[Happinow]

I was looking on line at SS square at 7:45 this morning and to my surprise there was, and still is as I type this, a man who has set up many chairs along the sidewalk for optimal viewing. Is someone going to stay with those chairs all day until the parade? I'm also surprised that he allowed to do that. I Would think that with all of the pedestrians walking around there for the festivities throughout the day the chairs would be a hazard. It made me laugh at the lengths that people will go to make sure they are first and get the best.

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by Happinow

I was looking on line at SS square at 7:45 this morning and to my surprise there was, and still is as I type this, a man who has set up many chairs along the sidewalk for optimal viewing. Is someone going to stay with those chairs all day until the parade? I'm also surprised that he allowed to do that. I Would think that with all of the pedestrians walking around there for the festivities throughout the day the chairs would be a hazard. It made me laugh at the lengths that people will go to make sure they are first and get the best.

Call someone in authority and ask them to remove those chairs.

[YouNeverKnow]

Originally Posted by Happinow

I was looking on line at SS square at 7:45 this morning and to my surprise there was, and still is as I type this, a man who has set up many chairs along the sidewalk for optimal viewing. Is someone going to stay with those chairs all day until the parade? I'm also surprised that he allowed to do that. I Would think that with all of the pedestrians walking around there for the festivities throughout the day the chairs would be a hazard. It made me laugh at the lengths that people will go to make sure they are first and get the best.

There's a lot of sense of entitlement and the I'm going to do whatever I want to do attitude running rampant throughout The Villages. There is currently no known cure.

[karostay]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

Call someone in authority and ask them to remove those chairs.

Just write Parr Car on them They'll disappear

[outlaw]

Maybe the people don't realize you are not supposed to save seats. A few signs would seem to help this situation a lot.

[fred53]

Originally Posted by outlaw

Maybe the people don't realize you are not supposed to save seats. A few signs would seem to help this situation a lot.

put as few signs up as possible and expect people to act using common sense. Therefore you likely will not see signs prohibiting this practice.

I agree with the first response...call the VCDD and ask what can/should be done.

[asianthree]

Are the chairs from the square or their chairs? How do they think they will remain not used.

[Uberschaf]

It was probably someone who can now afford any and all things.

[WhoDat]

That's the way we set up for a parade in New Orleans! Some people set up days in advance but the camp out with their chairs, sofas, BBQ pits, etc.

[2BNTV]

I think it's easier to accept some people's sense of entitlement that to get upset over it, as some things will never change. These selfish jerks will never see the errors of their ways.

Some people need to realize there are other people in the world, besides themselves.

[EastCoastDawg]

There is no point in complaining about something like this on TOTV

If you don't like something, report it to the powers-that-be

No-one else is going to do that for you just because you start a thread here

And if no-one officially complains then nothing will get done, and you'll be upset by it when it happens again - which it will

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by Happinow

I was looking on line at SS square at 7:45 this morning and to my surprise there was, and still is as I type this, a man who has set up many chairs along the sidewalk for optimal viewing. Is someone going to stay with those chairs all day until the parade? I'm also surprised that he allowed to do that. I Would think that with all of the pedestrians walking around there for the festivities throughout the day the chairs would be a hazard. It made me laugh at the lengths that people will go to make sure they are first and get the best.

LOL - Folks have been setting up for parades like that for years here - and in many other communities where we have attended parades, too! Have you never seen the campers on television who arrive days before the Rose Bowl parade? The chairs are at the edge of the sidewalk with plenty of room for pedestrians behind them. And pedestrians should not be attempting to cross the street along that stretch since there are no crosswalks there for that purpose.

Originally Posted by outlaw

Maybe the people don't realize you are not supposed to save seats. A few signs would seem to help this situation a lot.

Check out the picture - doesn't look like there are but 4 'squares chairs' among the 30+ that have been put out. So it does not appear that anyone is saving seats for anything but a personal use. Perhaps you can just complain that the man is saving spaces.

[cquick]

Originally Posted by Happinow

I was looking on line at SS square at 7:45 this morning and to my surprise there was, and still is as I type this, a man who has set up many chairs along the sidewalk for optimal viewing. Is someone going to stay with those chairs all day until the parade? I'm also surprised that he allowed to do that. I Would think that with all of the pedestrians walking around there for the festivities throughout the day the chairs would be a hazard. It made me laugh at the lengths that people will go to make sure they are first and get the best.

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[cquick]

OH! I forgot it's parade day, that does make a difference!

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

Call someone in authority and ask them to remove those chairs.

No!No!No!..... We don't want them removed......we just want to

complain! O.K. I'm happi now.