Rec & Park gardener has Facebook meltdown over Dolores Park slobs 'They choose to use this park like a f--- dumpster'

A San Francisco Recreation and Park gardener's expletive-filled rant about the trash problem at Dolores Park was pulled from Facebook, but not before the SFist captured a screen grab.

Mark Lujan posted a video (shared here on SF Weekly) showing the heaps of trash left behind by park-goers during last weekend's Pride event and expressed frustration over the ongoing problem and the city's Love Dolores outreach campaign that aims to encourage people to pack out their garbage.

"We ... waste a bunch of effort on the obviously useless Love Dolores outreach campaign to inform people," Lujan wrote. "The solution is for people to just maybe start giving a f--- or two. But instead they choose to use this park like a f--- dumpster. A LITERAL F--- DUMPSTER. I have already picked up a statistically significant number of drug baggies and condoms. Usually also found near a pile of vomit."

Thousands upon thousands of people poured into Dolores Park on June 25, 2016, during the Dyke March, leaving behind loads of trash. Thousands upon thousands of people poured into Dolores Park on June 25, 2016, during the Dyke March, leaving behind loads of trash. Photo: Amy Graff Photo: Amy Graff Image 1 of / 19 Caption Close Rec & Park gardener has Facebook meltdown over Dolores Park slobs 1 / 19 Back to Gallery

Lujan goes on to mention the time a park-goer once urinated on a bathroom custodian and comments on people's overall slovenliness and laziness.

"If I put a trash can every 20 paces on the entire 20 ACRES of this park I'd still be picking up f---trash off the ground every weekend," he writes.

As reported previously on SFGate, Saturday's 24th annual Dyke March brought tens of thousands of people and piles of garbage to the newly remodeled Dolores Park in the Mission District.

During the afternoon rally, celebratory park-goers spread out their picnic blankets, beach chairs and Styrofoam coolers over nearly every patch of grass. They took in the live performances, DJ music and speeches honoring the LGBT community.

That evening, trash was strewn across the 16-acre expanse and piled up at receptacles.

A crew of over 25 people picked up trash Saturday night, some staying until 2:30 a.m. More than 15 were back at it Sunday morning until the park was clean.

"This is the first year of Pride after the full renovation and we partnered with Supervisor Wiener and the organizers of Trans March and Dyke March to leave no trace in the park," Rec and Park spokesperson Joey Kahn said in a statement. "We are very happy that this was successful and achieved Friday through Sunday morning."

But droves of people showed up at the park again Sunday afternoon, and by that evening it once again looked like the aftermath of a fraternity party.

"Monday alone, it took 13 Rec & Park employees a collective 86.5 hours to clean up Dolores Park," Kahn wrote in an email. "These are taxpayer dollars being spent on cleanup and resources that are being diverted away from other parks."

Garbage has been a never-ending battle between Dolores Park sun-worshippers and Rec and Park. As the population in the city has increased, the crowds have as well, and eventually led to the $20.5 million renovation the park so desperately needed.

Rec and Park started the Love Dolores campaign to encourage people to pack out their trash. In recent months, the trash situation has improved, but over Pride weekend the problem returned in full force.

"It's hard to believe we have to ask adults to clean up after themselves," Kahn said. "We ask people to pack out their trash after visiting their parks. If they can pack it in, they can pack it out."