I'm gonna be unpopular and stick in a couple of good words for the rangers. I've had mostly good experiences with most of them.
The guys in Bridgeport are really good, they helped me find a nice path around Matterhorn. Mono Lake does fast work. There's a lady named Seneca in Bishop who knows what she's doing. In Lone Pine, stock up on wag bags, they give them away for free.
I dig the folks in the foothills, like Pollock Pines, efficient and friendly. At the fast-food joints like Tuolumne or Big Oak Flat, the customers are the problem.
Last time on my way in, the lady was warning me, oh, there's lots of snow in Tuolumne Meadows. I was like, yeah, that's why I'm here, I saw a picture on the interwebs, it looked neat. She was all - really? i took that picture! And we fist pumped.
So I forgave her for questioning the size of my bear container. She thought it was too small. Whatever, dude.