Worse this year?

Dog Folks wrote:
We are volunteer hosts at a Corps. Of Engineers campground. This is a our fourth summer here. (9th year overall hosting)

The past three years it was usual to have a noise compliant, maybe, once a month. This year we are receiving them once a week or more!

We are asked to explain and educate campers about the rules. No enforcement. 99% of the time campers will comply when the rule is explained to them. No problem.

This year I have had more people want to argue the rule. One 20 something group of six argued with me for 20 minutes about the "no parking/tents on grass" rule. After all that they only stayed one night!! ( I know I should have not argued but their overall attitude just angered me, which is VERY unusual.) I say to you campers: I did not write the rule, and there are places you can express your concern to, but not me.

So what you say work campers? Is the general overall mood, and thus people's actions much worse this year than other years?

I spent a number of years, to many actually, as a Contract Park Attendant for the COE. A few years back I guess I burned out with the customers being nastier then the year before and retired to volunteer security work at closed campgrounds. It seems to be a spreading disease.

A few weeks back I had a camper show up and wanted to camp, no matter that the park was closed. When I explained that it wasn't possible and denied his demand to be let in explaining he was a taxpayer and as such he had every right to camp there closed or not. He eventually realized that it wasn't going to happen after much huffing and puffing and telling me that he was "resisting his urge to exercise his 2nd amendment rights" he left.

So yes I would agree it's getting worse.