Why do some people (shaf) just not get the fact that this is just a hypothetical 'nightmare family' on a campsite and not a thread for poking fun at those less fortunate not to be graced with good health. Lighten up, lifes too short !!
Ok, this may not be very politically correct, but its a true story that sort of chimes with what's been said, and has more than a smattering of irony.
Last year we stayed at a lovely little campsite in lincolnshire with our three boys and the dogs. Mindful of the 11pm curfew, the kids were in bed in good time and the dog (who doesn't bark anyway) was tucked up in her inflatable dogbed. opposite us were a rally group who had a central marquee and returned from the pub shortly after we had turned in. The noise started and it got louder and louder. By 1 am I was ready to confront them, but hubby placated me so I tried to get some sleep. The next day we spoke to the campers opposite, who told us how they had someone fall on their tent in the night and didn't get any sleep (the marquee was directly behind their tent).
All was peaceful during the day and the kids played football loudly around their tents (revenge, so we thought). Come the night time, we settle once more, only for the same thing to happen and the kids were woken up. So this time there was no stopping me at 3 am when I marched over there. I went into the marquee and asked them to keep the noise down, and that they had woken my kids up. I was met by pretty much complete ignorance. This infuriated me more and meanwhile the other campers closer to the marquee had come out. He was less polite than me, though equally angry, and one of the group was ready to take a swing for him. I then noticed an older chap and thought I'd appeal to him. And do you know what the reason for all the noise was? They were all deaf, he told me! Well, my response was that it wasn't an excuse for being inconsiderate. He wore a hearing aid and could hear what I was saying, but tried to defend the drunken, inconsiderate actions of others with the fact that they couldn't hear.
Politcally correct or not, using a disability as an excuse for inconsiderate behaviour is, in my book, an insult to those who have a disability. As I said to the man, if I had a broken ankle and drove my car regardless, knocked someone down and killed them, I'd be responsible regardless of my disability because i knew that I would not be able to drive properly. likewise, the group may have been deaf but there were people who were around who could hear and they should have moderated the noise, and even then those who were hard of hearing should have considered the noise they would make.
The site were brilliant though, and gave us a free weekend, admitting that they should have put them in the rally field.
You do expect a certain amount of noise, especially on family sites, but excessive noise, no matter who are the perpetrators, can drive the most patient of campers into a frenzy!
Quote: Originally posted by good_in_tent on 01/8/2007
Ok, this may not be very politically correct, but its a true story that sort of chimes with what's been said, and has more than a smattering of irony.
Last year we stayed at a lovely little campsite in lincolnshire with our three boys and the dogs. Mindful of the 11pm curfew, the kids were in bed in good time and the dog (who doesn't bark anyway) was tucked up in her inflatable dogbed. opposite us were a rally group who had a central marquee and returned from the pub shortly after we had turned in. The noise started and it got louder and louder. By 1 am I was ready to confront them, but hubby placated me so I tried to get some sleep. The next day we spoke to the campers opposite, who told us how they had someone fall on their tent in the night and didn't get any sleep (the marquee was directly behind their tent).
All was peaceful during the day and the kids played football loudly around their tents (revenge, so we thought). Come the night time, we settle once more, only for the same thing to happen and the kids were woken up. So this time there was no stopping me at 3 am when I marched over there. I went into the marquee and asked them to keep the noise down, and that they had woken my kids up. I was met by pretty much complete ignorance. This infuriated me more and meanwhile the other campers closer to the marquee had come out. He was less polite than me, though equally angry, and one of the group was ready to take a swing for him. I then noticed an older chap and thought I'd appeal to him. And do you know what the reason for all the noise was? They were all deaf, he told me! Well, my response was that it wasn't an excuse for being inconsiderate. He wore a hearing aid and could hear what I was saying, but tried to defend the drunken, inconsiderate actions of others with the fact that they couldn't hear.
Politcally correct or not, using a disability as an excuse for inconsiderate behaviour is, in my book, an insult to those who have a disability. As I said to the man, if I had a broken ankle and drove my car regardless, knocked someone down and killed them, I'd be responsible regardless of my disability because i knew that I would not be able to drive properly. likewise, the group may have been deaf but there were people who were around who could hear and they should have moderated the noise, and even then those who were hard of hearing should have considered the noise they would make.
The site were brilliant though, and gave us a free weekend, admitting that they should have put them in the rally field.
You do expect a certain amount of noise, especially on family sites, but excessive noise, no matter who are the perpetrators, can drive the most patient of campers into a frenzy!
I know this is a true story but i fell about laughing
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