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Originally Posted by JerryLBell
I seem to be an exception to a lot of rules that people state on this forum and in The Villages.
I regularly eat at restaurants in The Villages that get poor reviews for service, price and food quality. I always seem to get great service, very decent prices and quite tasty food. I wonder why that is. I'm friendly with the staff and management in my interactions and they are at least as friendly back. I don't find the prices as ridiculous as I have found in other places I've eaten out in(some smaller towns and some larger cities plus travel all over the country and to multiple other countries). I am not a gourmet but I am pretty darned picky about the foods that I do like. And I just don't run into the disappointment that others seem to. Is it me? Or what? Or who?
I've also had a number of surgeries here and in other states and have seen medical staff for routine tests and checkups and the like my whole life while living in three different states. That includes here in The Villages. For basic family doctor visits and checkouts, for simple stuff like colonoscopies and kidney stone removal, for minor eye surgery and for more major spinal surgery, I've had them all done in The Villages at The Villages Hospital and related medical centers and offices and by local doctors and staff, most of whom were highly recommended by my family doctor, other medical staff and/or friends and family living in The Villages. I have never been unhappy with the work I've had done. I've run into nothing but caring, talented and helpful staff who treated me proficiently and in a timely fashion. I've recommended all of them to my own friends here.
Maybe I just didn't retire here to start a career in complaining and picking fault, but my experience seems so different than what I read about that it makes me wonder... Do people ONLY write about their experiences here in The Villages when they feel the desire to complain? Does no one seem to know how to compliment when it is due?
Boy, I must be weird. It's the only answer that seems to make sense.
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You are not "weird." Nor, are others constant complainers. Your taste in food may be different them some. Me? I find the restaurant food here extremely bland. But, I was raised in a family where spicy was the norm. I have a friend who I would consider a gourmet cook. She can prepare meals 100x better than any restaurant here. She stays home instead of eating out. It is about PERSPECTIVE.
No one is kinder if they see fewer faults than others. It depends on what someone is comparing food, service, or medical care to. Some have experienced much better in other cities.Therefore, the Villages is a disappointment. Some, like you, find everything in the Villages comparable to where you came from and are familiar with. Read posts and use your own judgement. No one is completely right and no one is completely wrong. We all have different experiences. Therefore, our perspectives will vary immensely.