If the box says "$6 per night. Honor System" - that pretty much says it all. If someone cannot afford to stay at the hostel and reckons the hostel will "understand" they need to go to the person in charge and look them straight in the eye and tell them this before they spend 6 nights there. They need to square themselves before taking advantage of their hospitality. Anything else is flat down dishonest. So I reckon that we know what type of honor this mother has now.
this past spring, april 15 - may 31, The Place had a volunteer/live-in caretaker. he made sure folks paid their way, cleaned up and followed rules. it ran real smooth. less than a week after he left it went back to the same old thing. no money in box, the house a mess, dirty towels everywhere, hikers blatantly breakin' rules, etc. thankfully he'll be back for the SOBO season. they're worse than NOBOs
by the end of this month a few will start trickling in
Do you think SOBOs are worse because they are nearing the end and are low on funds?
Several years ago at the end of October I visited Ms. Janet while dropping off a SOBO who had finished the trail. There was a SOBO there who stated to us that he had run out of money so he decided to stay with her. Her kindness and inability to say no to freeloaders like this guy is the main reason her hostel no longer exists, while Uncle Johnny's is still going strong. I've seen NOBOs doing their own laundry for their "work for stay" at Ms. Janets.
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive." -TJ
http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=389625
Well, wonderful. People are sending her free food, she has the money to buy more maps as well as microwavable foods (very pricey per person) and she writes like a 12 yr old with lots of!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so not impressed.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Yeah,The Careless Bear has some new posts on TJ you need to read em for a good laugh.I'm only an HS grad,but I do try to use proper spelling.....
LOL--- I didn't see anywhere that she has intimated that she was out to "impress" anyone.
However, she has certainly stirred up a few folks.
I can't condone all her apparent actions but then, I haven't walked in her shoes (boots.)
I just hope they are all safe and learn all they can from the experience.
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I would bet a dollar she could not care any less than she already does, that people on this web site are not impressed with her.
How much is giving people on whiteblaze a good impression worth anyway?
A Modest ProposalI have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ...
For Preventing The Children of Poor People in Ireland
From Being Aburden to Their Parents or Country, and
For Making Them Beneficial to The Public
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How are we going to know what the "story" is?
I've been reading these 300+ post for a few days now and I can understand peoples concern for the welfare of these children. I frankly don't have an opinion because I'm not there and do not think I have enough information to form one. What I can't understand is why anyone wants to slam this woman for spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors. I can imagine she is writing her journal on a borrowed computer and has a time limit. Sometimes mistakes slip in. I'm sure my writing on these pages doesn't cut the muster for some. I just don't get it!
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