DutchmenSport wrote:
How many times have you (or me) attempted to warn our kids about something that could potentially not turn out they way they expected. As children they throw temper tantrums. As adults, they simply turn away think Mom and Dad are crazy, until IT happens! But then they are often too proud to admit parents were right.
Well, unfortunately, there's a LOT of people "out there" who have this same mentality. They know it all! You can try and try to reach them, but some folks just know better than you! So ... you just have to let them make their own mistakes, and then silently cry under breath ... "if only they would have listened."
I definitely agree. Last summer I was watching a camper set up beside me in his Class A. I first met him the year before when he was a brand new RV owner. I remember at that time he wouldn't take any suggestions even one about pulling his awning in during bad weather times. One time when he was gone from the park a wind storm blew up and 3 of us took his awning down before it was destroyed. Two weeks later he left the park again for a long period of time and his awning WAS destroyed as well as several places on his roof and screws pulled out of is RV side. Soooooo....
When he was setting up this past summer I noticed he was too close to the power pedestal and his slide would hit it when extended. He stopped, got out and leveled and put his slide out or attempted to anyway. It hurt me to watch it but I didn't say a word. The power pedestal was pushed over about 30 degrees and some damage was done to his slide (not a lot but some) and the slide wouldn't go out all the way.. After discovering his problem, he pulled the slide back in and fixed the positioning problem. Never a word was said and he did straighten up the power pedestal.
I still feel guilty for not speaking up.
