Why are people in DC (Tenleytown, AU Park, Friendship) so mean and rude
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Anonymous
| We did the reverse move and moved in to DC from Va and We've noticed over the years that the people here are so unfriendly. In McLean people smile at you in Giant, or start a conversation in Total Wine, but watch out you might get run over in the Upper Wisconsin Whole foods parking lot or cut off trying to get an item in Friendship Safeway aisle. What gives? |
Anonymous
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Sorry to hear of your experience. I am really surprised at what you have experienced. I have lived in tenleytown for almost 8 years now and have found people to be generally really polite and friendly, especially as compared to Bethesda which is where I moved from.
Hang in there, I think there are alot of really friendly and warm people who do live in our neighborhood! |
Anonymous
| Something about Whole Foods in Upper Northwest (not Georgetown) and in suburban Maryland has me wondering if there is a direct link between organic food and rudeness. I think NGC should do a documentary on it. If you really feel brave head out to the Whole Foods on Rockville Pike...that's worse than a horror flick. |
Anonymous
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I have lived in AU Park for 9 years, and yes, most days in WW, I want you to get out of my way.
But I am actually friendly, easy-going person....maybe compared to McLean, not so much. |
Anonymous
| I agree with PP. The Whole Foods in Tenleytown is a rude nightmare. I find the one in Glover Park ("Georgetown") not good either, but certainly not as hideous. I think it's the bad feng shui of the Tenleytown store that brings out the worst in people. The layout/lighting/room to move in that store is awful. |
Anonymous
| 15:58 here, For whole foods, my point of comparison is the one on River Road in Bethesda. There I do find people can be rude. The Tenleytown one, I haven't seen it. But most of the time I walk there so don't have to contend with the parking lot. |
Anonymous
HA! YES! The WholeFoods in clarendon has some nasty shoppers...the poor ppl that work there are wonderful though and they make up for any negativity I encounter in the aisles! I often share and eye roll or a chuckle with the workers when they are encountering a really self-entitled a-hole. They give my kids free apples and hug me when I come in...love, love, love the staff and what they have to put up with on a daily basis. I don't encounter the same level of nastiness at the non-organic chains in the neighborhood, e.g., safeway, teeter, or giant. |
Anonymous
| The rudest people in Whole Foods I've encountered are white French speaking people. They behave often like rude children which looks pretty stupid. |
Anonymous
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I think the whole foods in georgetown is much nicer.
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Anonymous
| I think everyone who regularly shops in WW is a delusional asshole and if they are in DC limits, they KNOW they are assholes and do not care, and if they are outside the DC limits, they are assholes and DON'T know it, making them even worse. |
Anonymous
Try living in Paris even if you speak French. A cab driver once corrected my pronuncition. I didn't give him a tip and did he scream. started yelling |
Anonymous
If your French is as bad as your English spelling and punctuation, I would have started screaming too. |
Anonymous
My punctuation and spelling are just as bad in Italian and German. |
Anonymous
Mein Gott. Wie schade fuer dich. |
Anonymous
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It's the area. It's not you. Consider it funny. They know not how ridiculous that look on their ugly puss face really is. How....becoming...... That smelll....it's them! |