Hate seeing sewer hose being cleaned on site

K Charles wrote:
State Park in MS last week. Someone had a beer in one hand and his hose in the other, going beside his camper in the grass.

What's your point? This is SOP in Mississippi !

Blazing Zippers wrote:
I'm not sure about most folks, but I wear rubber gloves when dealing with the drain hose. ...

Hopefully, this was not you. But I get a real kick watching folks with rubber gloves at the dump stations. I witnessed this just a couple week ends ago at the dump station:

Working in a public restaurant during my 1970's college days is what makes me keenly aware of this... touching your face and hair while prepping food. A lot of people rub the end of their noses or wipe their brow when cooking, even with gloves on. This was a great big NO-NO when I was fast food hamburger flipper. But it stuck with me.

So, 2 week-ends ago I watched the guy in front of me. He had on his rubber gloves, and then I counted! He wiped his forehead 3 times, scratched his nose 4 times, and put his hands on his hips ....well, while he waited for the drain to finish. And I am ABSOLUTELY sure he was not conscious he was doing this. We touch our face so many times a day and don't even realize it. We touch our pants pockets, hips, cross our arms, brush our clothing, tuck in our shirts, constantly touch ourselves, EVEN at the dump stations when folks are wearing gloves. But if you wear gloves, you need to consider what the gloves touch next!

So ... um ... all you folks that wear gloves? ... ???? Get the idea?

We are all talking about "at the camp site...", but take a short walk over to the dump station at the camp ground. You will find a hose, or some other device to rinse out your stinky slinky, as well as to wash down the area in case of "drips". No one seems to concerned over this, the water connection goes to the same source, I guess out of site, no pun intended, out of mind.

I'm not sure about most folks, but I wear rubber gloves when dealing with the drain hose. I also have a mild mixture of cleaner in a spray bottle if I dribble stuff on the ground.
There was one fellow at the dump that sat on the ground under his hose attachment to connect the hose. The concrete was damp from previous use. He then got up and after finishing his duties, jumped back into the drivers seat of his expensive Class A, and drove off.
My true fear is that I'm never "That Guy" when it comes to RV mistakes, but I bet someone has me on video doing something stupid.

Speaking of gross things seen in the campground...The first time I camped in Vermont, the girl ahead of me ordered an ice cream cone from the store deli. She said NO when asked if she wanted sprinkles. The made her cone WITH sprinkles. She then proceeded to scrape the unwanted sprinkles off the ice cream USING THE EDGE OF THE GARBAGE CAN. I lost my appetite, and saved $3!

Johno02 wrote:
If done properly, the sewer hose should be rinsed with the grey tank, which is mostly soapy water. Then a quick rinse with plain water, still into the sewer connection, before disconnect.

X2

And do you germaphobes use public restrooms? You don't want to know what is in there!

TBammer wrote:

K Charles wrote:
State Park in MS last week. Someone had a beer in one hand and his hose in the other, going beside his camper in the grass.

Why not cut out the middle man and just pour the beer on the ground? :S

Perhaps the old saying applies here, "You can never buy beer, you just rent it for a short while"!

K Charles wrote:
State Park in MS last week. Someone had a beer in one hand and his hose in the other, going beside his camper in the grass.

Why not cut out the middle man and just pour the beer on the ground? :S

Monty-Rob wrote:
Watching my neighbor getting ready to leave. He detached sewer hose from RV and sewer connection and proceeded to flush the hose out with his garden hose onto the grass. Then put paper trash in fire ring next to him. No site etiquette or consideration for the next person coming in. Doesn't this bug you?

This is why you run lots of clean water into the black tank, either by the black flush or "from the top", then rinse with grey water. Frankly, that might get a citation, if the right person sees it happen.

Lyle