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Originally Posted by graciegirl
A few clues to spot a non villager in The Villages.
They look very different than this;
Nicely dressed older people - Bing images
That doesn't mean that the ones who don't look like villagers are all bad. It just means you are smart enough to have some questions about why they are smoking pot in your driveway having a skeleton tattoo on their bald head and big black earrings inserted into large holes..... But best not to ask them. Call the sheriff and have her ask them what they are doing looking for their lost snake between the houses. |
Sarcasm noted.
A quick story.....2001....we had just settled on our first home here in The Villages (Santiago to be specific). Designer neighborhood. Each evening since we moved in, I took a walk around our new neighborhood and enjoyed waving and exchanged pleasantries with our new neighborhood.
I made a turn and saw the red lights of a patrol car. Curious I walked that way, as the car was leaving leaving a couple standing where I was walking. They were upset and began talking a mile a minute. Seems they had also just moved in about a week before and were out for their FIRST walk around when suddenly they had a police car (Sumter County) pulling up and asking them where they lived, etc. They had a call of "suspicious folks" in the neighborhood.
The couple was black and he was a practicing attorney in Virginia and was irate. He said the police were very nice and showed great courtesy to his wife who was very upset.
I worked at the time in the sales office in Spanish Springs and saw him come in the next day to speak with his representative. I was told, but cannot verify, that he sold and left back to VA.
I know or hope I do what the real intent was but this is a real story, told many times all over our country and being different does not mean trouble. Fact is, in my opinion, the opposite is true in most cases.
My story does not speak to ALL Villagers at all, nor is it intended but seems on TOTV and in conversations, we make such generalizations that are just not necessary.
And TOM C in post 12 probably nails it but I always take offense to characterizing people in such generalities as "who doesn't belong in your village who looks out of place". While those who say, "if you see something, say something" are correct, the "SOMETHING" is subject to a lot of interpretation...lots.
In my business life and political life, stories are rampant how allowing personal prejudice influence you is a dangerous business.