>
> 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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