Honestly, I wouldn’t even say relatively decent.
- Three children snuck out the first night of camp, two of them almost died, and they didn’t immediately report it or let their parents know.
Also, they didn’t even check in on or comfort them after the fact. These were two kids that were almost ripped apart by raptors, a situation where one of them would’ve had watched the other be killed first, and they didn’t even seem to consider that it could’ve been a traumatizing experience.
- They left two kids, who had snuck out and almost died the night before, completely unattended while having them scoop large amounts of animal shit with no PPE; no masks, no gloves, no eye protection, etc.
If Darius and Kenji hadn’t snuck off they would have been for hours, which, realistically, would have led to serious health issues. And even then, they snuck off again, and almost died a second time, which they were only able to do because they were left unsupervised.
- They didn’t have any protective instincts when it came to Dr. Wu, a grown man, getting physical with a 13 year old girl in their care.
Seriously, he pushed her, and they just stood there and didn’t say a word.
- I wouldn’t say the thing that happened with the gyrosphere was inherently negligent, the kids were taught how to use them and were trusted to use them around dinosaurs so leaving them alone isn’t a big deal in of itself, but at the same time, they left three kids with a history of lying, sneaking off, and general rule breaking unattended.
They knew Kenji had behavioral issues from the beginning and that he was prone to showboating, they knew Darius, Kenji, and Brooklynn snuck out the first night because they wanted to see dinosaurs and that Darius and Kenji lied about what happened, and they knew Brooklynn had been sneaking around in the labs and doing something in the labs that warranted her getting them all kicked out.
One of them should have stayed behind knowing how half of the group behaves when they aren’t around, but because they didn’t the kids (minus Ben and Sammy) got themselves into danger that could’ve been prevented if an adult was watching them.
- And then the day after that they left them alone again, and even Dave said it was a bad idea and they shouldn’t do it. Outside of plot reasons, there’s no reason Roxie couldn’t have went alone and left Dave with the kids.
And even though it was the best thing that could’ve happened in the grand scheme of things since the kids would’ve died if they hadn’t have snuck out, it doesn’t make them any less negligent.
Like, on the whole I don’t think Dave and Roxie are bad people or anything, but they were incompetent and not at all qualified to be counselors, let alone look after children. They repeatedly left kids who they knew broke rules and got themselves into danger when they’re alone unsupervised because… reasons.
They went back for them, sure, but that’s like, the bare minimum you do when you’re the ones who left six children alone when you know you shouldn’t have to begin with.
Also, pretty much everyone else was trying to manage a crisis. You can’t really blame them for not dropping everything to help find six kids when the Indominus was out on a killing spree and, by the time Dave and Roxie actually got into contact with anyone, the Pterosaurs were out and actively attacking and killing guests. A camp with six kids was not their priority when the main park, which hosted about twenty thousand visitors daily, was currently under attack.
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