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Originally Posted by blueash
In another thread a person suggested they were lied to about whether people under 55 could reside. That got me looking at the FAQ on Developer's website
FAQ | The Villages
While they don't exactly lie, they certainly get right up to the edge of lying. It makes me wonder why they bothered to post a FAQ if they didn't want to give a truly honest answer. The only possible reason is to mislead with a misleading answer. You think you've learned something about TV, but you've not had your question answered the way I believe it should be answered. Maybe I'm wrong about that...
Examples:
Does TV have their own Police Department? We all know the honest answer is NO. Is that the answer the FAQ gives? It is not. It gives a weasel answer that strongly suggests that the answer is yes..
The average person would very likely believe the word LOCAL means TV has a local force.
Is The Villages a city or a town?
The honest answer is NO. There is no citizen elected government in control. For good or for bad we are residents of a privately held corporation that sets the rules.
Again true, but they did not answer the question they posed. Misleading. We could well be a 55+ community in a city or in a town.
Even a simple question which is easily fact checked
How far is TV from Orlando?
Perhaps from the closest tip of Orlando to the closest part of TV it is 45 miles, but that is certainly misleading.
From Brownwood to MCO is 60 miles, to the Premium Outlet which you see from the Turnpike exit is 51 miles.
From Lake Sumter Landing add 6 miles, from Fenney Grill it is 49 miles to the Outlet.
I don't know why TV chose 45 miles as the distance from TV to Orlando for the FAQ, but it is a less than honest answer. If you just use Google and enter distance from The Villages to Orlando it gives 61.3 miles. That would have been an honest answer, or even round down to 60.
Weasel answers do not make The Villages look honest and trustworthy in their approach to potential buyers. How about giving a forthright answer rather than one which is as close to a lie as you can get without crossing the line? |
Product advertising and the news does the same thing.
I, myself saw this starting years ago in everything... Years ago in my life it started with buying a new car/ car salesman. (Step Grandfather was one)
Some see it as a spin, some believe these people who answer this way to the letter. It’s just a generality.
For me, I don’t believe anything anymore, “just the facts ma’am.”
Yes, it means I have to spend hours sometimes finding out the truth or facts as I call it.
I find those type of answers despicable, always have always will.
Weasels are not great mascots for human kind. I aspired to be better than that in my life. We grew up with weasels being depicted in cartoons as having those traits, so for our generation, at least we understand what that truly means, and I agree.