Leveling block theft

ckwjl wrote:

toedtoes wrote:

ckwjl wrote:

jjson775 wrote:
Some of the responses to this post look like they are from the kind of people that do steal things in campgrounds.

Yep… that’s exactly what I was thinking. You were ripped off. Under the circumstances you described, anyone with common sense would believe your site was occupied.

Jfkmk - my comment about being accused of being a thief was in direct response to these posts. They are at what I took offense.

As for the surge protector - I would agree with you, except for the fact that we do not know WHO tried to remove it. It could have been an employee of the park who thought it was left behind, then was told to leave it. We don't know the person who took the blocks was the person who tried to take the surge protector.

I understand that things appear to be very clear for many. I have just found that without actual facts, it's better to give the benefit of the doubt than to go off with an accusation and then be humiliated when it turns out not to be that clear cut.

What are all these benefit-of-the-doubt needers doing with all this merchandise they are taking from the campsites of others they believe (hope?) have been left unoccupied?

When the owner of the goods returns, are you rushing over to their site to explain why you took their things while at the same time vehemently apologizing and begging them to not call the police?

Shouldn’t the lost and found bins of campground offices be overflowing with leveling blocks, 50 to 30 amp dog bones, water pressure regulators, door mats, extension cords, grills, chairs, hammocks (yes, we padlock our beloved Pawley’s Island hammock), bikes, water hoses, coolers and whirligigs?

Do you think you are doing the campground host a favor by getting a head start on prepping the site for the next camper? If so, are you also taking away fallen branches, returning the picnic table to its proper position, raking and cleaning the site, and taking the tag off the post that indicates the site is occupied for two more days? Or are you just taking gear?

Are you also dumpster diving?

Who knows what "all these" people are doing with the stuff. Probably they do a bit of everything you've mentioned plus some things you haven't depending on the person and the reason they took something. Geez, I've forgotten something at a store/restaurant before and rushed back in to see someone with it - when they see me, they give it to me and tell me they were taking it to the register - I guess I should start assuming they were really trying to steal it from me.

None of the campgrounds I have ever stayed at have a campground office, let alone a lost and found bin. So, not sure what you expect people to do - drive 1-1/2 hours to the ranger station?

As for RV parks, what do you think happens to the stuff in their lost and found bins? Do you think the owner of the blocks, after realizing he left them behind, drives back 300+ miles to collect them? Do you think he calls the RV park and has them overnight them to his next park?

Do you think the RV Park, looks in their records to find the prior guest of a site and mails the stuff to their address on file? Do you think they keep this stuff sitting around for years waiting for the owner to re-appear and claim it? Or maybe they hold it for a week then give it out to other guests who realize they left theirs at the last park? Or maybe the employees take them home and sell them on ebay? Or maybe they throw them out with the garbage?

And what does dumpster diving have to do with the price of beans in China????