their trucks on the side of the road and you cannot leave with your RV as the road isn't wide enough. Then you spend the next thirty minutes pounding on doors getting everyone to move meanwhile you rig has been blocking the road and people are backed up behind you. That gets my goat.

[BandJCarm]

Originally Posted by ependydad

A physical attack for a poopin' dog?



There's a reason I usually avoid these "pet peeve" threads.

No sir. NOT for a pooping dog in any way.

Read more carefully.

For an owner who allows and actually approves of his dog, while on a leash, to poop in front of me on my campsite.

Then the next 9 dog owners all feel the same way.

That's a big mess. Surely you agree, no?

And the head-bonking is called 'hyperbole', to make a point.

[Mr Havercamp]

Originally Posted by BandJCarm

No sir. NOT for a pooping dog in any way.

Read more carefully.

For an owner who allows and actually approves of his dog, while on a leash, to poop in front of me on my campsite.

Then the next 9 dog owners all feel the same way.

That's a big mess. Surely you agree, no?

And the head-bonking is called 'hyperbole', to make a point.

Lol....


I guess the proper etiquette then would be when my dog decides it's time, and the campsite she is in front of is occupied, I should drag her choking turd hung butt down the road to an unoccupied area?

[Mountndream]

Originally Posted by BandJCarm

No sir. NOT for a pooping dog in any way.

Read more carefully.

For an owner who allows and actually approves of his dog, while on a leash, to poop in front of me on my campsite.

Then the next 9 dog owners all feel the same way.

That's a big mess. Surely you agree, no?

And the head-bonking is called 'hyperbole', to make a point.

I would prefer my dog poops elsewhere, however, they have thier own minds. Like I said, i also pick up after them as well. Mostly, threatening any head bonking around my dogs may lead to finding out how protective they are.