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Old 06-21-2005, 11:08 AM   #8
Frdxplorer
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CEP,

I am glad you make it clear to your visitors the proper behavior. I have been bringing buddies up to the lake for close to ten years now and have never had a problem until recently. My issue wasn't smoke tobacco but spit tobacco.

Last October we took the boat over to Meredith on a warm sunny Saturday afternoon. When we got there, there was hardly any space @ the docks. As I took the typical pass to see what I could find, a space opened up right in front of me. I had been there about 6 minutes or so and was very close to being the next in line. I made a move to the dock space because I just wasn't sure if another boat had been there first or not. He also headed for the dock and explained that I had taken his spot. Well, my friends thought they knew the way of the lake and started mouthing off to the captain of the other boat. I asked to make sure he had been there and then allowed him to take the spot. However, a few words continued to fly between the capt and my friends. He proclaimed that he had been doing this a lot longer than we had and we didn't know our stuff. Well, he was right about my friends. I then left the area and took plenty of grief from my friends.

By the end of the no wake zone, I had had enough of them telling me how to operate the boat on a lake that I have been coming to since I was 10 years old and gunned the boat. Well this caused a soda bottle that one had filled with his chew tobacco residue (disgusting habbit I know) to fall out of the cup holder and onto all over the boat. (Luckily it is an all fiberglass Whaler and not too hard to clean). Well needless to say I was pretty disappointed in my friends behavior thus far. I got pretty irritated and ordered him to hold the bottle until we got back to Winter Harbor.

About five minutes later, I look back and there is this guy (to defend myself, he was more of a friend of a friend) sitting in the back of the boat without a bottle. I just about flew off the handle. I explained that he was never welcome back at the lake and that he should probably think about finding his own way back to PA. We then turned the boat around and searched for about ten minutes for the bottle. We were unsuccessful in finding it but I made it very clear just how mad I was. All this was the day after he had told me what a special place Winnipesaukee was. I explained that it is a special place because people don't act like him and throw crap in the lake.

Anyway, a very long story I know. Sorry for the length. Just thought it provides a good example of how we can't take our guests actions for granted. I never would have thought he would throw a bottle in the lake.
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