Its camping season here in northeast Pennsylvania.
Which every year makes me think to myself, “What the hell is wrong with people?” While camping, it’s important to remember to pack out anything you packed in. I’m not trying to sound like some raging hippy, but some of these people we deal with as a workamper here have inspired me to create this blog. So let me get some of this nonsense off my chest and maybe we can have a laugh. I’ll try not to rant.
Its pretty simple, those of us who like to camp can agree. We come to a campground to get away for a little bit. Build a fire, roast some marshmallows, and tell a few stories. Of course some of us like to have a few drinks, maybe a little bit more. Here are a few things to keep in mind. Whether you choose to camp in a tent, camper or what ever you want to call when you sleep on the roof of your truck, we follow the leave no trace principles.
I know leave no trace may sound a bit ridiculous when camping in a campground, considering we pick the trash up for you. But that doesn’t seem to matter to some people. These people are worse than the weekenders and their damned golf carts.
I’ll start with trash. Because even after all the save the world bullshit, people still litter. Every, single, day. It’s very simple as I mentioned already. Pick up your trash. I watched a kid buy some candy from the campground store. He was walking away eating, throwing his wrappers on the ground as he walked back to his campsite. I was thinking that I wanted to push that fat little monster over until he cried. I feel like my mother, “I shouldn’t have to say this!”. After cleaning up after campers for the last several seasons, I absolutely know I have to say this shit. Pick up your damned trash! That goes for beer bottle caps and those god awful water balloons!!! I don’t want to get started on water balloons. No one thinks, what happens to the balloons once they pop. I got to clean em all up!!! That’s what!! If I miss one I get to mow it into even smaller pieces for me to clean up. And let me get this out now: STOP LEAVING YOUR USED TOOTHPICKS ON THE GROUND FOR ME TO PICK UP!!!! Not to mention the cigarette butts. WTF is up with that shit. Still not as bad as those @#$% water balloons!!! While I’m all fired up, the firepit is not a garbage can or an ashtray. How stupid are you? If you are not going to have a fire, why the %#$@ would you do that? Here I am during peak Covid season picking your cigarette butts out of the firepit! “goosfraba”
Which brings me to my next complaint…
If you are renting a cabin please do not piss in the garbage can. I really shouldn’t have to mention this either. Keep your Onlyfans content to your own bedroom. Its bad enough you are to lazy too go to the bathroom about 50 yards away so you piss behind the damned cabins. You know we can smell it right? One more thing, if you are using the bathrooms please for the love of god flush the toilet paper down the toilet. I have really thought of putting up signs. We do not want to clean your shit out of the garbage cans. Don’t make a pile of shit paper next to the toilet. Get yourself together man.
Lets talk about floodlights.
What is it with people? You come camping and at the first sign of darkness you breakout the floodlight. I get if your fire goes out and you need to see some shit but some of these assholes are lighting up for a baseball game. I don’t care how many kids you have. Cut the light, settle them down around the campfire, tell them to shut the @#$% up and stop running around like little assholes hell bent on annoying the shit out of me.
Respect the quiet time hours.
I don’t give a shit how long you are up for. Or if you burn a fire all night long, but respect the people around you man. Not everyone is partying. Some of them are trying to get some peace and quiet. No one wants to hear your music, or shouting, or your little bastard kids screaming at the top of their lungs for no good reason. Honestly, I don’t care what time it is. Shut the @#$% up and stop cutting through other peoples campsites. You’re the same people who hang a damned floodlight. I mean it’s like you don’t know that light shines 360 degrees and I can see it from across the @#$%in campground.
Well these are just a few things that make me want to grab you by the scruff of your neck. But I can’t do that because I’m supposed to be “professional.” So let me know what bothers you when you’re camping in the comments below. Let us know what you think of our new blog posts and if you like what we are doing maybe we will make some more. Until then keep your eyes open as we continue to create our website.