Okay, so here's the story....
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Two seasonal Yellowstone National Park
concession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them
urinating into the Old Faithful geyser.
Park spokesman Al Nash says a 23-year-old man on Tuesday was
fined $750 and placed on three years of unsupervised probation for
urinating, being off trail in a restricted area and taking items
from the area. The man also was banned from Yellowstone for two
years.
The second employee's case is pending.
The park's dispatch center was called after someone watching a
webcam on the geyser saw six employees leaving the trail and
walking on Old Faithful on May 4.
The geyser was not erupting at the time.
Xanterra Parks & Resorts general manager Jim McCaleb says the
former concession workers were hired at the Old Faithful Inn and
that such incidents were rare.
Now, here's what I don't understand. If you work at the park, aren't you aware of the cameras? Wouldn't you think your picture would be taken if you veered off the path and got close to Old Faithful? I mean, we're not talking about some tiny park no one goes to. This is a freakin' national park! I'm glad the guys got in trouble, and that one even got banned from the park. People need to have respect for our national parks. That's my opinion. Let me know yours.
