We've seen 100 times more kind, courteous, accommodating people here in TV than the rude woman described in the original post. I think this thread has gone too far toward generalizing that the whole community is full of rude ba*****ds.
This community as a whole is no more rude than any other place in which we've lived.
And as for the comment about one's hometown of 16,000 where there is no such rudeness and people know everyone from cradle to grave, what I'd say is this: My experience with small town life (I grew up in it) is that yes, everyone knows you and knows every last tidbit of gossip about you that could possibly be known......and it gets spread behind your back! "Rudeness" comes in many forms.
I'd rather have somebody yell their complaint about me and I then know where they stand, over having the whole town gossiping and condemning me behind my back for something I didn't even realize p*ssed somebody off.
I think phony niceness while being a backstabber is the height of "rudeness".
Here in TV, 99% of nice people I've met and dealt with are genuinely nice.
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