[cappyjon431]

I know I have posted about this before, but it seems that the rude behavior in this area is not limited to our busy season.

I had an endoscopy scheduled at the TV hospital this morning at 9:30 AM. My wife had to drive me because they didn't want me driving home after the procedure. She drove me in her GEM car which is street legal. We were heading east on El Camino Real towards the hospital when a car got right on our tail and then laid on the horn. Just about scared my wife to death. Oh well, no big deal, the person must have been in a big hurry....

After the procedure they gave me a prescription. We dropped it off at Walgreens and were told that it would be an hour for pick up. Since I had to fast the night before I was famished so we went for a nice brunch at First Watch. We finished our lunch and it was not quite an hour so we figured we would go over to Lowe's and kill a little time and pick up some things for the garden.

So we waited almost two hours before going to pick up our prescription which was supposed to be picked up in an hour. We went to the drive thru pick-up lane and when we got to the window the pharmacist said it would be a few more minutes but that we should wait right there. So we did. We waited about five minutes (maybe a little longer).

After we paid and were getting ready to pull away the woman behind us laid on the horn and started yelling. My wife thought maybe our door was left open or the trunk was open. I said I would get out and see what was wrong. When I got out I couldn't find anything wrong with our vehicle so I looked at the woman who had honked and shrugged my shoulders. She honked again and yelled something I couln't understand. I walked towards her window to see what she wanted and she said "get in your golf cart and go on your way already." Apparently she was in a big hurry and was ticked off that the pharmacist took so long with our order (or she thought it was our fault because it took so long). I asked her why she had to be so rude? Why did she have to yell at us and lay on her horn? I told her it wasn't our fault. She gave me the finger. At this point I was ****ed. I had just had a procedure, I just wanted to pick up my medicine and go home. She said if I came any closer she would call 911. I said "go ahead and call 911 you rude b*tch." I think this kinda surprised her, and she said she would pray for me. I told her to pray for herself, because she wasn't being very Christian.

The rudeness continues...

[Sweetgirl]

Originally Posted by cappyjon431

I said "go ahead and call 911 you rude b*tch." I think this kinda surprised her, and she said she would pray for me. I told her to pray for herself, because she wasn't being very Christian.

The rudeness continues...

Cappy, I'm glad you were able to point out too her, 2 of her finer attributes.

[janmcn]

Unbelievable. So much hatred coming from someone who calls herself a Christian.

[rubicon]

Pharmacists all around this area seem to be over worked. Clearly the individual behind you exhibited misplaced aggression...but then each of us would be better off channeling any aggression into something positive...like perhaps the woman behind you could have recited a prayer, a poem , a joke.

I hope you have better days ahead.

[billethkid]

and be reminded when you are chastising the event as attributable to "this area" it is NOT an attribute of THIS AREA as you improperly infer.

You happen to run into the exceptions and then proceed to announce the entire area as "rude" which is incorrect and inaccurate information.

Keep in mind the other 99++++% that is just fine and dandy and happy and courteous......Thank you very much!

btk

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by cappyjon431

I know I have posted about this before, but it seems that the rude behavior in this area is not limited to our busy season.

I had an endoscopy scheduled at the TV hospital this morning at 9:30 AM. My wife had to drive me because they didn't want me driving home after the procedure. She drove me in her GEM car which is street legal. We were heading east on El Camino Real towards the hospital when a car got right on our tail and then laid on the horn. Just about scared my wife to death. Oh well, no big deal, the person must have been in a big hurry....

After the procedure they gave me a prescription. We dropped it off at Walgreens and were told that it would be an hour for pick up. Since I had to fast the night before I was famished so we went for a nice brunch at First Watc. We finished our lunch and it was not quite an hour so we figured we would go over to Lowes and kill a little time and pick up some things for the garden.

So we waited almost two hours before going to pick up our prescription which was supposed to be picked up in an hour. We went to the drive thru pick-up lane and when we got to the window the pharmacist said it would be a few more minutes but that we should wait right there. So we did. We waited about five minutes (maybe a little longer).

After we paid and were getting ready to pull away the woman behind us laid on the horn and started yelling. My wife thought maybe ourdoor was left open of the trunk was open. I said I would get out and see what was wrong. when I got out I couldn't find anything wrong with our vehicle so I looked at the woman who had honked and shrugged my shoulders. She honked again and yelled something I couln't understand. I walked towards her window to see what she wanted and she said "get in your golf cart and go on your way already." Apparently she was in a big hurry and was ticked off that the pharmacist took so long with our order (or she thought it was our fault because it took so long). I asked her why she had to be so rude? Why did she have to yell at us and lay on her horn? I told her it wasn't our fault. She gave me the finger. At this point I was ****ed. I had just had a procedure, I just wanted to pick up my medicine and go home. She said if I came any closer she would call 911. I said "go ahead and call 911 you rude b*tch." I think this kinda surprised her, and she said she would pray for me. I told her to pray for herself, because she wasn't being very Christian.

The rudeness continues...

so sorry that you had to endure what you did! something like that is not a good thing even when you have not had a procedure! guess we can be sure it wasn't a snowbird - and the f/t residents are taking up that slack! such a shame!

hope you are feeling better since the procedure and that all will be well from her on out.

[Taltarzac725]

Sorry to hear about your bad experiences. I have rarely heard any horn honking here in the Villages unless it is in jubiliation like during a Villages' parade, golf cart driving exhibition, or in some kind of greeting.

I do hear horn hooking in anger once in a while on the more heavily traveled highways that go through the Villages like 441/27 and CR466 and CR466a.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by billethkid

and be reminded when you are chastising the event as attributable to "this area" it is NOT an attribute of THIS AREA as you improperly infer.

You happen to run into the exceptions and then proceed to announce the entire area as "rude" which is incorrect and inaccurate information.

Keep in mind the other 99++++% that is just fine and dandy and happy and courteous......Thank you very much!

btk

I agree! Incident painted with too broad a brush.

[Villageshooter]

i sometimes have rough days like this,,,, until my meds kick in, my wife worries i will try to baptize someone in the water aerobics class when they take my noodle... until my pills take effect. DONT let them get to you,, this is not a small town anymore, I am sure you have a wonderful bride, nice golf car,, and we have a nice life... my bride is concerned i will over medicate myself and come home with a new wife!

[shcisamax]

I am soooo sorry to hear this. I just got through telling people back home how nice it is being in a place where you never have to worry about someone giving you the finger...ugh...there is something very ugly about an adult...an older adult at that..giving the finger. I am sorry your day was filled with nasty rudeness.

[Mimivillager]

Handled well by you. I am proud of you.
Yesterday at Walmart we saw a guy leave his shopping cart in front of our car (I had already taken one to the cart barn on the way in the store). My hubby told him what a lazy jerk he was. He responded with all kinds of profanities at hubby. He was the one who was wrong but did not like being called on it.

[jimbo2012]

isn't it possible she wasn't even a village resident?

Either way it stinks she acted like that, just go home take nap after your procedure, relax.

But you were speaking with too broad a brush, 1 out of 90,000?

[cappyjon431]

Originally Posted by billethkid

and be reminded when you are chastising the event as attributable to "this area" it is NOT an attribute of THIS AREA as you improperly infer.

You happen to run into the exceptions and then proceed to announce the entire area as "rude" which is incorrect and inaccurate information.

Keep in mind the other 99++++% that is just fine and dandy and happy and courteous......Thank you very much!

btk

I've been around a few years. I've lived in major metro areas (Miami for most of my life, NYC for a little while) and tiny little Caribbean islands. I've traveled the world and I can say in MY OPINION that I have not seen the type of rudeness that I've seen IN THIS AREA. My point is, I've only been living here for six months and I have already seen more rudeness than I've seen in decades living in other places. I know Miami, Chicago, NY, Philly, etc. have reputations for rudeness and I am sure it is well deserved, but I've lived in/visited all of these places and I haven't seen this amount of rudeness in such a short amount of time.

Some of it seems to come from a sense of entitlement, but some certainly comes from a lack of proper upbringing. In this case, it seemed to stem from someone who had a deep seated resentment against TV residents (hence the "get into your golf cart annd move along" quote).

I should clarify, in the incident I posted above, this was clearly not a TV resident (I never claimed that it was, but the ever present TV Reputation Protection League thought it necessary to defend the reputation of "the area"), but someone who is probably suffering from the results of generations of inbreeding.

[cappyjon431]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

isn't it possible she wasn't even a village resident?

Either way it stinks she acted like that, just go home take nap after your procedure, relax.

But you were speaking with too broad a brush, 1 out of 90,000?

I am pretty sure that it was NOT a TV resident. Please understand that I never said nor implied in my OP that it was. I have no vendetta against TV residents, but I sure hate rudeness in all of its shapes and forms.

I don't think it was too broad a brush, this was not 1 out of 90,000, but something I have seen a lot of since I moved here six months ago. Don't get me wrong, I love living here, but I am constantly surprised by how often I see this type of thing. This is not the first time I have posted about these types of behaviors.

[graciegirl]

Jon.

Go and rest. You have been given an amniasic. I am not downplaying what happened but I was told I couldn't sign anything legal on the day following the procedure. It did happen and it was rude but tommorrow the whole thing may not look the same.

It may look not as bad and it may look worse tomorrow, but the kick a poo joy juice will be out of your system entirely and you will be your usual self..

I hope you were given a clean bill of health.

You are a great guy.