Parking lot (Pee)ve

You are preaching to the choir. I might add to the list, people who don't pick up after their dogs. More often than not, there are poop bags provided at rest stops and campgrounds. Yet, you have to step cautiously. Don't expect things to get better especially with a new breed of homeless people afoot that leave piles of trash and filth in their wake. That being said, the only solution is to find a new planet.

Its the "all about me" attitude.
You are correct, your post will probably not change their habits. But, thanks for the reminder about the health concerns from wet spots on the parking areas.

I can't remember how many Times I have been at different shows and set up my canopy only to have you bring along fury little dog to pee on the canopy legs and the people think it is terrible I would get angry at them.so it is not only the traveling public it is also some RV owners who don't want to leave little pooch in RV or cars while they shop these outside events.

There's a general lack of civility lately, and I blame the parents. I know my parents were very strict and my generation may have "let up on the gas" a little. Spanking (which was allowed in schools!! when I went) has disappeared as a tool, and the practice of having a parent around at home is gone. We had working mothers in my childhood, but a non-working mother always stepped in to cover. That sense of community translates into respect for other and other things.

Maybe the sign should say "Pick up after your pet or you'll get a time out".

Agreed, I hate to let the dogs out in many rest area parking lots, and I remove my shoes when I get in the coach.

Part of the cause IMO is there's an increasing portion of the commercial drivers who likely grew up in a part of the world without the sanitation systems we enjoy.

But I also think the states need to get busy on enforcement. I don't see any concern on their part, no signage prohibiting it even.

classic 31 wrote:
I can't remember how many Times I have been at different shows and set up my canopy only to have you bring along fury little dog to pee on the canopy legs ....

Sorry, you are accusing the wrong "you". Not me, ever, never.

Simple it's called RESPECT and it's not taught anymore. Sadly it's the bad ones who people see the most and think we all do it. And if you confronted them they would probably tell you to Foff as they simple don't care.

I remember on another forum, a woman was complaining because an old man came outside and yelled at her for letting her dog pee on his tree.

She felt he was rude because she was driving her dog to the park to take a walk and potty and by the time she got there, the dog couldn't wait to get into the park to do his peeing. And it was just pee! If the dog had pooped, she would have picked it up.

When I suggested that she let the dog do his business in her own yard rather than in the local park or someone else's yard, she got mad at me.

She was in her mid-sixties, so this wasn't "the young generation".

I was just telling a friend that people walk around with tunnel vision now. It's not a generational thing - it's a societal thing. People of all ages have lost the ability to see their own actions through someone else's eyes. They can see the perceived wrongs made by others, but can't see their own culpability in those actions.

On the other hand, I used to sit on curbs and sidewalks, etc., as a kid. Now I barely want to walk on them. The sidewalks haven't changed - just my realization of what has been deposited on the sidewalks.

Oh, and yes. Those complete black tank dumps happen also.

Just think about the guy whose job it is to mow those areas. :E