Audience at the dump station
We have a 5 gallon Thetford Curve porta Potty in our TC.
Saturday morning we pulled out of the Jellystone in Frankenmuth, MI. As we approach the dump station my DH starts muttering under his breath, "What in the h%ll is that big tent doing there!?"
I look up and see a big, commercial tent set up on the right side of the road - across from the dump station. And it's FILLED with little kids and beaming parents. Um, what?
He doesn't want to use the dump station with people right there on the other side of the truck. I understand dumping a porta potty isn't something you normally want an audience for, but the truck is blocking the "show" and it's normally a pretty quick process. I kept saying, "Don't worry - 5 minutes and we are outta here. Let's just do it and be done with it. I don't want to have to try and locate another dump station on a holiday weekend. Come on, the truck is blocking the view, no one in the tent can actually see us. If we use someplace else it'll be $10 to dump 5 gallons, just do it here - we already paid for the privilege. Besides the kids are probably waiting to do some arts and crafts, they won't even be looking towards us. Don't worry about it".
So just as he dumps the tank I look over his shoulder and see a golf cart driving up behind him -----with YOGI BEAR in the passenger seat! LOL - all the kids are cheering and Yogi is waving and blowing kisses. The parents all have cameras pointed at the back of our camper and are taking PICTURES because Yogi didn't have the sense to stand where the DUMP STATION wasn't the prominent view in the background! Really, all that bear had to do was walk to the side of the tent that faced the playground! But nope, he planted himself right on the driveway at the back of our camper - The dump station driveway. Good grief.
We finished dumping, didn't rinse the tank and literally heaved it into the TC and drove off. We stopped just outside the CG and put the toilet back together, added some odor control crystals and some fresh water.
DH maintained that it was rude to use the dump station while there were people in the tent. I maintained that it was the only dump station and that it was 1 hour before check out.... the CG had to know that people were going to need to use it before heading out and they were the ones who set up their Yogi Bear meet & greet area 15 feet from a dump station.
DH is still saying that he's positive that some parent will be posting a pic of him on facebook wrestling 5 gallons of sh#t outta the backdoor with their kid smiling in the foreground :)
Our 10 year old just hopes he can find internet proof of the whole thing b/c he found it all hysterical (but he sided with me - he felt that it was OK to dump while people were in the tent and that anyone who congregates in a large tent 15 feet from a dump station can't be surprised at what they might witness).
Saturday morning we pulled out of the Jellystone in Frankenmuth, MI. As we approach the dump station my DH starts muttering under his breath, "What in the h%ll is that big tent doing there!?"
I look up and see a big, commercial tent set up on the right side of the road - across from the dump station. And it's FILLED with little kids and beaming parents. Um, what?
He doesn't want to use the dump station with people right there on the other side of the truck. I understand dumping a porta potty isn't something you normally want an audience for, but the truck is blocking the "show" and it's normally a pretty quick process. I kept saying, "Don't worry - 5 minutes and we are outta here. Let's just do it and be done with it. I don't want to have to try and locate another dump station on a holiday weekend. Come on, the truck is blocking the view, no one in the tent can actually see us. If we use someplace else it'll be $10 to dump 5 gallons, just do it here - we already paid for the privilege. Besides the kids are probably waiting to do some arts and crafts, they won't even be looking towards us. Don't worry about it".
So just as he dumps the tank I look over his shoulder and see a golf cart driving up behind him -----with YOGI BEAR in the passenger seat! LOL - all the kids are cheering and Yogi is waving and blowing kisses. The parents all have cameras pointed at the back of our camper and are taking PICTURES because Yogi didn't have the sense to stand where the DUMP STATION wasn't the prominent view in the background! Really, all that bear had to do was walk to the side of the tent that faced the playground! But nope, he planted himself right on the driveway at the back of our camper - The dump station driveway. Good grief.
We finished dumping, didn't rinse the tank and literally heaved it into the TC and drove off. We stopped just outside the CG and put the toilet back together, added some odor control crystals and some fresh water.
DH maintained that it was rude to use the dump station while there were people in the tent. I maintained that it was the only dump station and that it was 1 hour before check out.... the CG had to know that people were going to need to use it before heading out and they were the ones who set up their Yogi Bear meet & greet area 15 feet from a dump station.
DH is still saying that he's positive that some parent will be posting a pic of him on facebook wrestling 5 gallons of sh#t outta the backdoor with their kid smiling in the foreground :)
Our 10 year old just hopes he can find internet proof of the whole thing b/c he found it all hysterical (but he sided with me - he felt that it was OK to dump while people were in the tent and that anyone who congregates in a large tent 15 feet from a dump station can't be surprised at what they might witness).
