To the rude person who did this.....
 

To the rude person who put a card that said "Golf Cart Hog", in the cart of a couple who are visiting The Villages for the first time through the Lifestyle Preview Plan - they were very upset as this was their first time in the village cart and tired to park like they thought was right. Made them wonder if this really was "The Friendliest Hometown"

It would have been much nicer if someone would have just explained to them what they did, instead of putting a sarcastic card in their cart.

I agree!!
I'm so sorry this happened!!

That is awful!!!

It's not like lives were ruined by their cart taking up more space than needed (or whatever).

That BAD "how-do-you-do" is not representative of this community at all. Stick around a bit longer and give us a second chance!

Sorry they were upset but should a person really stick around to explain how someone should park? What happens if it is someone who does know better but doesn't care? Yes, the card was rude and could have been phrased much nicer -- something like in case you didn't know ..... -- but I doubt most of us would tell someone how to park their cart. Hopefully, they will see just how friendly we really are and chalk this up to just one of those things.

i have been yelled at and fliped off when i took long to park my car...it happens..

Speaking of parking your car....has anyone else noticed this: Several times while positioning the car to parallel park (which I can do fairly fast), as I got directly beside the car ahead of the space to start backing up, golf cart drivers came up behind me and sat at my rear bumper leaving NO room to back up to parallel park! They were rude and motioning like I should get going forward and not park. Is this common in some other states, to block cars while parallel parking? I've never seen this before coming here. (Maybe they lived in NYC and never had a car of their own to park before?)

Exactly how did they park?

Do you signal when attempting to parallel park? If so, people should give you the space to do so.

Maybe you should start to back up very slowly and give them something to really think about! By the way, I have had people yell at us for backing out of our own driveway ............... people are just plain rude.

Just learn from mistakes
 

I'm sorry the new people had to experience such behavior. However, with many people returning to the area parking will be at a premium everywhere. One wrong move and people will let you know about it. The LSV folks need not let this weigh heavily on their opinion of TV. Some people's fuses are short and we must take it all in stride. I wish them a great time while they are here.

100,000+ people, there's always one in every crowd.

Soooo, as a new owner who has not yet made the move, just what is the accepted protocol to park the cart? Hubby will flip out if this card were placed in his cart!!

That is not what seniors are known for. Our good manners. I feel so ashamed for all of this.

I wish someone from the girl's posse had seen this happen.

Each parking space holds 2 golf carts OR 1 car. If you travel in a group you can park 4 golf carts to a space 2 in front and 2 behind because you are all coming and going together. But DON'T block a strangers car in.

Years ago hubby bought a brand new red Ford F150. He went to our local mall to buy me a box of chocolates and because he parked too close to the parking line, and when he came out to the truck, no note but a keyed note on the new door saying FU.

I'll take the note anytime

Not nice!

A similar card was left on my friend's cart about two years ago when they were new residents. I felt so sorry for them The wife told me the story about parking at Publix on 441 and what a big deal it was for them to go across the bridge and take the cart to get groceries. Then they came out and found a similar card on their steering wheel. Her husband was a fire fighter just outside of New York City, a big strong fellow who has saved lives and dedicated his life saving others'. She said he was humiliated and mad at the same time.

But you know what? They stayed around and they've made many friends and are enjoying the last years of their lives here-despite that stupid card left by someone who I imagine thought they were pretty sharp printing them up to "show" a stranger something. They just showed their lack of empathy. That's all.

I can't understand why people take things like parking so personally that they'd vandalize (that isn't a strong enough word), destroy or even touch someone's property. That is taking it to a whole other level. Wow.

Yes, of course I had the signal on, as well as the backup lights being on with the car in reverse!!

Why else would somebody be backing up toward an empty parking space?

One thing I have noticed a lot of since we've been here...5 weeks. There are a whole bunch of impatient drivers. Isn't the motto...No Hurry, No Worries. Such a shame people can't relax a little more.

Thanks, raynan.

Holy crap! I can't believe you wrote this! People in NYC UNDERSTAND parallel parking...it's a necessity!!

Top 20 States for worst driving.
 

Don't yell at me. I didn't write this.


Top 20 States with the Worst Drivers

Hey we're 9th. Florida. that site says how many people flunk the exam. wow, that explains injustice. Do you know that people who squeak by on the exam and get licensed become eligible for jury duty?

not to get deleted here for being off topic. this thread is targeting the person who wrote that nasty note and 648 of us have read about it and not one confession.
in the name of totv, will the culprit please post so at least two of us are really on topic?
I did not do it.

I agree. But maybe TV sales people who set up the LSVs could advise the renters of the etiquette "rules of the road" for golf carts since it might be the first time for them. There is a live person who walks you through all that when you show up. he would be the one to let you know.

They probably did, but speaking from one who went through the LSV 2 yrs ago, they give you so much info that it is overwhelming. Heck -driving out of the sales office parking lot was overwhelming for us.

My opinion is that the streets are county roads and the parking spaces are sized for cars. They do not say golf carts only and they do not dictate a protocol for parking golf carts.

There is a generally accepted practice of parking two carts to a spot by offsetting the vehicles, but it is not a rule and no one has any right to **** and moan about how many carts are parked in one spot.

It is a common courtesy to optimize the space, but not doing so does not indicate in any way that the driver of the "offending" cart is being inconsiderate.

Well Holy crap, again! I know people in NYC who have never owned a car, much less parallel parked one.

That's a really good point. And I hope the rude card was thrown in the trash. There are places up norh where you can buy these cards or post-its to put on others' cars. Too bad. Having the nasty comments pre-printed and ready to go is bound to cause some people to become proactive.:rant-rave:

isn't it wonderful to have nothing to do but get in a tizz over how someone parked a golf cart in a community of 100,000. We take the cake, don't we?

Oh, just wait a coupla months!

I agree. It's a whole other world here, with so much to see and experience that a 6-day lifestyle preview stay didn't even come close to being enough time to grasp it.

And with the cart, I didn't drive it much on LSV for fear of doing something wrong. When we moved into our place and got our own cart, it was at least 2 weeks before I felt comfortable driving the cart to LSL. It was about 5 months later that we drove the cart to Spanish Springs, led by neighbors.

grimacing...we're nearly up to 1000 people reading about a sign put on a golf cart. We are embarrassingly trivial, aren't we? I mean I'm reading this and posting...

Says who? Quote me the law that says this is correct. One cart is no different than one motorcycle to a spot. It's a real pain in the behind trying to get a cart so close to the lines and then have car drivers upset you're too close to their cars and then you can't get out with your cart. I park one cart to a space and until the laws state otherwise I have no intention of doing differently unless the spaces are marked for carts. I do park 2 to a spot if I am with another person on a cart where we can get closer together. I didn't move here to be told what to do according to what someone else thinks unless there is a law on the books to back them up.. A coward that wants to leave a note on my cart which is my private property had better have a really good reason why or hope I do not see them and I usually do keep an eye on my cart if possible.

Best Advice: Park where you want and can and leave other people's parked carts alone and don't be telling anyone how that must park. NO ONE has the right to tell anyone how they must park or has the right to put a note on it because they think they parked wrong. They do have one and only one option to call law enforcement if they feel it is illegally parked.

If you want to park 2 carts to a spot that's fine, do it, be happy in your own head you did, and leave it at that.

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Nyc parking
 

I will go along with that. But I wish they'd stop turning left from the right-had lane, though, or squeezle up the opposite direction lane, cut in front of someone, and make a left-hand turn

For sure it is silly.. But when some here have become so overbearing and think they are so empowered they can correct others and start messing with their private property it could become dangerous to them.

The first time I drove a golf cart was two years ago when I rented in Chatham. The owner of the rental house was nice enough to have a friend of his give me a one hour golf cart lesson-golf cart orientation. When I have rented since 2011, I have always been very conservative and careful with the golf carts that come with the rental houses, and when I return for my LSV next month, I will be careful with the cart that comes with the LSV. Hopefully the visitors who received the less than welcoming note on their golf cart will realize that not everyone in The Villages is so unfriendly.