We will be a retired couple in January 2014 :) and we are doing our homework re. The RVing lifestyle.
During our research last weekend we happened to be at CI in Merrimack, NH. in the waiting area there was a dad and his 2 pre-teen sons. The dad was watching TV and the boys were wreaking havoc at the coffee machine. I waited 10 minutes for these two to vacate the machine. They were performing "scientific experiments" with coffee tea and chemical whitener and had no intention of drinking their product.
Mike S.
Just another perspective, it's possible that you are using the specific individual behavior of 2 pre-teens and generalizing to all pre-teens as a whole? is it possible that what you experienced was the result of two pre-teens who failed to receive appropriate parenting skills rather than "2 pre-teens" just being intentionally obnoxious and disrespectful to others around them??? I suspect that the father, in his own right, is just as obnoxious, self centered and disrespectful to others!!!! :)
In fairness, I have experienced some obnoxious, cantankerous, self centered behaviors from some, not all, RV senior buzzards in "Adult only parks":):)