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Originally Posted by zummy
Our bedroom window was broken by an errant golf ball
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I’m sorry that your window was broken, but I am more sorry about some of the comments in this thread. I usually don’t jump into these forays, but I couldn’t leave this one alone this morning.
I love living in The Villages, but the one thing I hate is the entitled attitude by a few. I know we were all raised differently, but OMG, I sometimes can’t believe what I see and hear here, and the attitude towards golf course home owners seems to be the worst. So here’s how my mama raised me:
1) You damage someone’s property you are at fault. I don’t care if is an errant golf ball, a baseball, or whatever, you did it it is your fault. Under current laws you may not be liable for the damages, but you did it. So, the ethical and neighborly thing to do is fess up and pay for what you did.
2) You hit a stray ball into someone’s back yard, then that ball is no longer yours. It’s out of bounds, Club rules say to stay off private property, and state laws prohibit trespassing; it’s gone. I’m a golfer, I have hit balls onto someone’s property before, and I leave it for them. It’s theirs now.
3) Never, ever hit a ball off someone else’s property. I just can’t believe that someone would think it is ok to trespass in someone’s back yard, which is out of bounds, and hit the ball. The next time I see someone doing this I am calling the police and filing charges for trespassing and destruction of private property.
Those of us with golf course views, just want the same thing as any other Villager, we want to be able to sit on our lanai and enjoy the Florida weather. We don’t want people walking in our yard disrupting our tranquility any more than you would.
The coffee is kicking in now, so rant mode is subsiding, but just one final thought; we are all neighbors, we should act that way.