The majority of campers and other people you meet in a campground are absolutely wonderful. I took a call the other day from someone trying to reserve a site and he went out of his way to make the process easy. He did mention that he had also worked in a campground so he had a good idea what I was going through. Then there was an earlier call from someone interested in camping with us but only if we could provide distance from an attraction she wanted to visit. This lady was absolutely amazed that I couldn’t provide the information immediately. Since I had a minute to spare, I looked it up on mapquest. The attraction was about 50 miles away via twisty country roads, with campgrounds much closer than us. And then there was the local resident who came in that day to get propane cylinders filled. He was also amazed that I wouldn’t fill an outdated cylinder, even after he assured me that he wasn’t the propane police. I’ll bet he was even more astounded that his very creative cursing did not get him what he wanted.

For those of you considering working in a campground, please be aware that it’s like any other customer service job. Many, or even most, of your customers will be very pleasant to work with but every once in a while a total jerk will put in an appearance. May your jerks be few and far between.