| below please find a letter from an unhappy potential camper
as well as our response to it
Please note: For the benefit, safety and well being of all campers we
will always enforce our rules even if it means that we lose a potential
camper in the process. |
| I visited the camp site to see if this would be a potential possibility for me and my dogs to come camp. The owner of the property was very rude towards myself and I was asked to leave immediately after only being on the property for 15 minutes. He was upset because we had the dogs inside of one of the fences on the property when his wife told us to feel free to check out the property. The male owner acted as if we had broken some rule of which we were not aware. When I tried to talk with the owner about what his issue was, he would not talk with me about his issue but just asked that I leave immediately. I was with my same sex partner as well and feel that maybe he was not welcoming to the fact that we were gay. I was very offended and did not feel welcome to come back. I will tell all of my family, friends, pet stores, animal advocacy professionals, and vets about the owner’s rudeness. My comment will probably not make it onto the web site, but the NC camping authorities, gay rights activists and better business bureau will also be informed of their rudeness. I was asked to leave the property with no explanation and this offended me deeply. |
Dear Brittany When you called us on Sunday September 13, 2009 my wife explained to you on the phone, that you could come and check-out the premises. She also explained that you could bring your dogs and walk them on-leash while doing so, but that you could, under no circumstances bring the dogs into any of the fenced in, off-leash areas. She also explained that the pond area including the fishing pond can't be used unless you are a camper staying with us and being properly checked-in. These rules exist for liability, insurance and safety reasons and to help protect you and all other campers. After you arrived at the campground, my wife greeted you, and you replied: " I just called you", so it was clear to us, that we had already informed you about our rules for sightseers. A while after you and your friend walked by the office towards the pond area, my wife asked me to check and see if you got lost or needed any help. When I arrived at the pond area, one of your dogs was in the water swimming, the other running around the grass area off-leash. Your friend was sitting in the gazebo and you were walking around the beach area. I told you, that entering the fenced in area was in violation of our rules, that my wife had specifically told you to stay outside the fenced in areas and that your blatant disregard of our request forces me to ask you to leave our premises immediately. You responded that you did not talk to my wife on the phone and after I explained that I sat next to her during this conversation, you told me that you must have misunderstood, what she said. (So you obviously did talk to her) I told you, you were using the pond in violation of our rules for
sightseers and that I would not risk losing my insurance because you felt it was OK to do so. I don't know why and how you come up with the preposterous idea that you being in a relationship with another woman has anything to do with this. That's the reason we asked you to leave. Nothing more, nothing less. Meik Bartoschek CPC CPMC PS: I have included your letter and my response to our website as well
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