......timely PROOF of my comment. :ho:

Treat others the way that you expect to receive treatment. Golden? No, just a good rule to live a happier life, but it is worth solid gold to others.

I agree “Treat others as you would want to be treated”
And I would add “ Judge not unless you wish to be judged”

So, it's okay to accuse people of being rude, demanding, and arrogant with no specific evidence or incidents to back it up? I don't. My experience is that most people are not rude, demanding, and arrogant. As, others have said on this thread.

Boy, you turned a very nice positive post into some kind of debate.

The Op made no accusations, simply stated that we need to be mindful that there is an element who does not treat service workers with respect.

By the way, I have witnessed such things, but choose not to complain on TOTV. I have sen service people treated with respect and with little respect.

The message which you are trying to close the door on, it seems to me, is just be aware...everybody is not all sunshine

:bigbow:

When we had a house built for us in Melbourne FL, I brought over lemonade and home-baked chocolate chip cookies for the construction crew during the construction period. The first time I did this, the crew was shocked, and one of the men said this was never done for them.

The worst I have seen is the measly tipping for the waitresses.

So now evidence and back up is required? Oh please.

And I agree with some others. Why look for something to criticize in a post that promotes kindness?

Ok, I give up. Be nice to the service people. And all of you rude, demanding, and arrogant people, stop it. But, I am not making chocolate chip cookies.

I don't live in TV, so I cannot speak for its residents and workers. But we lived in Melbourne three times and believe I can speak for the waitresses there. I witnessed several incidents in various restaurants where elderly patrons were miserly and mean. Every fall the local newspaper would print an article or two describing the waitresses' strong dislike for the elderlies and were not looking forward to the opening of the snowbird season.

No one in The Villages thinks they are rude, but you only need to listen to the way they talk to waitstaff in restaurants, or doctors offices to feel the arrogance of some people. At Cane Garden a customer complained because the toast had too big of holes in it, the toast was replaced only to be left untouched. I have been at doctors offices and patients continually argue about their appointment time. It is never about what is said, it's about how it's said. If you knew of the lives of some of the workers in the Villages, you would have more empathy.

I was always under the impression that to have any impact at all about your subject, you should know your audience when you choose to speak or write about something. Judging from the responses this is the wrong forum for this subject
since it is not reaching one person who is guilty of this behavior but plenty who are quick to say that it is the other guy. That in itself is very interesting.

First things first - great post to the OP.

Next up, response to this post. Have you really opened your eyes to see the looks of disgust and verbal abuse that a hell of a lot of the privileged/entitled here give toward these service people?

I see it because it's the same look of disgust and the same verbal abuse my family used to get when I was growing up on a small farm in Arkansas. We didn't have much, every year was a struggle with crops, relying on the weather to give just the right amount of rain and not flood us out. Each night we prayed to the Good Lord to help us make it through another season. We didn't have the best clothes, but they were always clean. We always had good food because we raised EVERYTHING we ate.

So I can recognize and I know firsthand what people that are looked down upon and verbally abused everywhere (yes, even here in The Villages) go through everyday; that's why I treat the service people the way we are supposed to.

I have to say we have lived here for about 5 and a half years. In the past 3 years I've witnessed an increased disrespect of restaurant wait staff, retail workers, and villages staff by the way coincidentally is reflected by the way people seem to drive lately regardless of it's snowbird season or not.

I second that sir. You are dead on the money.:ohdear: