Is it rude to join in on peoples bonfires in California?|145265

Hey. I am planing a trip to California this summer, and I_ve noticed that bonfire is a quite common evening event there. So my question is; Would it be considered rude to walk up to a group of people and start mingling?

Not only rude, but dangerous as well. If you to bust in to a party of my brown skinned cousins from south of the border you might get a gun shoved in your face. Some of them can be very violent people.

Most definitely. You don_t go to parties that you weren_t invited to, do you? Fire pits are rare on most beaches, and are on a first come basis. The people that secure one have to claim it very early in the morning, and continually stay with it until night time. I_m quite sure that after going through that effort to use the Fire pit a _gate crasher_ would NOT be very welcome.

The beaches are about the only place where you can have a legal bonfire. California has suffered through several years of drought conditions, and it would be too dangerous to have a fire anywhere else.

Not rude but awkward mainly for you. But if you_re friendly like that and you ASK as you approach and they have no problem w/it then I don_t see how it_s rude

It_s like party crashing. Not polite at all. If you_re invited, that_s different. But just to walk up and start mingling is just like crashing a party.