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Originally Posted by Bill14564
This will be our second season seeing the snowbirds return though I'm not sure last year really counted. We've noticed a marked increase in rudeness in the last couple of weeks; does it always get this way and do we get to enjoy another five months of this?
Just this week:
- Car coming through the Residents gate honked at a cart that had the audacity to pull into the neighborhood rather than crossing the road. The cart didn't impede the car, it was well into the diamond lane before the car reached it, but apparently not sitting and waiting for the car to pass was an offense.
- Car swerving out of the Residents lane and coming through the open gate on the Visitors side without stopping honked at a cart stopped in the center area waiting for exiting cars to pass. Since the incoming car did not stop at the gate it's possible the cart was still part way in the lane when the car reached it which would have caused the car to have to actually slow down after it raced through the open gate.
- Shopper in Publix trying to push my wife out of the way with their cart as (edit) she was looking at the turkey breasts. "I want one of those," seemed be the signal that her time had expired and she was required to move or risk being bumped.
- Shopper exiting Publix making rude comment about me being stopped to load groceries. Not parked, actually sitting in the drivers seat with the vehicle in drive as groceries were actively being loaded but apparently I was inconveniencing them somehow.
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A few of these could also be, you. Maybe while your wife was examining each turkey, you were oblivious that between her and your cart, you had no clue someone behind you was waiting patiently since you hogged up the isle?
Who sits in a car "in drive" (huh, why) then sits in a no parking lane (I guess you must think parking in drive is not parking?) and waits while someone? loads your groceries? You pushed the cart around the store, but the last 100 feet to your car was too much, so you drove to a no parking area, blocked traffic in a pedestrian area, and wonder why " a snowbird? You knew, they have special badges?) who had to walk around your self entitled illegal parking made a snide comment. Takes two.
The ones with carts and cars honking make no sense, but hey, maybe their wings were clipped and like geese on the golf course, felt the need to honk. Maybe at you, we shall never know.