SLAM, BANG

[photonut4]

Some people really need a lesson on how to close a door quietly. During the daytime I don't care, but at 5:00 am, come on people. If you want to get on the road that early fine, but please be respectful of your neighbors and at least TRY to close your doors quietly. I'm not talking just about a car/rig door, but the basement doors as well. Morning rant over now. Thank you.

[Jloucks]

photonut4 wrote:
Unfortunately I think this all goes back to it's all about me, me, me, and peoples lack of courtesy. Sad.

Me me me crowd, yep.

Often times they use weird logic too. "Why is your right to quiet more important than my right to noise?"

...how do you even argue with that!? I have tried the old.."your right to swing your arm ends at my face" philosophy. They respond with "move your face".

[ddschuman]

D & M wrote:
I don't think it's people being rude or uncaring. It's jsut habit. I don't close my door "quietly" at home, at work, or at the supermarket; nor do i speak in a whisper.

I try to remember to act differently when I am parked next to a vehicle that has tissue paper thin walls and open windows, but Im not 100%. And when I hear a sound that is not harmonious with silence, I let it go. If you worry about these things I can't even imagine that you are enjoyin the experinece of camping. Maybe think about getting a differt hobby......:h

I would have to disagree with part of this. I do enjoy camping and noises do not typically bother me BUT there is a difference in a slight noise and people talking louder than even a normal tone at 3 or 4 in the morning right next to your window. A little bit of respect for your fellow neighbor will go a long way in a campground. I believe this is one of the reasons generators are not allowed at night. We don't go to bed early or get up late so any normal noises at night or in the morning usually don't bother us at all. It's the middle of the night startling voices or slamming of things that I feel are rude. Everyone goes on vacation to have a good time but no one wants to be woke up or kept awake in the middle of what most people consider night.

[D___M]

I don't think it's people being rude or uncaring. It's jsut habit. I don't close my door "quietly" at home, at work, or at the supermarket; nor do i speak in a whisper.

I try to remember to act differently when I am parked next to a vehicle that has tissue paper thin walls and open windows, but Im not 100%. And when I hear a sound that is not harmonious with silence, I let it go. If you worry about these things I can't even imagine that you are enjoyin the experinece of camping. Maybe think about getting a differt hobby......:h

[Stefonius]

The best revenge against door-slammers, music blasters and loud partiers comes at night, when I snore like a cage match between two grizzly bears armed with chainsaws.

[Larry_Sanders]

My door hardly makes any noise at all when I close it.
You can park next to me anytime!

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LOL

Whump-whump-thump-bump-wham-whump-thump-boom...
Ahhh the sounds of the campground.

The DW is a door slammer...our trailer door drives me nutz.
I try to click it closed quietly, can't be done.

...and now everybody has SLAM latch doors soooo they get slammed...

[sh410]

I need a 16 door limo to pull my camper. :B

[photonut4]

Unfortunately I think this all goes back to it's all about me, me, me, and peoples lack of courtesy. Sad.

[BurbMan]

Same problem at hotels, guy next door who has the 6 am flight and lets the door slam behind him and the whole wall shakes...

[RoyB]

Our favorite camp spot at Westmoreland State Park VA in the B section is just across from the men's side bath room. They have a large door with a good size spring on it. It slams shut everytime someone uses it... I usually bring along some stick on weather strip foam stuff. The next time we show up I have to do it over again haha...

Roy Ken

[ddschuman]

Last fall we were staying at a campground in Colorado that we were really enjoying. The FW beside us had been vacant for the 5 days we had already been there because the owners rent the space for the entire season and had returned home for a week. On the next to the last morning there, 3 guys drove up at 4:30am talking very loud. It startled us awake. They were opening doors, slamming hatches, asking which cooler the beer was in, etc. It was very disturbing and truly rude at that hour. When we got up, they were inside probably fast asleep. We didn't bother them. That night however, they were drinking and cutting up around a campfire which was close to our bedroom window until about 3am. We were leaving the next morning about 8am and made sure to make as much noise as we could on that side knowing they would probably still be asleep. After all, they had disturbed us 2 nights in a row...turn about fair play, right? They did come out as we were finishing hooking up, introduced themselves and apologized to us for their noise the night before. I am sure they heard my husband say something to the effect "I don't give a crap, they woke me up and kept me up 2 nights" when I suggested he lower his voice before they came out. One guy said that it was his FW they were staying in and he takes his wife home and brings his buddy's back every year the same time for a week. I know now which spot I don't want if I camp there that particular week again. They were nice enough...just very loud.

[sele]

jetcare wrote:
Do you really have to arm the car alarm every time you get something out of your vehicle.

LOL only when you keep me up after quiet time. Seriously we run a box fan to sleep with so we have white noise blocks out most everything, but we sleep with one 365 days a year.

[Bucky_Badger]

Dave H M wrote:
surely this will degenerate into the Slam Bang crowd also leaving a pile of dog droppings on their early morning departure. :h

while warming up their diesels

[Acampingwewillg]

jetcare wrote:
Do you really have to arm the car alarm every time you get something out of your vehicle.

Yep, this ones my favorite too. 😞

[sljkansas]

Who locks their car or truck when camping? Hmm, never thought about doing that. Now out of the campgrounds going where City folks are, yep don't trust any of them! 😉