Is it just me? Beach etiquette

[bchfun]

Well here is my beach *****. On our last trip a group of 4 adults and lots of kids were at the same hotel as us. Every morning someone from their group got up really early and staked a claim to beach chairs on the first row, with umbrellas. On more than one day they didn't make it to the beach until afternoon. WHAT????? People were coming and going all day, it wasn't as though if they wouldn't get a seat if they just showed up. They had their towels, bags, water toys, etc all over. The bad girl in ME wanted to go and dump their stuff and sit there, but Don said I couldn't!

[RockRobster]

Well here is my beach *****. On our last trip a group of 4 adults and lots of kids were at the same hotel as us. Every morning someone from their group got up really early and staked a claim to beach chairs on the first row, with umbrellas. On more than one day they didn't make it to the beach until afternoon. WHAT????? People were coming and going all day, it wasn't as though if they wouldn't get a seat if they just showed up. They had their towels, bags, water toys, etc all over. The bad girl in ME wanted to go and dump their stuff and sit there, but Don said I couldn't!

The "towel game" is obnoxious and many hotels prohibit it. I would have complained to security or just moved their stuff and used "their" chairs.

[Yvonne]

Well here is my beach *****. On our last trip a group of 4 adults and lots of kids were at the same hotel as us. Every morning someone from their group got up really early and staked a claim to beach chairs on the first row, with umbrellas. On more than one day they didn't make it to the beach until afternoon. WHAT????? People were coming and going all day, it wasn't as though if they wouldn't get a seat if they just showed up. They had their towels, bags, water toys, etc all over. The bad girl in ME wanted to go and dump their stuff and sit there, but Don said I couldn't!

Saw the same thing when there in February. Folks would come out & claim their chairs & spot early in the a.m. It could be a group of 4, 6, 3. Some days the chairs were never used at all!!! Usually they'd show up mid-afternoon, when they'd show up. I also wanted to yank their towels & free up the chairs for people who were stuck w/out one. It wasn't always the same group doing this but an assortment of people. When there aren't enough chairs to go around, hogging them when you're not using them is just plain rude.