Club members please clean up your acts

be59cre
be59cre Forum Participant Posts: 13
edited July 2016 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

I don't really know if this is the right place to start this discussion but having been away since the 17th June and we are now on our 5th site. I really can't belive the mess being left behind in the toilet blocks , toilets have been left dirty not very nice for the next person to use or the warden's to clean up.Would you leave this mess in your own homes? I don't  think so . This also leads to my next  moan as a responsible dog owner why is it some people can't clear up after there dog.There aren't any poo fairies on dog walks and it's not the responsibility of the warden's either to clear up.I've just been out on our 5th site on tour and the dog mess is just not on so come on club members please clear up after yourselves and your dogs

Moderator Edit:

Your duplicate thread has been Deleted User and this one moved here as it's concerned with CC sites.

Also, as we have a thread dedicated to Caravanning with dogs, we are asked to keep all 'dog related' posts to that thread.

Many Thanks.

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  • paul56
    paul56 Forum Participant Posts: 937
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    edited July 2016 #2

    There has got to be 'poo fairies' around. After all who is it that cleans up after their dogs and then hangs the bags off the nearest branch or fence?

  • Cornersteady
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    edited July 2016 #3

    come on name and shame the sites?

  • Kennine
    Kennine Forum Participant Posts: 3,472
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    edited July 2016 #4

    The OP is highlighting a reason why many caravanners use their own facilities when on CC sites.

    The wardens do a excellent job of cleaning the public Lavatories once a day. So lets not go down the road of blaming particular sites.

    The disgusting state of some toilets after they have been properly cleaned  is caused by filthy members nobody else.

    KSurprised

  • Navigateur
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    edited July 2016 #5

    I do wonder what some peoples' homes must be like when they can't even drop it in the bowl.  Or is it deliberate just because they can?  A rebellion against the rules?

  • Rubytuesday
    Rubytuesday Forum Participant Posts: 952
    edited July 2016 #6

    It's something that has been discussed on here many times over the years, once in toilet block a member was coming out of cubicle as I walked past the ness was appalling , YES I stopped her and in  loud clear voice gave it to her straight informing her what
    a dirty selfish  ?itc? She was and pigs had better hygiene habits than her Yell no she didn't clean it   found out what pitch she was on and reported
     the loo and her to the warden's office .....don't think any thing was done 

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2016 #7

    It is always the few who make it difficult for the many as in all walks of life,and when it is noted are the same people like it at home the the answer is probably yes,my daughter was in a job (not now) that involved entering peoples properties ,she used to say that sometimes it was so bad that it was a wonder the families were not all ill,and yet from the outside of the property you would think they were like "Mrs Bucket"  

  • Cornersteady
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    edited July 2016 #8

    were the wardens informed? I have found they usually clean things up through out the day, if they are told of course

  • Rubytuesday
    Rubytuesday Forum Participant Posts: 952
    edited July 2016 #9

    Yes jv if they want to live like that in there own home that's up to them , but in public toikets ect have they no shame Especially when there's a good probability they will get caught and shamed   

  • Rubytuesday
    Rubytuesday Forum Participant Posts: 952
    edited July 2016 #10

    were the wardens informed? I have found they usually clean things up through out the day, if they are told of course

    Write your comments here...I'm sure the toilet was cleaned wardens they always do when a report is made , but doubt very much member was repremanded ,  

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2016 #11

    Yes jv if they want to live like that in there own home that's up to them , but in public toikets ect have they no shame Especially when there's a good probability they will get caught and shamed   

    ...Those sort of people will not "see" the  mess 

  • Wildwood
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    edited July 2016 #12

    My wife has always preferred the caravans facilities but I was converted due to the problems listed but now prefer them anyway. Some members or visitors have no shame.

  • S-max Jonny
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    edited July 2016 #13

    Ahh - another "responsible dog owner " . The mess  comes from someones dogs does it not ?

  • be59cre
    be59cre Forum Participant Posts: 13
    edited July 2016 #14

    The warden's have been informed and went out and cleaned it up which they shouldn't have to and yes I'm a dog owner and hopefully a responsable one as I always clean up. If I left the mess in my toilet at home she would kill me.

     

  • IanH
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    edited July 2016 #15

    I do agree with the op and their experience.........but it does make you wonder how this could happen on a top priced CC site where the standards are reputed to be impecible.

    The commercial sites we were on recently (and most sites 'over there') had tge facilities inspected and cleaned numerous times each day (not just once) and did not rely on the usual refrain (on here) of "did you report it to the wardens?"

    I do, of course, agree that the people causing these problems are filthy and disgusting beyond belief......

  • IamtheGaitor
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    edited July 2016 #16

    were the wardens informed? I have found they usually clean things up through out the day, if they are told of course

    Write your comments here...I'm sure the toilet was cleaned wardens they always do when a report is made , but doubt very much member was repremanded ,  

    I would doubt it too. One of the twice in all our time caravanning we have reported people to the wardens was a dog on the opposite pitch let out to poo regularly and not picked up.  Told the warden who came after the woman had left to clear it up. When we commented that it was a shame he had missed her he said it was deliberate to avoid confrontation with her. So she left to do it again somewhere else with no sanction.

  • IanH
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    edited July 2016 #17

    Do wardens avoid rule breakers because they just don't want the confrontation? Or are they acting 'under orders' from HO?

    If the former, they are surely in the wrong job.

    If the latter, do Grimstead not realise that, by avoiding upset to one (disgusting) member, they alienate many other members?

    Perhaps one of our warden contributors could clarify why rules are rarely applied on CC sites?

  • Cornersteady
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    edited July 2016 #18

    I do agree with the op and their experience.........but it does make you wonder how this could happen on a top priced CC site where the standards are reputed to be impecible.

    The commercial sites we were on recently (and most sites 'over there') had tge facilities inspected and cleaned numerous times each day (not just once) and did not rely on the usual refrain (on here) of "did you report it to the wardens?"

    I do, of course, agree that the people causing these problems are filthy and disgusting beyond belief......

    Ian you little Tinker, you did state that on the stites you've been on where toilets are inspected and cleaned once than once there was still some mess. Funny how you forget certain things when you want to knowck the club eh?

  • IanH
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    edited July 2016 #19

    .......and in English? Undecided

  • Cornersteady
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    edited July 2016 #20

    .......and in English? Undecided

    good one Ian, another of your legendary tactics. 

     

  • KjellNN
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    edited July 2016 #21

    I am just wondering how some people manage to make such  a big mess in a toilet?

    OH is particular, but I rarely get any criticism!

     

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2016 #22

    .......and in English? Undecided

    ...Have you looked at your spelling before your normal tactic the usual side step to avoid the correct answer

  • moulesy
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    edited July 2016 #23

    Where's Lord B when you need him? He was always good for a comment on the subject of mess, human and canine! Laughing

    Seriously, it's a sad truth that you will get this sort of incident on all sites, possibly with the exception of CLs where maybe the smaller numbers mean less anonymity. One can only really wonder at how folks like that behave at home. Sad

  • Cornersteady
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    edited July 2016 #24

    Where's Lord B when you need him? He was always good for a comment on the subject of mess, human and canine! Laughing

    Seriously, it's a sad truth that you will get this sort of incident on all sites, possibly with the exception of CLs where maybe the smaller numbers mean less anonymity. One can only really wonder at how folks like that behave at home. Sad

    true

  • EmilysDad
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    edited July 2016 #25

    Not condoning making a mess but  ..... I've noticed that the design of toilet bowls on the majority of CC sites I've been to don't help ie there's a tendancy for it to hit the back bowl first rather than the water Wink

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2016 #26

    Do we have the same problems of dog poo "over there"on sites these days as when in French towns you miss a lot of the places to see as you are forever looking down to make sure you miss the piles of poo,and it may be on some sites they "check" but most public French toilets are best avoided unless desperate Surprised

  • EmilysDad
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    edited July 2016 #27

     ..... but most public French toilets are best avoided unless desperate Surprised

    You want to try Karachi ...... on seconds thought ... you don't! Surprised

  • mickysf
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    edited July 2016 #28

    Where's Lord B when you need him? He was always good for a comment on the subject of mess, human and canine! Laughing

    Seriously, it's a sad truth that you will get this sort of incident on all sites, possibly with the exception of CLs where maybe the smaller numbers mean less anonymity. One can only really wonder at how folks like that behave at home. Sad

    Is lordy still amongst us? Not 'seen' or heard of him for a long time. 

    It all comes down to us, and how we behave! My experience is the the staff on sites clean and polish the facilities so well you can see your faeces in them.Embarassed They, the facilities then are only as clean as the last of us to use them!

  • Cornersteady
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    edited July 2016 #29

    Not condoning making a mess but  ..... I've noticed that the design of toilet bowls on the majority of CC sites I've been to don't help ie there's a tendancy for it to hit the back bowl first rather than the water Wink

    to avoid 'spashback' perhaps

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  • Navigateur
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    edited July 2016 #31

     there's a tendancy for it to hit the back bowl first rather than the water 

    Which does not explain why "it" is lying on the floor!  A serious miscalculation of aim perhaps, but very difficult to avoid to get out of the cubicle as the door swings over the top of it.  Does explain why these sort of doors are not made to go right down
    to the floor though.