2 Fired After Peeing In Old Faithful

[Taco-Calamitous]

When I walked in the door today, my dad showed me this story in the newspaper:

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - 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 said 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.

Let me give a little bit of explanation, here; if you go off the path around the geysers, the ground is very thin, and you could fall through into boiling hot water and die. Secondly, pissing into a geyser... hyuk hyuk hyuk! That's a great idea.

I worked for the same company these people worked for, in the same area (got a few friends who work there every year; wonder what they think of this.) No one did anything this stupid while I was there... but there are definitely more people like that who work there, who would do similarly stupid things. "This is a good idea! It'll be funny! Let's not worry about the consequences of our actions at all!" Great times. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[winterborn86]

That actually just made me laugh, if you gotta go, you gotta go right? lol
but it was pretty stupid doing in a geyser. Still you gotta see the funny side of it havn't ya

[Clint]

Maybe they were just trying to cool the geyser down. I mean, it's reasonable. It is an active volcanic zone, and a super volcano that could threaten all life near that area. They should be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their bravery and determination.

[KeybladerXIII]

What would've been funny is if the geyser decided to suddenly erupt suddenly!

[Unknown Entity]

*raises brow and chuckles*

That is the stupidest thing I think I've heard all day.

Heh. I can imagine one of them geyser's exploding piss everywhere now. XD

[Fate]

This is one of the funniest cases I've heard! Fired just for that? Wow, some places are very weird.

[KeybladerXIII]

Peeing into Mother Earth is probably a federal offense!

[Fate]

Well, they have people who pe behind bushes and stuff, but they usually get away with it. I wonder, if one were to pee in some national landmark, like, say, the Grand Canyon, would they get arrested? Is the geyser even famous because I haven't even heard of it before!

[KeybladerXIII]

I should try peeing in the Grand Canyon and time how long it takes to reach the bottom...*plans trip to Arizona*

[Taco-Calamitous]

Y'gotta understand though; they were peeing into Old Faithful, which is usually surrounded by people. And like I said, you can get ticketed for walking off the path.

It just pisses me off, because I had to deal with people like that and their shit on a daily basis when I was there. Literally; I was the friggen' dorm custodian. I did laugh after I read it, though. And then immediately thought of the dumb asses, and got pissed off. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[ladysilver]

Wow *chuckles* How stupid could you get? They obviously knew it was wrong. What some people do for kicks these days *shakes head*.

[Phantom]

LOL.

Well what can ya say? When you gotta go you gotta go xD. Peeing in a geyser isn't the wisest of ideas to say the least, for example if I happen to be passing by said geyser and it erupts I don't want piss all over my clean clothes xD.


....Why does that old saying about Golden Showers bring May flowers popping in my mind now?

Unknown Entity *raises brow and chuckles*

That is the stupidest thing I think I've heard all day.

Heh. I can imagine one of them geyser's exploding piss everywhere now. XD


LOL exactly, hope you folks brought your parasols XD

[OceanEyes28]

Fired just for that?

"Just" for that? If you've never seen Yellowstone, if you've never been to one of these incredible areas, then you have no idea. It is not the same as peeing behind a bush or into a canyon, Fate. I find it pretty offensive to dump your ****ing piss into a geyser. To even stand on such fragile ground for the sake of that... that's idiotic. They could have died a really painful death. Yeah, that's hilarious.

[Clint]

I wonder, if one were to pee in some national landmark, like, say, the Grand Canyon, would they get arrested?

What a coincidence. I pissed off the side of the Grand Canyon before. Although, I was in a restricted area with no security or other people around, so I guess that's why I wasn't arrested. If they don't want people to pee on national landmarks, then they should put up more bathrooms. Or at least a few port-o-potties here and there.

They could have died a really painful death. Yeah, that's hilarious.

People die really painful deaths all the time. It's no big deal.

[Fate]

"Just" for that? If you've never seen Yellowstone, if you've never been to one of these incredible areas, then you have no idea. It is not the same as peeing behind a bush or into a canyon, Fate.

That is only a matter of perspective. Assuming you aren't Asian, if something happened there, I doubt that it would affect you. However, being an Asian myself, of course I would feel something. You know about that geyser, and I do not. Therefore, it has no affect on me, so you really can't blame me for using just, seeing as how I couldn't have known you would be offended by it. If someone were to insult the place I come from, they wouldn't know, but I would be pissed. But I can't blame them, now can I?

Oh, and The Grand Canyon, I believe, is far more respected than the geyser.

[Meier Link]

Oh, and The Grand Canyon, I believe, is far more respected than the geyser.

Well kid-o your beleif is wrong. the "geyser" as you some humbally put it is a national treasure in it's self. The Grand Canyon and Old Faithful should be respected on equal terms. They are both wonders of this world and they are natural. There are very few places in this world where you can go and see something like this in its pure and raw state. The activity at this "geyser" is more active then any where else in the whole world, for that there should be respect. Also it is one of the few "flat volcanos" this world knows of with more destructive power then Mt. Saint Hellens. Once again respect should be given to an extent.


Back to the subject though (as if I was ever off topic in this one). I found the OP to be humours for a few, but looking at it now it is kind of upsetting. I hope the second offender gets what is coming to him just like the first.

Also, they both could be sentanced as sexual preditors as crazy as it seems and they could be put on the "list". Which would/could be very funny as pissing in a "geyser".

[Violet]

Dude, those guys asked for it. Not to mention how retarded they must've been.. I mean.. 23 years old and they're still playing truth or dare games? C'mon..

[Shadow Of Darkness]

So this guy risked hes life just to piss in the geyser? lol, it doesnt have to mean hes a retard Ann (but obviously he is),I bet he was drunk or something..maybe even stoned ! Anyway, that was very stupid of him. Just remember what would have look like if he fell into the geyser? ...boily boy...

[Pete]

Sometimes I really wish Darwinism was more clutch. Maybe not necessarily killing them, but scalding their junk to the point where they couldn't reproduce... maybe?

Yes they're idiots. Everyone knows if you're gonna do something stupid that can lead to jail time, you don't tape it. That's like rule 1 in the criminal handbook. They disrespected nature, and you just don't do that.