Worst Ever

I will soon be 64 years old. In the 80s and 90s, I traveled all over the US on interstate highways. This morning at about 8:30 AM we stopped at the rest stop shown above. This was the worst public rest area/rest room facility I have ever seen. If the Health Dept. shut this one down and locked it up for falling below standards, that would be more appropriate than what we saw today.

The WWII generation set up a modern society that seemed to be working pretty well back in the 80s and 90s. What we saw today is extremely unhealthy and disrespectful to the generations that came before us.

AAA Washington

Tried to see if AAA WA had any sort of ratings/reviews for rest areas. I am a member. May not view their web page without first entering home zip code.

No Thanks.

People who are not yet AAA members may move on down the road after running into this marketing strategy restriction or whatever it is.

If an active duty military person is moving PCS across country, what is their zip code? When a person is visiting from outside the US, what is their zip code? Drop the restrictions AAA.

 

Update – July 11th, 2024

First thing Thursday morning, I received a professional reply/response from Grays Harbor County Public Health.

 

Update – July 12th, 2024

First thing Friday morning, I received a reply/response from WSDOT.

“…this rest area has seen an increased number of visitors in this area as the summer season has been picking up. Our crews have been doing their best to keep up with the cleanliness and supplies of our rest areas not only at this location but all our locations. They will be evaluating next week in areas they are able to improve to have a better rotation of rest area attendants with the peak tourism season ramping up.”

Weak.

Anybody who works in retail, or the hospitality industry knows about seasonal demand for services. This is why UPS staffs up with temp workers prior to the busy Christmas season each year.

No member of the public should have to coach/remind college educated WSDOT supervisors and managers about any of this.

 

Possibly of interest:

Closed – WA Interstate 5 Rest Areas

 

Plenty of cash for Ukraine/undeclared/unwon wars and here is what you get back home:

$6.3 million in federal cash for a used Ocean Shores hotel.

Any questions from newspeople?

December 8, 2022 The Daily World

Dept. of Ag invests $6.3M to purchase Ocean Shores hotel

$6.3 million “to fund the acquisition of an existing hotel. Marathon Enterprises Inc. is located in Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County, Washington. The project is expected to result in saving eight jobs and creating one full time job.”

Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.

 

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