Yellowstone workers fired for peeing into geyser

2 Yellowstone workers fired after watering geyser

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 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.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090514/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_geyser_goons;_ylt=AvntJUgszEfMMTv1IyneQujtiBIF

Good grief. Aside from being disgusting pigs, they're stupid as well. Hard to figure which is worse.

HEE hee hee!

I was going to say.......

operating in Yellowstone anymore or all of our National Parks for that matter. They treat their employees like trash, and it seems like the employees are reacting. Frankly the money they rake in for their overpriced services and underpaid employees could be better used for maintaining this park and others. I think it's time to turn this task back to the federal government.

:wow:

The ground around Old Faithful, as well as other geysers, mudpots, pools and others is very unstable. It could break away at any time, and we've got some boiled boys for dinner. These two could've died from a cave in.

That's why they have the wooden paths for guests to walk on. Scientists check the park's attractions daily, and if the ground shifts, they know it, and move the paths to more stable ground. Any deviation off the paths results in park expulsion, guests, workers, doesn't matter.

Keep in mind, that this entire park is probably the biggest volcano in the world.

I agree with all the points you raise about it being serious. Beyond that, Yellowstone is a public treasure; I don't have a problem with firing and fining folks who treat it that way.

peeing in a geyser is a once in a lifetime opportunity

You only get to experience it once.

(I could come up with an equivalent of the "pry it from my cold dead fingers" line, but it would be wrong.)

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