Is no one happy?
 

In the 5 weeks I've been here, I have travelled a lot in my cart and I wave at EVERYONE I meet. With the exception of 1 PERSON, no one waves back. My wife has even noticed this. Am I just meeting a lot of people too good to wave back or are there a lot of unhappy people?

Continue to wave. If they don't wave back, at least you'll get them thinking....they'll be trying to figure out just who the heck you are.....;)

Maybe it's the moon. Or the heat. We always wave, too, and usually people respond, but I must admit we've had a few duds recently. Keep trying!

Continue to wave any way . Spread happiness.

I agree. Keep up the waving. I do it to cars going past my house as well - whether I think I know them or not.

Here's a wave from Indiana! Will be back to TV soon.

Keep it up. We do it also.

We wave.

Just proves that snowbirds are more friendly!

Wave at me....I'll wave. :wave:

A nice gentleman said hello to me as I was walking into Publix yesterday. That was nice. 😊

Happens sometimes to me too. Then I think they must come from a big city and are not yet used to The Villages. Once, someone else saw no response to my wave and went out of their way to stop and say hello! Wonderful!

There are more of us friendly ones than not but things get going with one and then it catches on.

I can only speak for myself but I don't wave because I don't have seat belts in my cart and I need to hang on to the steering wheels with both hands:D. Now I do try and nod my head but it come across like I'm a bubble head

Ah, ha.....you were the bobble head I passed the other day. 😮

Motorcyclists always wave when going past each other....golf carts should too☺️

When we first moved in (7 yrs ago)) everyone waved to each other. Then as the population grew it stopped because you pass so many golf carts daily all you would do is be waving. Keep waving some will return the friendly gesture

I pass so many carts daily it's impossible for me to look at the person passing, make eye contact and wave. It's far more important to pay attention to the road and traffic. For me it has nothing to do with being friendly and everything to do with vigilance. Too many people are distracted in carts and don't realize how many distracted people have died in cart accidents.

I experience friendliness every time I pull off the golf cart path to do something (cell phone call) and I'm repeatedly asked if I need help; I'm grateful for their kindness in asking and it's one of the many things that make me happy to be living in TV.

We wave and we always stop to see if someone needs help or directions. When we came here for a couple of weeks, we couldn't believe the people were so nice to stop and help us with directions. We said that if we ever moved here, we'd stop for everyone ~ and we do! There are some cranky, unhappy people here but I try to ignore them or pity them!

Nothing more discouraging than throw out a big howdy duty wave and get no return or acknowledgements of your friendly jester.

With that said sometimes there are reasons you don't get the acknowledgment?


I usually wave, but sometimes I am not paying attention to passerby's. I'm also hearing impaired, so some times it's more important for me to keep my mine on my surroundings.
With only one ear (includes the ear/ balance components) I can not tell were sound come from or the direction. So some times that overrides wave.

Grrrrrrrrrr. We wave at everybody.:girlneener: Except when I can't see people because the sun's blinding me or the other car(t)'s windshield.

Sometimes it is kind of hard to wave at other carts from your own cart but we always wave at those walking for exercise. Always get a wave back, too.

Last summer, my wife (Mrs. Trap) saw a lady walking during the day and she looked all worn out. My wife stopped the cart, asked the lady if she needed help and the lady was very grateful for a ride back to her house. Mrs. Trap stayed with her for a while to ensure the lady was not in need of medical help. See, I married a good one!

As far as grumps - really have not seen hardly any. We talk to strangers at the squares and have good conversations. All seem very friendly. The few that I have met in person from TOTV are all great folks.

Mrs Trap is a nice lady.:)

Sometimes I don't see the wave in time to respond because it is given at the last second. I feel bad about not responding when that happens but by the time I see it I'm already past.

It isn't that difficult to wave. Raising some of your fingers off the steering wheel works. A full in the air waVe isn't necessary. Eye contact isn't necessary. A smile works, too.

I can't help how people respond but I will keep on waving. I come from a big city but it is in the south so everyone waves there too. Almost everyone anyway. I think many who don't wave are distracted or didn't see you wave. :pepper2:

Please don't think Villagers are not friendly because they don't wave. After awhile, we get used to all the beauty and all the nice folks and just concentrate on where we're going, thinking of what we are about to do.


No harm meant, I am sure. I hope I never stop SEEING how pretty it is where my golf cart takes me. I concentrate more on staying on my side of the road and not following too close and prepare myself for some very interesting and sometimes dangerous behavior on the part of other golf cart drivers.

It just takes time. I have a lot of people wave at me now, and I am sure that once they get the hang of it, they will use their whole hand instead of just one finger.

I wave, remember there are folks here from less friendly locations

I wave to everyone and I'd estimate that 80% of the people wave back. I don't know where you're driving, but people waving to each other from golf carts is one of the things that I love about The Villages.

So now that our house backs up to a road, just for sh**s and giggles my husband :wave: at those driving by. Yep most ::wave:back. I just read my book and try not to laugh:1rotfl:

Dont worry bout a ting

Cause every little ting

gonna be alright

Three little birds

upon my doorstep

Happy days are here again

The other day my wife was at the colony medial center for a check up. When she was inside it started to rain. When she got home she thanked me for driving there and putting her sides down on the golf cart so she would not get wet. I said it wasn't me. So I would like to thank the person for such a nice jester. Thank You

It's almost universal here. I've seen restaurant staff do it, golf shop staff do it....and now I do it. Just enclosed 3 carts last week in Bonifay during a pouring rain. I have no idea who they belonged to, but at least they were dry when they left.

From St. James to the courses north/south and the squares north/south. I will raise a finger, do a full wave and also wave like the motorcyclists do - nothing. Oh well, I'll keep trying. Probably shouldn't bother me so I won't let it.

The Village of Lake Deaton might make a bulk purchase of these to say hi to all of our good neighbors.:jester:

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I wave all the time!

I can even feel the smile on your face when you wave. Hooray!

When we get back there, we'll wave or give the heart sign or whatever. We love being friendly.

I absolutely love your sense of humor! Thanks for the chuckle! :jester:

Come to Lynnhaven! It is my first day back and 7 people waved!! All in ONE day!!!

So ... you let yourself get soaked in order to put down the curtains on various golf carts you happen to see? With all the good will in the world, it would never occur to me to touch someone else's property.

If I were a child now I'd probably be diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum, but my family generally just explained me away as "she's not social." I don't drive a cart but would likely not notice people waving and if I did, would not wave back. So yeah. I would not consider myself "friendly," if that's the criteria. Am I happy? Yes.