[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

It seems to me that all these complaints about seat hogs, rudeness and drunks are due to cheapskates piling in at the squares to get the cheap Happy Hour drinks!

We always go to the squares a bit later, after happy hours are over, to avoid the sun and heat. If you go between 7-9pm there's no problem with seating nor "drunks".

A little bit of flexibility goes a long way. Go a little bit later. Why do people want to sit there in one chair for 4 hours anyway???

I think you are on to something. They are not all folks from THE VILLAGES.

We actually know a fellow from our town who moved down to Fruitland Park with his wife......last autumn.

He's told my husband that they LOVE THE HAPPY HOURS AT THE VILLAGES.....and do drive to TV very often, from Fruitland Park.

I agree with your last sentence totally..........unless one is sitting at the beach watching the sun rise or set.......or just watching the waves lap on shore..........or watching the moon come up over the mountains.

[Golfingnut]

I think it is more a case of personality. If you complain about the little things you disagree with at the square, you most likely complain about slow play on the courses, fast carts on the cart paths, neighbors that park in the street, neighbors that put their trash out two early, people that smoke, one cart in a parking spot, and so on. Let's quit whining like children and find a solution. Maybe a tip of the day in the daily sun telling folks what is considered VILLAGES CORRECTNESS. You will reach more people and may even have a positive effect. Complaining anonymously on a web site infuriates people more than it changes them.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

I think it is more a case of personality. If you complain about the little things you disagree with at the square, you most likely complain about slow play on the courses, fast carts on the cart paths, neighbors that park in the street, neighbors that put their trash out two early, people that smoke, one cart in a parking spot, and so on. Let's quit whining like children and find a solution. Maybe a tip of the day in the daily sun telling folks what is considered VILLAGES CORRECTNESS. You will reach more people and may even have a positive effect. Complaining anonymously on a web site infuriates people more than it changes them.

Personally, we believe in "live and let live". We wouldn't be in the places that are annoying to us. So, nothing to complain about.

Everyone we met in THE VILLAGES was super friendly and down to earth.
The place sells itself based on it beauty and cleanliness, wonderful zoning which keeps everything looking lovely.........

Guess we've been Yankees too long ..........we respect our own privacy as well as everyone elses. When we first moved to Vermont in our very early twenties.....it was a different world........but we grew to love and respect the "strong silent type of folks" as well as the "salt of the earth" who would do anything for a neighbor..........even though they are NOT flamboyant, loud, aggressive or the "look at me" type. A different world, but one we grew used to after spending our youth in New Jersey. I guess we are Yankees at heart.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

Personally, we believe in "live and let live". We wouldn't be in the places that are annoying to us. So, nothing to complain about.

Everyone we met in THE VILLAGES was super friendly and down to earth.
The place sells itself based on it beauty and cleanliness, wonderful zoning which keeps everything looking lovely.........

Guess we've been Yankees too long ..........we respect our own privacy as well as everyone elses. When we first moved to Vermont in our very early twenties.....it was a different world........but we grew to love and respect the "strong silent type of folks" as well as the "salt of the earth" who would do anything for a neighbor..........even though they are NOT flamboyant, loud, aggressive or the "look at me" type. A different world, but one we grew used to after spending our youth in New Jersey. I guess we are Yankees at heart.

Those traits, and good ones they are, are not limited to that section of this country. You will find the same in folks from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, just to name a few areas that I know well.

I think the melting pot here is hard to handle at times, in all honesty. We all think ....what is the matter with THEM?

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by asianthree

i wondering why the person wanted to take the guy to her golf cart...stranger danger

I wondered the exact same thing. Are they that desperate for a date?
Sad.

We live in a "cradle to grave community"....so we don't have, or are not aware of so many desperate daters........all of our neighbors are in long term marriages with children , grand children and great grandchildren........

Long happy marriages......we have watched our kids grow from infancy to parenthood themselves.........even when our spouses die, dating is the last thing on any of our minds.........if truth be told.

Now, the younger set in our community may be "out there" but not the retired folks and seniors.........so I've been seriously wondering if there is something to that book Leisure Ville.

Is that what draws so many single people to want to live in TV???? It's reputation for strange encounters....oops, I was thinking "stranger danger".........as per your post above.....

I still remember that post and photos I saw on TOTV which mysteriously disappeared later in the morning.......several months back.........of an advert for a bedroom to rent.....the bedroom had a pole for pole dancing and was quite explicitly advertised............some of us saw it and then "poof" it mysteriously was GONE. I believe in truth in journalism. What's the big secret? It looked like a very very old crummy motel room that was set up for "happy ending" kind of dates. Then as mysteriously as it appeared on TOTV and was viewed, it was GONE...............I hope there are no naïve recently widowed or never married folks who get duped into a situation like that.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by DougB

Alcohol improves the brain.

That being the case, you must be a genius by now.

[Bizdoc]

If you go to Magic Kingdom (that happy, happy place), you'll still find rude people. Location doesn't remove jerk genes... Ignore them. Life (as we know at our age) is too darned short to rent these idiots space in our head.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by jojo

We often go to the square for just a short time. We have been fortunate to not experience any rude behavior. Quite the opposite - folks go out of their way to indicate if chairs are open. While I'm sure there are instances of overindulgence, we have not personally observed it. At LSL the line dancers stay to one side of the floor. Rarely if ever has the dance floor been crowded except with Rocky and the Rollers.

I live closer to Lake Sumter Landing and have never noticed a problem there either. I only went to Spanish Springs Town Square because the N-Tunes were performing there for the first time. When I first moved to the villages I lived on the east side of 441 and Spanish Springs was the only square. Over a period of time it got to be more of a problem and I think it might be because it offers easy access to people from other communities.

The Villages was designed to draw people in from everywhere, for commercial reasons, and it's working.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

I think it is more a case of personality. If you complain about the little things you disagree with at the square, you most likely complain about slow play on the courses, fast carts on the cart paths, neighbors that park in the street, neighbors that put their trash out two early, people that smoke, one cart in a parking spot, and so on. Let's quit whining like children and find a solution. Maybe a tip of the day in the daily sun telling folks what is considered VILLAGES CORRECTNESS. You will reach more people and may even have a positive effect. Complaining anonymously on a web site infuriates people more than it changes them.

I don't think it's very nice to characterize posters on this thread as "whining like children." Especially when the topic is about courtesy. Let's have some courtesy for fellow posters.

[BobnBev]

Brownwood has a Wildwood Police sub station. Maybe it's time the other 2 squares hired Deputys.

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

I don't think it's very nice to characterize posters on this thread as "whining like children." Especially when the topic is about courtesy. Let's have some courtesy for fellow posters.

That may be what you think, but I think it is spot on. Not likely I will change. I have great respect and courtesy for posters as long as they don't whine.

[cquick]

Originally Posted by rubicon

The OP's experience is exactly why I stay away from the Town Squares. Along with that issue is the fact that the dance area is overcrowded, especially with line dancers.

I thoroughly enjoy dancing but the circumstances at the town squares are not conducive for couples dancing.

Beside which I can not condone seat savers

The music and entertainment at the squares is the #1 reason we moved to The Villages.....we are happy with them.

[BettyCrocked]

An altercation happened next to me at LSL square a couple of weeks ago. It almost came to blows before security stepped in. What made it actually entertaining was that the 70'ish instigator of the altercation assumed because the other man appeared to be about 50, he didn't live there. So he yells at the guy "this was my seat, I live in TV, you need to go back where you came from". Younger guy turned out to be a resident, also.

[Patty55]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

It's not a big problem but it does happen sometimes. When it does happen, it might be wise to change your seat, if you can find another seat.

On Wednesday I went to see a great new band called "N-Tunes". After I was there a while, a group of women came and sat nearby. It seems they had been drinking and were really LOUD talkers. Then they would get up to dance and would sometimes stand in front of me while talking to their friends in a loud voice. On the dance floor they started loud conversations as if the band wasn't there. I think they overpowered the music at times.

One of them was trying to convince a man to follow her out to her car. He didn't seem too willing until she said, "I have a beer for you in the car."

Before the band starts playing there's an anouncement from WVLG that says, "No coolers allowed." People must have started bringing their own drinks in a cooler. So now it seems that some of them are drinking in their cars.

Here are some of the replies I expect to get: Hey, chill-out! What do you care if people are drinking in their cars. And if people are too loud for you, just take your chair and move it!

I just thought I would save you the trouble.

Maybe they were trying to get your attention because they thought you were hot.

[mickey100]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

I don't think it's very nice to characterize posters on this thread as "whining like children." Especially when the topic is about courtesy. Let's have some courtesy for fellow posters.

Yes. Lately that seems to be in short supply.