fulltimedaniel wrote:
EgorKC wrote:
fulltimedaniel wrote:
Nutinelse2do wrote:
So, in following the 10 pages of this thread.....And getting back to the initial subject..... We are full timers who usually move once a week, with the exception of the Winter, and have been rv'ing for 25 plus years.
I do agree with a couple of your statements. We have run across several rv parks that are Mom and Pop run, that could be so much better. By designating a " full time " section of the park, vs cramming travelers together, ... .Having all spots 50 amp, etc. It's a happy medium, and a catch 22, for personal owners ( not Corporate ), spending money to upgrade vs the bottom line of surviving. Some serious changes need to be made at many, many rv parks.
If we pull in, our site is easy to navigate, has a good view ( or not ), the utilities all work well, and the price is reasonable, we really don't give a flying fiddidly how the park is run. We are there to hook up, use the utilities, have a safe place to park, and enjoy life. We use rv parks as a place to sleep and have security, while going on with our lives. If there is actually internet that works, we consider that a giant bonus, since it doesn't happen often.
There is little, if any interaction with employees of the park after check in, except for the occasional wave.
We don't use the showers, a pool, spa, pickleball court, or any amenities some have to offer. Yes, I agree, there are some poorly run rv parks around, but as stated above, if the basic offerings are in place, it really doesn't matter to us.
Our map will show you the States we have spent a lot of time in, and across our map, have yet to run into a disrespectful employee at an rv park. On the contrary, the employees seem to work with us, and for us, better, when they find out we are on the road, just passing through.
It would be nice to be able to change everything we don't agree with, and the faults and errors we come in contact with daily, but, that is a long list, that will never happen. It's not just rv parks, it's major Corporations whose Customer Service is so lacking, you wonder how the heck they are still in business.
I wish you luck with your endeavors, and hope you find peace and solitude somewhere along the road you are traveling.
Thanks for your thoughtful post back on topic. And your kind sentiments but I assure you that I have all the peace and solitude any one man could ask for. I have lived a great life and am enjoying my life now too.
I don;t view these issues as something for me to change. It's more like a sadness, Like seeing a really bright underachieving child knowing there is so much potential there and it is being wasted. I look at some of these parks and think. If it were MY Retirement security that was at stake I'd surely make some changes. But that's just me.
It was just observational from my experiences on the road over more than two years. It was never meant to paint the entire industry or every RV Park as some have twisted my words to indicate.
FTD; Read every paragraph of your original post that was a "light hearted look" at the industry. If you can find more "positive" paragraphs as separated by a blank line, than "negative" paragraphs please post them again and explain how you think they are "positive". Perhaps I did not read your original post with an open mind. I found it a "light hearted" bash at RV/Camground owners that did not seem very light hearted. If you have the business credentials you claim then you are very different than any business owner I have worked for. All of those have had nothing but empathy for others who face that struggle. Never ran into a business owner who likened another to a smart underachieving child. What exactly do you think people perceive that as?
Greg
First please separate the OWNERS from the Business. When I used the analogy of the underachieving child it related to the BUSINESS. The owners could be wonderful people with the best of intentions and doing the best they can. But that doesnt change the fact that the BUSINESS is suffering and or simply not performing up to any kind of potential.
There may be some very good reasons for that I admit, but it still does not change the fact that it could do better. For me it's rather sad to see an otherwise fine business languish.
But there are those owners out there that really are challenged in business ways and can't seem to get out of their own way. And this does not limit itself to just RV Parks either. Even Major corporations go through this.
A great example in the news right now is the CEO of UBER, Travis Kalanick. In my view, and many others in business, while he has been very successful he is just temperamentally unsuited to be a CEO. Meanwhile the true professional Jeff Jones former marketing head of Target who was brought in 6 months ago to try to bring some sense to this company and help it recover from it's many self inflicted wounds has quit after only 6 months. He sees the writing on the wall as many do.
Sometimes business owners and founders are just not suited for the job they find themselves in.
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Nice deflection. You are still avoiding admitting that you "light heartedly" bashed and or insulted a significant portion of RV/Campground owners. And you did so in far more paragraphs than not.
I am confident that my opinion is unwelcomed and worthless to you so I shall stop. I do hope your travels find you in more satisfactory Park/Camping facilities moving forward.
Greg
