[pct-l] Media mail?

[Ron Dye]

I enthusiastically echo your sentiments.  It is wonderful that folks support
us as they do but at times I've seen hikers develop a sense of entitlement.
We may be hiker trash - but we must be hiker class with class - and ethical
values.

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Junaid Dawud
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 2:48 PM
To: AsABat
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Media mail?

Asabat, thanks for saving me the typing, now I can just say:

"Ditto"

Junaid

On Apr 14, 2010, at 10:53 AM, AsABat <asabat at 4jeffrey.net> wrote:

> I think ticking off the post office during your hike would not be a  
> good
> thing. They already accommodate us storing huge amounts of boxes in  
> tiny
> buildings along the trail and often hold our packages longer than  
> they are
> required to. Ask the postmaster at Warner Springs - they needed to  
> build
> more space just to hold our packages.
>
> What you are suggesting is theft. It's no different than changing a  
> price
> tag on an item in a store, two people eating at an AYCE buffet but  
> only one
> paid, or sneaking extra people in a motel room without paying. Don't  
> do it.
> Besides being wrong, actions like these cause trail towns to NOT like
> hikers, leading not just to loss of discounts (which they give just  
> because
> what we're doing is cool, we don't deserve them if we can afford to  
> take 6
> months off) but also lead to businesses simply not wanting us  
> around. We've
> had that problem at a Nor Cal store years ago (problem now solved, new
> owners love us if we don't clog their front porch) and at a So Cal  
> mountain
> motel that got overpopulated and then flat out abused (problem also  
> solved
> now).
>
> Be cool, consider how your actions affect the other hikers, and how  
> they
> reflect your character.
>
> AsABat
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