Rude driver at Lynnhaven Postal Center.
 

Yesterday I was getting ready to put Beau in his car seat. The parking spot to the right of me was empty and an impatient obnoxious woman drove her car into the spot while I was still in it fixing Beau's car seat. There were many other open spots in the parking lot but this woman just keeps on coming while I fiddle with the car seat. If looks could kill...she would have been a goner. But, I did not doing anything more than give her a good stare down which I hope she felt from me and the woman in the car on the other side of the parking spot she forced her way into while scaring the poop out of me. Just figuratively.

I was seriously thinking if showing her much impression of a sailor just into port but changed my mind due to keeping my blood pressure down.

I have been seeing so much more selfish behavior here in the Villages of late.

Bought here in April. Was so impressed on how friendly the people were. Suddenly over the past several weeks I have seen so many rude drivers both in cars and carts. Yelling, honking horns, rude gestures, ... Maybe we need to rethink Florida's Friendlest Hometown!

This time of year, the population swells from 75,000 to 115,000. There are "snowbirds", here for the winter both owners and renters. There are weekly renters. There are guests of owners. Some of these people come from areas with a faster pace of life and need to "decompress" Others will never change their attitudes. Hang in there, things will improve by April.

C'mon, Tal. You are supposed to know that she ALWAYS parks in the SAME spot EVERY time she comes to the postal station. <wink> <wink>

I'm always surprised when there are so many choices people choose the spot right beside you whether in a restaurant, parking lot or whatever. The few steps closer to her box perhaps but certainly not more important than a neighbor, especially one struggling with a pet. At this point I tend to come up with excuses for why she might have acted this way but decided not to do so.

In cases like this, I try not to lose my cool and politely ignore the situation but if she glared too long I would have to point out the obvious. "Have you had such a bad day you couldn't take any other space than the one where you could glare at me and pretend it is my fault for holding YOU up!"

The renters are paying a thousand bucks a week to stay here. That entitles them to priority parking as well as unlimited speed limits, express supermarket checkout, multi modal HOV lanes, stress free (slow) executive golf, and intregral roundabout bypass lanes.

People seem to get cranky when it gets cold ! She must have felt warmth coming from you! And oh yeah, that's probably "her space".

For newbies, The Villages is not perfect but friendlier than most places you have ever been. Yes, people who were nasty as kids may still be nasty as elderly people if they never grew up and as you can see, we still let them irritate us now and then. The solution is catching people being friendly and doing good....but then in The Villages, this forum would be too overloaded. Yet....we would feel good, even better every day.

chilout

I simply say that some renters have the "cruise ship mentality."

You forgot nasty looks and "in your face" comments, not to mention a sprinkling of four letter words and physical confrontations in the squares

That only applies to the New Yorkers :pepper2:

I'm still having trouble with "putting beau in his car seat". Is beau your nephew or a pet? And why wouldn't you just pull your door in a little to make room for that person instead of insisting on occupying two parking spaces? I have closed my door and delayed getting into my car when in a similar situation. It makes for a much better interaction and is appreciated by the person in the other vehicle.

I was not close to the Lynnhaven Postal Center but did notice that all the really close parking spaces just in front of this building were occupied.

I have not seen this woman before so maybe she is a seasonal visitor.

I was picking my dog Beau to put into the car seat when this woman stopped to turn into the parking lot and then just started coming and coming into the spot. She just insisted she would park there by forcing me to move so she could get into the spot. There were dozens of spots available in other parts of the parking lot and this woman had no trouble walking. There were also numerous spots to the left of my car but these were a few feet farther than the one to the right of my vehicle.

Reminds me of the old joke

Why couldn't Helen Keller drive?
She was a woman.

Welcome to the hood!:D

Clearly there is no rudeness here when the renters are gone. News flash - when the population was under 30000 the rudeness factor was at a minimum. Everyone knew they were going to see the same old faces tomorrow. As one very old timer said to me one evening "now the knuckleheads have a place to hide".

I was already a little peeved at the Lynnhaven Postal Center contractors for stuffing a large flat package addressed to my Dad from the Veteran's of Foreign Wars which had a "Do not fold" sticker on it. I could barely get it out of the mail box and it was pretty ripped up when I got it out.

I did keep my cool though and only gave the parking spot pig a dirty look while she was walking away. I hope that the lady in the van to the right of the parking space she forced he way into pointed out how unsafe her using her car as a bumper against a man and his dog is. I would have had her for assault with a dangerous weapon if she had touched me with her car or God forbid struck my dog because of her rush to get her mail.

I am sorry Tal. It makes me feel bad to read this because you are always a gentleman and a good person.


I think it is what everyone else so nicely said.

Okay - let's be real!

This is still a very friendly place. However, with over 100,000 people it is inevitable that some will be nasty, rude etc.

This is not Utopia. And I don't believe that it is all the snowbirds fault! (I am a permanent resident).

And, yes, even some New Yorkers can be slightly rude on occasion. Very rare but possible.

:swear:

hmmmm

Thanks. GC. I would have let her in if she acted with some kind of awareness of me putting my dog in his car seat. She just kept driving in even though I was right there and I did have to get out of her way not to get hit.

Thankfully, I usually just take the golf cart to the postal center and would not have had this kind of problem as it is easy to get in and out of it with a small dog in your arms. Not so much a small car with a dog seat.

I can't see where you did anything wrong, Tal. That was my point and I was not clear. You are always fair and a gentleman.

We are seeing a LOT of rudeness, insensitive behavior and acts of entitlement. We were once renters & are now snowbirds but our status here had/has no bearing on how we treat people. Today a lady had partially pulled out of the Sandhill parking area & stopped with her golf carts front wheels on the golf path.....she was putting her golf "stuff" away. DUH. This is right on the curve after crossing St Charles. Went around her but would have had to stop if a cart was coming the other way. Has nothing to do with my being impatient.....has to do with safety and consideration.

Can it be both?

What is cruise ship mentality?

The buffet's always better on the other side.

Two ports don't make a starboard.

Woman and children first, unless there's only one bathroom.

You don't yell Bingo in a crowded room.

A new broom sweeps clean but sometimes you need a mop.

Everything in moderation unless it's lobster night.

:cryin2: Or you are an Italian Captain. (Costa Concordia)

A fool and his money should let his wife wear the money belt.

A bird in the hand means your pretty close to land.

Tal - the expression I use for those perennially dissatisfied individuals is: GRUMP BUCKETS.

I believe you came across one yesterday.

If you can't cut the mustard, next time don't order the sandwich.
[ok, i'll stop--i think i misunderstood the question]

A bird in the hand means you really need to wash it well.

My wife sometimes calls them cranky pants.