[Garytj]

I think you will find that social media was the start of the end

[paqdkq]

Great answer

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by Steban

Went to the doctors office in Villages Hospital yesterday and noticed signs saying that physical and verbal abuse of staff will not be tolerated.

Went to Publix. Dodged the golf cart driving the wrong way in a one way lane. Observed all the carts and cars parked in the fire lanes.

In the store, a woman ate a few cherries. Spit the pits in her hand. Put the pits back in the bag of cherries and walked away. I brought this to the attention of the front desk so they could find this nasty bad of cherries and throw them away. Nothing was done.

Another man was walking through the store happily eating grapes from a bag. The bag was half empty. Wonder who will pay for the bag of grapes that he ate.

What is wrong with the Villagers?

Why just the Villagers? Did you ask where they were from? This kind of behavior has happened all over for a long time.

[Djean1981]

Aldi shoppers do seem very friendly.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by mlmarr

It's not just the Villages what is wrong with America... people are becoming ruder by the day .. look around the entire country not just the villages .. remember it is winter bird season ..

Maybe. But even though I'm convinced that these types of behaviors (verbal and physical abuse of caregiver support staff, pilfering fruit, etc.,) are very much the exception here in TV, they DO occur, and probably at rates above that of the population as a whole.

One reason that geezers are more prone to this type of thing is that "as we age, we become more like ourselves". This is not as opaque as it seems: age and declining mental abilities progressively rob us of safeguards we consciously or unconsciously employ to keep our behaviors within acceptable bounds. You see it a lot in nursing homes: encounters among residents turning violent, sexual acting-out on the part of folks who would never dream of doing it (though they conceivably THOUGHT of doing it) when a part of the normal everyday world before age started robbing them of the abilities to keep their more negative impulses under control. Here in TV it may manifest by yelling and cursing at front-desk staff over a scheduling mistake or a prescription not being transmitted, when in years past it may have just been met with a tight smile and a subsequent complaint made to the supervisors of the staff person after we've calmed down.

Second reason (and let's be honest) is that the work ethic here is just not up to the standard that it was where many of us came from. Much of that is due to the pursuit of the almighty dollar: we see it most often when calls to "Customer Service" route to BFE where English-as-a-second language folks handle our complaints with varying degrees of ineptitude, but it manifests here a many times in "techs" doing the jobs that are more appropriately done by licensed caregiver staff, and often with inevitably spotty results, or gatekeepers (AKA the person behind the sliding glass window) who are poorly-paid and even more poorly trained, with consequently more screw-ups.

So--more frustrating incidents happening to folks who are progressively less able to handle frustration, and the results are inevitable.

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

I can understand physical and verbal abuse at The Villages Hospital, what a worthless emergency department. Thank God there are other choices now for emergency aid.

I bet you wouldn’t physically or verbally abuse the staff at a dental office, not twice anyhow!

[TVTVTV]

Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed

Guess too many uncouth and inconsiderate newcomers are moving here from places where this kind of stuff is acceptable or commonplace. One can only hope they will eventually go back where they came from or embrace the Village way of life

Grocery stores are not exclusive for villager residents- folks from all over shop there too. It is not just behavior from villagers. Why is anyone tasting any cherries or grapes? I haven't seen that happen to fruits packed in plastic containers, like strawberries and blueberries. Luckily I haven't seen people sample a bite of a peach or apple. Oh, that's right - they aren't bite size... so visually inspect your produce, and if something is wrong with it, return it or take a photo and bring those and your receipt back to the store on your next visit. I've never had a store refuse to refund a product with an issue. I'd like to pop a bite size sample of chips and crackers to see if I like them, but it comes down to packaging and sealing. Until that happens, there will always be gross fruit samplers, entitled and stealing here and there, and it happens in every town and state, not just the Villages.

[Dilligas]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

I can understand physical and verbal abuse at The Villages Hospital, what a worthless emergency department. Thank God there are other choices now for emergency aid.

Wrong reply......if you have a problem with the hospital or any other place, don't frequent the location or give it your business. Physical and verbal abuse is unacceptable in any situation, especially with citizens over 65.

[bjansson]

Originally Posted by GoRedSox!

Our Villages has a Whats App to keep communication going between neighbors, a web page, and AED's paid for by donations and volunteers to save lives. .

I am a website designer and i'd love to see what you have. Maybe set one up for my own new neighborhood.

[JWGifford]

Originally Posted by Steban

Went to the doctors office in Villages Hospital yesterday and noticed signs saying that physical and verbal abuse of staff will not be tolerated.

Went to Publix. Dodged the golf cart driving the wrong way in a one way lane. Observed all the carts and cars parked in the fire lanes.

In the store, a woman ate a few cherries. Spit the pits in her hand. Put the pits back in the bag of cherries and walked away. I brought this to the attention of the front desk so they could find this nasty bad of cherries and throw them away. Nothing was done.

Another man was walking through the store happily eating grapes from a bag. The bag was half empty. Wonder who will pay for the bag of grapes that he ate.

What is wrong with the Villagers?

WHAT?! No physical and verbal abuse?! That takes all the fun out of things. 😂

[Warcats]

Originally Posted by Steban

Went to the doctors office in Villages Hospital yesterday and noticed signs saying that physical and verbal abuse of staff will not be tolerated.

Went to Publix. Dodged the golf cart driving the wrong way in a one way lane. Observed all the carts and cars parked in the fire lanes.

In the store, a woman ate a few cherries. Spit the pits in her hand. Put the pits back in the bag of cherries and walked away. I brought this to the attention of the front desk so they could find this nasty bad of cherries and throw them away. Nothing was done.

Another man was walking through the store happily eating grapes from a bag. The bag was half empty. Wonder who will pay for the bag of grapes that he ate.

What is wrong with the Villagers?

such vermin

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Quit living your privileged life where you think you can physically or verbally abuse people because something doesn’t go to the same way as your self anointed high standards. That is why America is the way it is today.

You evidently didn't read all of the comments. I did not do the abusing, I was on the receiving end of it, the abuser was the emergency room nurse at the check-in station. Your "QUOTE" is borderline verbal abuse.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by nn0wheremann

I bet you wouldn’t physically or verbally abuse the staff at a dental office, not twice anyhow!

I didn't abuse anyone, I was the one abused at the Villages Hospital. It helps if you read all of the replies.

[Atamasco]

Originally Posted by GoRedSox!

I guess it is a matter of lived experiences, and everyone's is apparently not the same. I have found The Villages and Villagers to be awesome. Our Villages has a Whats App to keep communication going between neighbors, a web page, and AED's paid for by donations and volunteers to save lives. People here are friendly and helpful. Most people seem happy to me. I guess there may be exceptions to the rule everywhere, but there seem to be fewer exceptions here than the places I've been. Good luck, I hope your experience improves, there is far more good than bad here. And that's honest, I'm not drinking any Kool-Aid.

Where can I find the Villages-specific WhatsApp ?

[ldj1938]

Originally Posted by mrflorida

physical and verbal abuse ? What have we become ???

ny, nj, ill