[Walt.]

In what way is waving at dozens (hundreds?) of total strangers a sign that a person is happy or friendly or anything at all? Why would anybody care one-way-or-another if this total stranger waves back? Is there some sort of quota we're supposed to meet?
By the same token you could say that the cashiers at "Subway" or "Dollar Tree" are really friendly because they say "Welcome to..." whenever you walk in.
It's as impersonal and empty as your 4,000th "friend" on Facebook.
Hard to believe this sort of topic keeps coming up.

[dbussone]

Maybe I'll stop buttoning up golf carts in the rain.

[Justus]

Originally Posted by dbussone

Maybe I'll stop buttoning up golf carts in the rain.

What a shame that such a kind gesture would be greeted so ungraciously that it would make a person have to reconsider ever doing it again. I guess times really are changing...

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Well, unless he keeps valuables and/or money rolled up in his enclosure, he didn't have any concern, because that's where my hands were. I can assure you, I will not be "Mr. Friendly and Courteous" again to anyone when it starts to pour rain. I dealt with enough a**holes and scum in my 25 year career as a LEO; why in the hell would I think it would be different here? Huh? I do not like to fight, didn't like it in my career, but he was way out of control with his screaming and profanities and maybe a gentle thump would have knocked some sense in him. The New Jersey reference, I was hoping he would be on TOTV and would read this to realize what an a** he was.

Nice.......

[ping]

We too are new residents and we enjoy waving to everyone we pass. I guess it's just the joy of being in this place and want to include everyone as a friend. However, not every one feels the same...guess they have been here so long they have lost the joy. But for me, I'll keep waving!

[Bogie Shooter]

"some people" are beginning to be understood............

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by pting

We too are new residents and we enjoy waving to everyone we pass. I guess it's just the joy of being in this place and want to include everyone as a friend. However, not every one feels the same...guess they have been here so long they have lost the joy. But for me, I'll keep waving!

To say people have lost their joy is not the case. We have been here 15 years and have many wonderful friends. We say hi and talk to everyone we meet. We love meeting people !! We just met 2 couples tonight at City Fire. They were awesome !!
Trust me, if I don't wave to you that certainly doesn't mean I have lost the joy of living here !! I would never live any where else. When you are riding in a golf cart, it's almost impossible to wave to every cart that passes you. You need to watch the road and the carts around you.
Sometimes you're talking to whoever is in the cart with you and sometimes you are just thinking of things going on in your life.
Just know that most people here are some of the friendliest people you will ever meet !

[queasy27]

I dealt with enough a**holes and scum in my 25 year career as a LEO; why in the hell would I think it would be different here?

Not sure why, in all sincerity. This is not Shangri-La, nor is it a groupthink cult.

It sometimes feels like people's expectations are so unrealistically high when they move here that they're bound to be dashed. Makes he sad.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by outlaw

They don't wave because there are too many golf carts passing each other.

I don't think it's unfriendly if people in cars don't wave at me.
Nor do I think it's unfriendly if people in golf carts don't wave.
I read an estimate that there are around 60,000 golf carts in The Villages. That's a lot of waving.

Originally Posted by Walt.

In what way is waving at dozens (hundreds?) of total strangers a sign that a person is happy or friendly or anything at all?

[Shadow8IA]

Come up to the historic side. We'll wave at you!! My grandkids were very impressed by all of the friendly people they saw during their stay here.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

You know, I was at Bonifay last week and when it began to rain, I started to put the enclosure down on a cart next to mine (notice the key word is "started") when the owner came out running of the golf shop and screaming "what the "f" are you doing"? I told him I was just trying to keep his stuff from getting wet. With that, he screamed "don't ever touch my f'ing cart again". I stayed calm and professional throughout the cussing I got, though I do wish he had crossed the line and tried to put hands on me. As I was leaving, I noticed he had a New Jersey license plate on the back of his cart. Next time when it starts to rain, you can be assured I won't touch another cart. I'm beginning to think the phrase "Florida's Friendliest Hometown" is a misnomer.

kcrazorbackfan: When I was assigned to Iowa I had an employee who came to my office with his bare head as red as a tomato and visibly shaken complaining that some guy from New York was rude, nasty mean......I laughed and said he's just playing with you that's what they do . So when you call him back act the same way and by the end of the conversation you will be best friends. He did and he told me it worked

As to your situation whoever the guy is one thing he is not and that's insightful. I also don't much care for swearing but some folks just don't have sufficient verbs, adverbs, adjectives in their portfolio their limited what can you say??

I know something of downstate New York/New Jersey and most of those folks would give you the shirt off their backs, some are a bit gruff, very animated, excitable, passionate, speak directly but its a very large metropolitan area.

It was a nice gesture. You can protect my cart from rain anytime I am not around and I might just buy you a brewski for your trouble

[Greg Nelson]

Maybe TV needs more mid-westerners....

[outlaw]

It does seem a bit invasive of one's personal property to be putting down an enclosure without the owner's permission. I would not like it, although I would understand the gesture as good intent. The New Jersey guy was way out of line IMHO. He should have just said please don't do that. I rarely put my enclosure down if my cart is sitting in the rain. I carry a towel to wipe down the seat before I drive off.

[OCsun]

Sing with me. "The Villages . . . Florida's Friendliest Home Town"

Sound familiar? Shape up people!!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by rubicon

kcrazorbackfan: When I was assigned to Iowa I had an employee who came to my office with his bare head as red as a tomato and visibly shaken complaining that some guy from New York was rude, nasty mean......I laughed and said he's just playing with you that's what they do . So when you call him back act the same way and by the end of the conversation you will be best friends. He did and he told me it worked

As to your situation whoever the guy is one thing he is not and that's insightful. I also don't much care for swearing but some folks just don't have sufficient verbs, adverbs, adjectives in their portfolio their limited what can you say??

I know something of downstate New York/New Jersey and most of those folks would give you the shirt off their backs, some are a bit gruff, very animated, excitable, passionate, speak directly but its a very large metropolitan area.

It was a nice gesture. You can protect my cart from rain anytime I am not around and I might just buy you a brewski for your trouble

Sage advice as usual.

I think both folks in the interchange got toooo hot toooo fast.

But just because I had been schooled as a child not to touch or bother anyone else's possessions, I wouldn't have put down another carts rainsides.

I think KCRazorback was reacting as a police officer rather than a private individual. I sometimes act annoyingly like the teacher of young children that I used to be.