Early arrivals - action at last?

Posted on 05/09/2022 13:26 by SteveL

I didn’t word it very well CS, I realise that. My point was really that there would be less chance of folk still arriving early if the club came straight out and said you WILL be asked to leave, rather than the weak MAY that they have employed. That to me implies that a degree of discretion might be forthcoming and encourages a few to take the risk.

Posted on 05/09/2022 13:03 by Cornersteady

But was the suspension for arriving early? I would say not. They were asked to leave, not once but twice before the SM said their booking was cancelled and membership suspended.  

Posted on 05/09/2022 16:55 by LLM

A very strange assertion.  One that definitely does not work as the two things are  inseparably linked. 

Posted on 05/09/2022 17:43 by Rocky 2 buckets

That’s way off base they are totally separate issues. The blatant refusals engendered the possible sanction not the early arrival.

Posted on 05/09/2022 16:55 by LLM

A very strange assertion.  One that definitely does not work as the two things are  inseparably linked. 

Posted on 05/09/2022 17:43 by Rocky 2 buckets

That’s way off base they are totally separate issues. The blatant refusals engendered the possible sanction not the early arrival.

Posted on 05/09/2022 17:56 by Cornersteady

I would say not linked at all  if you read what the Op on the other forum posted:

...approached by two wardens who directed us to leave the site immediately , and return after 1pm. When asked where we could go were told to turn left out of the site, toward  Kingswear and the ferry terminal. Having attended the site previously, and knowing the geography of the very narrow and steep lane, I declined to do soon the grounds of safety to my wife myself, my car and caravan.

Five minutes later 12.50pm(still 10 minutes early we were approached by a gentleman stating that he was the site manager. He instructed me to leave immediately and return after 1pm(Less than 10 minutes).

I again sited the relative safety issues and refused to leave for the sake of 10 minutes. I was very polite with the man. The site manager then told me that my booking was cancelled with immediate effect, and my CMC membership suspended. 

Note well the then in the last paragraph

So if one follows the parts in bold in the timeline given, they were asked to leave the site, they refused, another site manager instructed them to leave, they refused again, and then they were told their booking was cancelled and membership suspended.

If they had left the first time it would have been no cancellation and suspension, if they had left the second time same again bit it was only after they refused to leave the second that the action was taken. They sanction was taken because they refused to follow the site manager's instruction not the early arrival. Failure to follow a warden's instruction is perfectly fair grounds to have a booking cancelled and membership suspended.