[Geysers] Avis commercial

[Ralph Taylor]

I can indeed attest to it.  

Once I was cleaning on Geyser Hill near Pump Geyser when a family came by.
The parents took special pains to point out that the nice volunteer is
picking up litter and "we have to be careful not to litter".

Very nice, I think to myself.  Then, moments later, I hear a distinct "plop"
of something splashing into Doublet Pool.  Yup, same family.  Same kid, same
parents watching proudly as junior tosses another rock.

I ran up the boardwalk to them (which I suppose was fairly amusing in
itself) and had a brief discussion about the damage that rocks cause, etc.
I was being calm and understanding because of their previous talk.  Anyway,
they promised to be careful not to abuse the geysers any more.

I noticed one of the seasonal Interpreters (I don't recall who, it was a few
years ago) and radioed to her to have a word with the family and keep an eye
on them (you never know...).

So, the next thing the family knows they are stopped by a ranger with a flat
hat and given another lecture on proper decorum in Yellowstone.

They walked on for a bit, and I noticed a young seasonal Law Enforcement
ranger, who I knew was quite keen on resource protection, coming around
Geyser Hill.  He had heard my conversation on the radio and decided to
intervene. The next thing the visitors knew they were stopped again, this
time by a Ranger with a gun, and given yet another lecture. 

By this time I was beginning to feel sorry for the visitors!

Anyway, sometimes we manage to get the point across, sometimes to excess!

Other times, as Mike said, things don't go so well.

Ralph Taylor

-----Original Message-----
From: geysers-bounces at wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces at wwc.edu] On Behalf Of
Mike Keller
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 6:21 PM
To: 'geyser observation reports'
Subject: RE: [Geysers] Avis commercial

As Ralph Taylor can also attest to, this only reinforces the need for us to
keep cleaning the features.  Over the years Cynthia and I have literally had
visitors walk up to us, ask "What are you doing?" then proceed to throw
money into a feature and ask us to retrieve it!  If only they let us carry a
gun (just kidding!)...

MK

-----Original Message-----
From: geysers-bounces at wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces at wwc.edu] On Behalf Of
Pat Snyder
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 12:00 PM
To: geyser observation reports
Subject: Re: [Geysers] Avis commercial

So I am watching the Hidden Yellowstone program on Travel Channel this 
morning (for about the 5th time, it is quite good) and less than 40 
minutes after the scenes with Mike Keller cleaning out the hot springs 
the Avis commercial comes on with the two dorks throwing a rock into a 
geyser. Seriously NOT OK.

If you have a desire to let Avis know it is not OK, the best I could 
find on their web site is the customer service links. Hey, give it a 
try. I'm going to--and I will let everyone know if I get some feedback.
https://www.avis.com/AvisWeb/customerservice/InvokeFeedback
Thanks.
Pat Snyder

On Mar 24, 2005, at 6:19 AM, sgryc at comcast.net wrote:

> I saw the same commericial that Chase did where a couple of geyser 
> observers nonchalantly throw a rock into an erupting geyser.  I 
> thought the Metamucil commerical was kind of funny, but it seems that 
> among ad writers geysers are seen chiefly as receptacles for whatever 
> people care to toss in.  In the current case, the rock throwing is 
> completely gratuitous and doesn't really make any point about the 
> product or enhance the "story line" of the commercial.  Aggravating.
>
> Steve Gryc
>
>
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