Humanity at their best

Okay, so bitching while blogging is okay right? This can always be a forum for expressing one's utter dismay at follow mankind.

Here's the problem. John and I are campground hosts at Deception Pass State Park for the month of September. What that means is that for a month we clean campsites, fire pits, litter patrol, etc. That's all fine and good. We have no problem with litter pick up. But there has to be a point when you just shake your head and go "What the". We are in charge of 158 site and what is called the West Beach area. You could expect the normal careless garbage, candy wrappers, pop cans, beer bottles etc. I attribute that to the fact that most people actually believe that an empty contained weighs more then when it was full and just can't manage to carried that extra weight back with them. The whole theory, "Pack it in, Pack it out" is lost on them. It is these next items that I have felt myself needed to blog about, so that I don't keep venting on John.

1) Baby Diapers- Used; Yes that's right folks. There are actually people out there who manage to give birth to a child, but do not possess the maternal skills to throw "their" baby's diaper away. Being a family type person though, they obviously wouldn't leave it out in the open, since that would be rude. No, No, they hide these little treasures in old tree trunk, thrown in blackberry bushes, or hid in some other joyous spot that is a treat for litter patrol to reach. Bless those souls who chose to give birth and thus were further absolved of any common consideration for those of us who didn't breed. I'm sure that they fill they are doing us non-child bearing individuals a service by allowing us to pick up dirty diapers for them.

2) Bagged and Tagged Beer Bottles- This one gets special mention since the individuals actually bagged up every can or bottle and then hid the bag. Apparently I am missing the whole hide and seek mentality that goes with this game.

3) Toilet Bombs- Those lovely white piles of miscellaneous matter located in "hidden" spots, so that people wouldn't see them doing their business in a national park. What I found most mind numbing was that the worse sites were actually the closest to the bathrooms.

4) Bagged Dog Shit- Yes, those proud owners that would bag their dogs poop, and then leave it for someone else to take it to the garbage can. Please be aware that the farthest anyone would have to walk in this park to get to a dumpster is 300 yards. At least they bagged it. Side note: we actually had someone let their dog crap right by our campground host sign, with John staring out the window, and pretending not to see the dog doing it. They realized that they were being watched and only then decided to clean up after their dog.

5) Feminine Hygiene Products- I have yet to understand this one. Tampons and pads (used by the way), left out like some Easter treats. John especially loved these ones. Not even going to try and rationalize this one, just shaking my head still.

6) Last but not least- Dead Rat- Yep John found a dead rat in a campfire pit. Not even going there.

Needless to say, I have very little faith in my fellow mankind sometimes. But just when I thought I was going to have to get a frontal lobotomy, a young couple in their 20's, came up and thanked us for cleaning up the campsite. Apparently there is hope for our future generations and most of the disaster left in the campsite is unfortunately from my generation.

Thanks for allowing the vent. Feeling better now.

That is until tomorrow, when the whole pick-up after humanity starts again.

p.s. John did find a condom in the parking lot right by the main gate. He was actually quite happy to pick that chunk of treasure up, as it prevented some other campground host, years from now, from having to pick up a hidden baby diaper in the bushes.