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Originally Posted by NotGolfer
I was out and about today and while parked in a "handicapped" spot...a car pulled in next to mine. It was quite close, as I was trying to get in my vehicle, the man from the car greeted me and I said, "you're a bit close so I hope I don't put a ding in your door!" He said, "no, I can park just fine!" Then I responded and said, "did you park on the diagnal lines?" He said, "I don't think so"---then he looked and responded, ''I might have" I told him if he'd back out he could take my spot---which he did. People sometimes might jump to conclusions and call folks "entitled" when in fact they may not be. This elderly man seemed to have a bit of cognitive issues just by the way he responded. I tried to be kind as he was in return. A bit of honey goes further than vinegar. We live in an aging community that has over 100k people. We can point fingers and call people out and be nasty or we can try a bit of patience. I don't know what was going on with this man--maybe he wasn't thinking but clearly something seemed a bit "off".
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Nice story. I have found a lot more people like this here in the Villages than what some from other communities might expect of the Villages. We have kind of gotten a bad rap from some of the press.
A lot more kindness, for instance, on Talk of the Villages since they stopped us from commenting on certain things. But we can still talk about dog poop and other weighty matters.
There was a mastiff puppy up the street for a number of months and it was supposed to reach around 170 lbs. It usually pooped in its yard but did quite a large amount of it. My much smaller dog sometimes had a hard time if he wanted to pee on it with getting a good angle where he was not stepping in it.