MANNERS.............or lack of...
 

I spent 2 hours this afternoon at "Michael's" crafts store shopping for new frames for some of our paintings. While the very polite Store Associate was helping me choose my borders, frames, etc. 3 separate times, 3 different women interrupted the Sales Associate without even an "Excuse Me" or "I am sorry" or "pardon me". One said "HEY, where do I get the touch up craft paint"? The other woman walked in, put her purse on the framing counter practically dumping it on one of my paintings, announced her name (will not repeat here) and said "I got a call my framing is ready". The 3rd woman just interrupted saying "when can I get some help with some framing"?.....I turned to the Sales Associate (while she apologized for the interruptions to me)......

They are who they were prior to moving here.

They moved to The Villages and brought themselves with them.

:)

May I suggest the title of the thread and the inference be modified to state:

Some Viilagers...................

The majority of us are NOT what is presented in the post.

SOME are.......they are in the minority and a long way from typical villagers!

I wonder how OP identified the interlopers as Villagers.

I think you've summed things up perfectly.

I know where they are probably from but ..............

As often as I shop and dine out, I have never figured out how to distinguish those from the villages, and people from elsewhere. Could it be the rude people were from Leesburg?

I am sorry you had to experience such behavior but ... what I see a lot, are stores are understaffed and customers have no one to ask questions to, except to walk all the way up front and stand in line behind those wanting to check out. If I have to do that, I am just going to walk out the front door. I was in a Macy's a few weeks ago and heard a woman screaming at the top of her lungs, waiting at a counter, is anyone here. I though to myself, how rude, and she was, but when a associate finally make her way over to her after she was done taking care of customers at her register, she told her there were only 2 associates for the entire upper floor that day and the one must have been on break. It always amazes me how business operate like this. I also try NOT to shop on a weekend if at all possible and try to time my visits, if they are of a time consuming nature to either early when a store is opening or later when most have gone home. And in ending, there are A LOT of rude people in this world. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and know you are not one of them.

Most of the Villagers I have met have been courteous, helpful nice folks. On the other hand I have run into some obnoxious ones who appear to feel entitled somehow. Maybe they act that way back where they come from but if so they would have few friends. In The Villages, they may feel they are like paying guests at a resort and act demanding. I have run into that kind of behavior at resorts and on cruise ships more than in cities I have visited.

I met a rude SOB up here in Champaign IL.
Why are you people from TV up here in the cold. :1rotfl:

I reread OP post and could not see where it was stated "Villagers". What am I missing?

Title has been edited and "Villagers" removed.

Funny, I was in Jo-Ann's Fabrics last night looking for a button. I asked an associate where the buttons were and she pointed to the back of the store. "Down there to the right", she said.

So I walk toward the back of the store and can't find them. I come to a place where it looks like they might cut fabics or do some kind of work. There are three associates chatting. I stand there looking at them and they just keep talking. They each looked right at me and just kept on with their conversation. Finally, I spoke up and said, "Excuse me. Where are the buttons." They looked at me with expressions on their faces that told me they had no idea. They looked astounded that a customer asked them a question. Finally, one of them spoke up and said, "I think their about three aisles down on the right."

We went in that general direction and found the buttons.

You encountered rude customers, I encountered rude useless sales people.

It was insinuated by the store employee that now that you are in the Villages, expect rude behavior by entitled Villagers. And again I wonder how you know where someone is from by looking, listening, sensing, etc.

It's Christmas. Expect the worst. Shop early in the morning.
Or wear a helmet.
I find if I am wearing an Eagles football helmet while shopping they get me out of the store pretty quickly.