ORIGINAL: markdt

Is it just me, or are people thinking that they don't have to be accountable for thier own actions anymore. You read the news, and the posts here, and all the information that we have at our disposal now, and I just can't believe peoples attitudes. It seems to jump out at me that no one is accountable for thier own actions anymore. It's always someone elses fault , how can I get out of this etc. I have been in the campground /customer service industry for over 25 years and I see this trend now being passed on to peoples kids. I had a family here in one of our Kabins last year whose kids broke all of our pool lounge chairs. It was witnessed by one of my seasoanl campers and the kids descriptions were spot on. I went down to them to confront them and DAD says ,no way, not my kids, been here the whole time. He sat there and lied to me right in front of the young offenders . Needless to say, I called the police and had his kids charged with vandalism. Never did get the money from them for the loungers, but managed to rent out the Kabin wth no refund. When the police arrived ,the first thing out of his mouth was that I was dicriminating against him and his family. I agreed with him that I discriminate against all liars and vandals . This is just one exaple of people NOT taking resposibility for thier actions, and the trend seems to be getting worse every year. What ever happened to our morals , integrity and values . I wish people would just suck it up and say, I f###ed up and what do I have to do to make things right. Instead of, how do I get out of this without paying a price. What they don't realise is that when they take this route, they are paying a price,thier integrityhas just been flushed down the drain...Mark...