2 Fired For Urinating Into Old Faithful

Toronto Sun ^ | 5/15/09 | andy58-in-nh

[andy58-in-nh]

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 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 centre 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.

Xanterra Parks & Resorts general manager Jim McCaleb says the former concession workers were hired at the Old Faithful Inn and such incidents are rare.

[andy58-in-nh]

Best line:

"The geyser was not erupting at the time." You think?

[DemforBush]

I’m thinking an unexpected eruption by Old Faithful would have made this a sure-fire Darwin Award winner. :-)

[andy58-in-nh]

When you gotta go... you gotta go.

[Kartographer]

Let me guess their names are:
Beavis and Butthead?

[HereInTheHeartland]

Has anyone been there and seen the massive amounts of buffalo manure that accumulate in the winter?

The buffs like to hang out near warm things in the winter

[lilylangtree]

Dang! That’s something I would do. These two beat me to it.

[ZULU]

Too bad Old Faithful’s timing was off.

[ontap]

The geyser was not erupting at the time.

I guess this day and time it is necessary to state this!

[tumblindice]

Hold your water boys .......
Remember, there’s a B-doubleE-doubleR-un coming up soon to Martha’s Vineyard.
Then on to Plains, GA!

[Dumpster Baby]

Well, darn. I guess I have to cross that one off my Bucket List.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Not necessarily, how about taking a dump into Old Faithful? Just make sure your timing is not off.

[BigEdLB]

I don’t care if urine is sterile. I am still speechless....

[dfwgator]

“Urine a lot of trouble, guys.”

[brytlea]

LOL
But, I’m still trying to imagine why anyone thought urinating there was a good idea. Some people are just plain stupid.

[andy58-in-nh]

The Government’s always looking for ways to improve the revenue stream.

[andy58-in-nh]

Just a guess, but copious quantities of beer may have had something to do with it. I guess the guys were embarrassed and wanted to keep the story quiet. Unfortunately, somebody leaked it.

[mikeus_maximus]

One more example of something only a MAN can do!

[andy58-in-nh]

Sadly, it's something only a man would do. Under extreme social pressure, of course. Meaning about four Miller Lites.

[altair]

Some people are just plain stupid.

I'm trying to come up with a mental image of the person who reported them and maybe that's somewhere I shouldn't go.

[Fast Moving Angel]

To paraphrase the punchline to an old joke: “That water’s warm.” “Deep, too.”