AIBU to resent the mess and antisocial behaviour from bank holiday visitors?

Well if there’s no where to put it and you have kids, coats, buckets and spades to carry it’s not that easy

It strikes me these towns need some extra money for more waste collection

People's behaviour can be appalling but it's hardly unanticipated

It's an absolute nightmare. Every road in our town that leads to the beach was gridlocked yesterday, people parking fully on the pavements and on double yellows, litter everywhere. There was a police helicopter overhead for hours and heard multiple sirens, the fire fighters were out tackling fires caused by idiots and their barbeques. People come with huge cool boxes of food & drink so it's not like they're spending loads of money in the local shops, then they leave all the rubbish behind.

Did see the traffic wardens out dishing out multiple parking tickets so that was good to see!

But the council shouldn't need to clear up after people!

I bet some of the tourists are considerably richer than you.

Oh here we go 🤣 🍿

But the council /gov should be able to provide extra bins etc for a couple of days a year.
our council have removed all lay-by bins to stop people dumping stuff,which has worked -but they could also stick a few more bins out

Well no it really doesn't actually.

It's to do with whether people are decent, thoughtful and well mannered.

Not their bank balances.

Me too. It is a bloody nightmare.

People chuck their rubbish everywhere, including dirty nappies! Every year there are fires on the moors from disposable bloody bbqs.

We also get selfish parking, yelling, booming music, etc.

I understand its their holiday and im glad they enjoy coming here, and that's great, the local economy needs it but is a little consideration re noise and parking really too much to ask?

Is it too much to ask to not chuck rubbish all over the place?

Is it too much to ask to not leave bbqs that end up starting fires?

I dont get it. They come here because its beautiful and they leave it looking like shit.

Is that what they want to see? Is that where they want to holiday? In a noisy village with rubbish everywhere, booming music, roads blocked with cars, dirty nappies in fields and fire engines on the moors?

Imagine sharing those holiday snaps!

No, its not everyone, of course its not. But its enough people for us to be left clearing up a load of shit every fucking time.

I don't even live in a tourist area but suburban London and it really upset me when the local park is turned into a pit. Why on earth do people think it's ok to leave their rubbish. So upsetting and incredibly annoying for us dog walkers. Just waiting for a massive fire as people are bringing bbq's and not putting them out properly

I was 100% with you until that “couldn’t afford to live here” comment.

It’s poor people you object to

Don’t be a snob op. It’s the volume of people, not their individual socioeconomic backgrounds.

Why can’t people clean up after themselves though. The council will do it - but they shouldn’t have to. Also most of the visitors are from out of area so don’t pay council tax locally- it’s visitors leaving the mess, but locals paying to have it cleaned up.

We don’t get too much mess here to be fair. Day trippers do, however, seem to be incapable of parking within a single parking space, we have limited parking because many houses are on paths with no car access and it’s very frustrating when people park badly reducing the amount of parking spaces further. Also, they are incapable of walking on the pavement. Just because you’re on holiday doesn’t mean you can saunter along in the middle of the road. Yes, it is a lovely harbour area, but it’s a working fishing harbour surrounded by houses, there is quite a lot of traffic of people trying to go about their normal lives.

Ah voila!

I’m went for a run at the beach this morning and it was absolutely full of rubbish on the prom, bins overflowing and people had just continued to pile rubbish up next to them. The seagulls have had a field day! Pretty sure the council go and clean it ready for the next lot today though!

how do you know people can’t afford to live where you do… that will get you flamed

I live in Cornwall and it's been really busy here. I haven't noticed any litter or even any dog poo on beaches.

I'm really impressed actually. ☀️

I was at a busy beach yesterday and was upset to see how many bottles were just left on the pebbles some broken glass, so dangerous for people with bare feet. However I would expect the council to employ litter pickers for bank holiday weekends to keep everyone safe.

Bingo!

Oh the 'couldn't afford to live here' might get you flamed though...

Mess and antisocial behaviour is just that.

It has nothing to do with anyone's monthly income.

I feel happy when I see the beach full and people enjoying the gorgeous weather. I felt a bit sorry for them yesterday though, I think when people's airbnbs or hotels are quite a ways away from the beach and parking is competitive people stay out waaaaay longer than they should and get badly burnt. Yes the drunks are a bit annoying. You get the occasional total rotter doing a shit in the sand dunes but generally speaking they have a nice time.

I know I am going to get flamed for this thread, but I have had enough.

Eh? Why would you get 'flamed'? 😳

There are loads of threads like this every year from people living in tourist spots, who say exactly the same thing.

Ah you might get flamed now for mentioning the difference in income between the residents and the visitors who leave mess. Well off people have been known to leave rubbish and plenty of poor people are considerate.