INJUSTICE! I was given a ticket and banned from a campground. PLEASE HELP!?
I know its long but please help! !!
(At a California State Beach) My friends and I went camping where the quiet hours are from 10PM to 8AM. It was about 10:30 PM when a park ranger angrily approached us and said we are violating the rules.
I admit we were rowdy but we honestly lost track of time as it was only 30 min past quiet hours.
Anyways, without any warning, he gave me a ticket for disturbing peace and quiet. A friend got really upset and made rude comments to the officer. The officer then threatened he could give us all a ticket, make us leave in the middle of the night, or get thrown in jail if he heard another word. I apologized for my friend’s mouth he then said he wants us out by 8AM first thing in the morning (check out is at 10AM) After the officer left, we were silent the rest of the night. Next morning, we talked to the manager about what happened. He said we would still need to leave but that he would give us until 12 noon to enjoy our morning. We actually had our campsite emptied and cleaned by 10AM and wanted to go to the beach for the remaining 2 hours.
We went to the car at the parking area to grab a few things for the beach when the camp host asked us “are you suppose to be here?” before we could answer he blurted “…don’t try to lie to me!” we explained the situation and told him we were given permission to stay until noon. He didn’t bother listening and literally stalked us, and rudely demanded that we leave. We asked him if we were able to use the day use area strictly for the beach. He said he didn’t know and that we needed to ask the person at the window. So we drove to the day use window (as the camp host still followed ) right when we get to the window, the person just said “you guys need to leave.” Basically, we were kicked out and banned from the whole entire campground and beach for being loud at 10:30pm. There were over 80 camp sites there, but the whole staff was after us. Ridiculous!
We truly made an honest mistake that we apologized for. If the ranger had given us a warning, we wold immediately turn off the music and stay quiet.
So my question is do you think this is unfair and wrong?
Do campers always get kicked out after given a ticket?
What can i do about this situation?
What an injustice! You got a ticket for a crime that you admit to committing! How dare they!
Put on your big girl panties and take the consequences of your actions.
If everything went down as you said, then it is a ridiculous abuse of power, probably because his wife is not putting out.
What can you do? Get over it. There really is nothing for you to do and stewing over it and holding onto anger is like taking poison and expecting it to impact them.
ADDED: What a bunch of hard @$$e$. They made a mistake, and other than one pinhead, they were sorry about it. Get over your self-righteous selves.
Sorry you do not have a leg to stand on as the park is for every ones enjoyment not just yours. There is not much you can do, other than the next time you go camping anywhere, obey the rules so you do not suffer this fate again, and I would leave your “friend” at home.
Rules are rules, and 30 minutes is a fair oversight. Knowing there was a strict schedule in place, I find it unusual that you weren’t keeping better track of time. Especially 10:30 at night, when a lot of people are likely trying to sleep.
I think the initial ticket could certainly have been a warning, but given your friend’s attitude(regardless of your courtesy) I am not surprised. As far as the rude treatment the day after… I think you should have cut and run, knowing at least one person was unhappy with you being there. Sounds like you were looking to stick it to them, to me.
buy a watch some folks are mean just to be mean . it sucks but the rules were put in force for a reason good luck
you didn’t follow the parks rules therefore you were punished. sounds like you got off easy by only receiving one ticket. and he didn’t stalk you. you obviously don’t know what stalking actually is. you completely deserve what you got and theres nothing you can do about it. my suggestion don’t go back. its as simple as that
Wow, so you broke the rules committed a crime and admitted to it.
You’re upset that that the cop didn’t cut you any slack, which he didn’t have to, unless he felt like doing it as a courtesy. The cop probably wouldn’t have threatened to haul multiple multiple people off to jail – at great risk to his own safety while waiting for backup – and all the consequent paperwork, for no reason. Your “frenemy” who got upset must have really cussed the cop out – I’d bet that means he was probably more drunk than was wise in a public place.
So we got a bunch of rowdy noisy drunks who are so loud the park calls the cops on them; who give the cop attitude and cuss them out; then are upset because they were given a ticket and asked to leave earlier than normal. At least the cop didn’t kick you all out right then, or throw you all in the drunk tank. He may have thought you were all too drunk to drive, so he didn’t feel that making you leave right then was a safe choice.
Campers in your scenario usually go to jail.You got pretty lucky.
Yes, campers who are so drunk and loud that the cops get called on them, then drunkenly mouth off to cops when they arrive, usually do get kicked out.
Like the previous answerer said, put on your big girl panties and deal with it.