why would you do that?

mikeflys wrote:
My wife and I don't understand. We are staying at a nice rv park filled with nice rv's. We watched a man get out of his perfictly nice class C and go use the parks public shower. I know everyone is different and I am not judging his action. We just don't get why you would use a public facility when you have your own?

There are several reasons. If there are no sewer hookups they wont want to have to dump their tanks every few days. That gets old fast. And no one enjoys cleaning the shower stall and tub after use - usually the wife's job. The public showers, almost always clean these days, are larger and there is a lot more hot water available. Nothing to clean up afterward - shower and leave. I myself only use the shower in our RV if we have full hookups, otherwise it's the public showers.

Can't take a joke?

There is not much we can do about the national debt.. but my guess is the O/P does not have a shower and had to wait for a resident of a class A before he could take one so he's wondering why the Class-a-er did not "Shower at home".

If he had his own Shower.. he'd know the answer and not be asking.

Trillions of dollars in national debt and we're discussing showers in our rv's. This is hilarious!!:B

We have not taken a shower and have stopped to use restrooms, at welcome centers, instead, of using ours, when on the final leg to home. I think we used a campground's facilities, instead of ours, once because we were headed west and didn't know how many nights we might spend dry camping. One reason I would love to have larger tanks in the MH.

Park whater heater is 40-60-or way way more gallons.. RV 6, just 6,

Water flow is 2x (At least) what I get in the RV

Nuff said.

I always use campground showers or bathrooms if they are clean and not too far away. In the RV shower is fine, however I like more elbow room and soak in hot water for 20 minutes without worrying of running out of hot water too soon.

How about because it's there and he can!

mikeflys wrote:
Wow I have to say I am a little shocked that some folks seem to be upset by my question. I was just curious, I wasn't judging anyone. Just wanted to hear other opinions. One of the main reasons we own a RV is to avoid using public facilities. As to why we were watching? We were sitting in our site which was on the path to the bathhouse. There have been several comments that we are odd for watching our neighbours. What kind of a world do you want to live in that people don't smile and say Hi to folks as they walk by?

Its tone I guess. You last sentence:
"We just don't get why you would use a public facility when you have your own? "

is in the same tone as:
"I just don't get why you would care if I use a public facility when I have my own?".

maybe he had to go to the bathroom real bad and didn't want the paint and wallpaper to fall off the walls.