So that's where you been!Your a chair dude.
Thanks for doin' the right thang for the turtles, TNJed! Maybe others will follow your cue.
10-12 hour days of sweat, sand and sun do keep the keyboard at bay.
Just wait til the off season. I'll be back with a vengeance! This summer has been great though, can't complain. I've been trying to figure out a way to strap my chairs onto the turtles so they can help me move them, but those suckers are slippery! 
Just kidding. They really just have a poor work ethic.Kurt said:
Some sage advice there. Too right about opening a can of worms with trying to be a traffic cop on the beach. The rental agencies will be very key in advising their renters to the beach policies. Though, they have been known to be simple "yes men" or deliver out of date or incorrect info such as, "oh yes, chair and umbrella rentals are included with your condo/house." Being the fall-guy and bearer of bad news on the beach isn't fun for me. Though I do get a thrill from telling the renters to call their agency back and set them straight.
seaside2 said:
Contracted condos and HOA usually ask us to clear their beaches each night and if we want to stay in their good graces then we abide with a smile. Hey, "The Dude abides." Right? For the most part, these beaches are usually great to service anyway because the same powers that be keep their owners and guests in line as well in terms of keeping "their" beaches clear at night.
You're right about private homes being confusing. This falls under the whole private vs public beach debacle. Home owners and renters feel they should be able to leave what they want out at night but the county makes the rules. This is part of the problem. If people see stuff left out, unaware it's private property, then they understandably feel they can leave theirs out as well. Be it at a public access or another's property. Guests don't understand the invisible property lines. They see the water, tents left out overnight and figure, "me too!"
Like I said, it's gotta be all or none.
4:30-5pm is the generally accepted closing time. 9am seems a little late to me though for set-up. My feet hit the sand around 7am every morning and sometimes earlier depending on my work load. By the time I finish my morning set-up, it can be close to 8:30am. Perhaps you were just on the end of someone's morning duties, but you shouldn't have been first on the afternoon close. I can't speak for them though.
The reverse is true as well. If we start clearing at 5pm, sometimes we don't finish until 7pm. Then it's home to shower, eat, relax for an hour or two then bedtime because 6 am comes around quicker than you'd like. I'm lucky because I live in Seagrove. Many of the beach employees must drive an hour or more just to get here and another hour to get back home in the evening. Those boys works their tails off. That is, if you can find some that will actually show up each day. Lord, please build some affordable housing/apartments so the service industry can actually offer suitable accommodations for their workforce. Or, for that matter, actually have a workforce.
Again, not complaining, but behind the scenes there is A LOT of labor that goes into what we do and trying to negotiate half enforced rules only makes it harder.
Surfs up! See ya on the beach! ;-)
