>
> I would also talk with their manager. REI does support geocaching. So, 
> this is a rogue response on the employee's part. Not nice.
This person was expressing their personal opinion, not REI policy.
I doubt we (or REI) can change his opinion, but he needs to stop 
spreading his negative eco-terrorist propaganda at work

Crystal Hinkle wrote:
> Hi everyone...I wanted to share this story with ya'all....
>  
> I went to REI this past weekend for a problem with my GPS.  As the guy 
> was helping me, he shared his viewpoint on geocaching.  He said that 
> he goes out on public lands a lot and anytime he sees a cache there, 
> he throws it away.  My first thought was shock and alarm!  I went home 
> and looked up the official rules, and he's right.  They are not 
> supposed to be on forest service land, state land, etc.  However, 
> somehow this message is not getting out to everyone who places 
> caches.  I told him that it would be better if he contacted the owner 
> and let them know that he was removing their cache because it didn't 
> follow the guidelines and he blew me off and said that they know it's 
> not supposed to be there.  Rather than have him sabbotage my GPS ;0) I 
> just let that go and finished the troubleshooting and left.  It 
> disturbed me that he would do such a thing, though.  I just thought I 
> would bring it up to see if anyone has any thoughts on what people 
> should do if they find a cache on public lands that shouldn't be 
> there.  Thanks!
>  
> Crystal
> CraftyCrystal
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