Why are people in DC (Tenleytown, AU Park, Friendship) so mean and rude

[Anonymous]

What kind of rudeness are you talking about? Are you just upset that other shoppers aren't looking to make a personal connection at the supermarket or wine shop? Are they actually shoving you out of the way or just not humoring your leisurely pace by moving around you to get what they need from the aisle with a measure of efficiency?

As far as "almost getting run over" in parking lots, I think this is because you're dealing with people who don't reflexively give priority to pedestrians. You may have moved within the city limits, but you're still talking about a fairly car-dependent part of town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kind of rudeness are you talking about? Are you just upset that other shoppers aren't looking to make a personal connection at the supermarket or wine shop? Are they actually shoving you out of the way or just not humoring your leisurely pace by moving around you to get what they need from the aisle with a measure of efficiency?

As far as "almost getting run over" in parking lots, I think this is because you're dealing with people who don't reflexively give priority to pedestrians. You may have moved within the city limits, but you're still talking about a fairly car-dependent part of town.

Car-dependent or not, pedestrians have the right of way. We are supposed to be in control of our cars at all times when engine is on--"don't reflectively give priority to pedestrians" What if a child runs ahead of parent and is hit, injured ,or killed by driver? A few years in jail for vehicular homicide might make them "reflectively" aware.

[Anonymous]

"What kind of rudeness are you talking about? Are you just upset that other shoppers aren't looking to make a personal connection at the supermarket or wine shop? Are they actually shoving you out of the way or just not humoring your leisurely pace by moving around you to get what they need from the aisle with a measure of efficiency?"

I was thinking the same thing! Some people just move at a brisker pace than others; doesn't make them rude.

[Anonymous]

You know, I love living in this area, but sometimes I see these really grumpy old ladies around here (the areas you mention) and worry I'm going to turn into that if I live here too long ... !! Yes, there's a sense of entitlement around here. But I think there are enough nice people to get past it. I try to remember not to join in the grumpiness! But perhaps I'm part of it when I've had a bad day .... ?

[Anonymous]

There is a huge sense of entitlement, especially at places where you get organic something or other. I always tend to encounter browsers at Whole Foods who sit in the aisle staring as if no one else in the word exists. You try and walk past them or say "Excuse Me" and they act as if you were insulting them. It's the same act at local farmers markets. People are so self absorbed they don't even know what is going on around them.

[Anonymous]

There are more self absorbed/entiteled/pissed off/call it what you want people here than not. Inconvenience them - it's good for them. Especially if they are on their cell phone. It's actually quite fun!

[Anonymous]

Op here. It's not only in stores it's all over the neighborhood. Try walking up Wisc Ave or Mazza Gallerie. People just seem rude and entitled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Yes, the people who shop here seem to feel they are very special, a lot more special then the ones on Rockville Pike. They actually need off duty cops to direct traffic here and not just because spaces are limited. I've shopped regularly at the Tenleytown WF, the Rockville Pike WF and the River Road WF seems for whatever reason to attract those who shove past you in the aisles, think nothing of blocking your way while they talk on the phone, argue with the cashiers and generally disregard all others around them. Who knows what it is-the shopping center in Potomac Village (not that far up the road), seems to be another location where such entitled persons shop and drive. Nouveau riche? Again, go know.

[Anonymous]

Try walking up Wisc Ave or Mazza Gallerie. People just seem rude and entitled.

OP, I've lived in AU Park and the part of Chevy Chase near Friendship Hts. for 16 years now. A pretty long time, usually on foot, which qualifies me to say ...

The vast majority of the people you encounter walking up Wisconsin near Mazza / Friendship Heights don't actually live near here. This doesn't make them any less rude (I do happen to agree with you), but they're not locals.

The bitchy shiny-black-haired women with large sunglasses and good perfume are from Montgomery County somewhere. The douchebag guys on their Blackberries abusing the Starbucks employees work at Microsoft, etc. and commute in from somewhere. The near-elderly men and women who try to crush your foot with their shopping carts are *definitely* not local. You get the idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Try walking up Wisc Ave or Mazza Gallerie. People just seem rude and entitled.

OP, I've lived in AU Park and the part of Chevy Chase near Friendship Hts. for 16 years now. A pretty long time, usually on foot, which qualifies me to say ...

The vast majority of the people you encounter walking up Wisconsin near Mazza / Friendship Heights don't actually live near here. This doesn't make them any less rude (I do happen to agree with you), but they're not locals.

The bitchy shiny-black-haired women with large sunglasses and good perfume are from Montgomery County somewhere. The douchebag guys on their Blackberries abusing the Starbucks employees work at Microsoft, etc. and commute in from somewhere. The near-elderly men and women who try to crush your foot with their shopping carts are *definitely* not local. You get the idea.

You my friend are the exact type of person OP is reffering to. Please get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

OP, move outta AU Park and come hang with us over here in Columbia Heights!! And shop at P Street Whole Foods ... no competition to see who can be the biggest bitch there.

[Anonymous]

I found the tenleytown whole foods much less frienly than the one on P street - much more relaxed atmosphere there from both staff and shoppers. Now i'm used to it, and yes, the parking on the River road is much easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. It's not only in stores it's all over the neighborhood. Try walking up Wisc Ave or Mazza Gallerie. People just seem rude and entitled.

How do you reach this conclusion from just walking past them?

[Anonymous]

They are rude because they live so perilously close to the Bogs of Bethesda, where snobby rudeness is de rigeur.

[Anonymous]

I dare say that all the people here casting aspersions on Tenleytowners and Friendship Heights residents are being rather rude and snooty. Does it make you feel better about yourselves to gossip about how much better you are than "XYZ" class of people?