Anonymous wrote:Really? This whole thread and all the nasty replies. Why?

This is generally a transient area with well educated, busy people. Most don't have deep roots and strong ties to the area or its people. I think theses are all factors in one way or another to the general behavior observed.

BINGO! I think people are more likely to act neighborly if they know that their neighbor/mom's bridge partner/dad's boss/aunt/uncle/cousin may be the next aisle over. I got busted underage in college when my mom's friend saw me buying beer at the grocery store with my fake ID and told my mom, not quite the same but...

Really? This whole thread and all the nasty replies. Why?

This is generally a transient area with well educated, busy people. Most don't have deep roots and strong ties to the area or its people. I think theses are all factors in one way or another to the general behavior observed.

COEXIST!

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Anonymous wrote:The rudest people in Whole Foods I've encountered are white French speaking people. They behave often like rude children which looks pretty stupid.

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

If your French is as bad as your English spelling and punctuation, I would have started screaming too.

My punctuation and spelling are just as bad in Italian and German.

Mein Gott. Wie schade fuer dich.

It is rude to use another language when you know that 99% of PPs do not know German. If there is anyone who is interested, her message is: "My God. What a pity for you."

Maybe, but it doesn't make me pitiful, like you.

If other PP's are that interested, they could quickly look this phrase up. Otherwise, they could just ignore it, which I'm sure "99%" of them did.
Get over your xenophobic self.

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Anonymous wrote:The rudest people in Whole Foods I've encountered are white French speaking people. They behave often like rude children which looks pretty stupid.

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

If your French is as bad as your English spelling and punctuation, I would have started screaming too.

My punctuation and spelling are just as bad in Italian and German.

Mein Gott. Wie schade fuer dich.

It is rude to use another language when you know that 99% of PPs do not know German. If there is anyone who is interested, her message is: "My God. What a pity for you."

Maybe, but it doesn't make me pitiful, like you.

The Whole Foods debate made me chuckle until I thought about it. Don't blame the locals. Tenley store IS perhaps the worst combination of dark space and wierd parking lot set up. The gates cause delays and the main floor is soooo small it makes 30 second wait for a spot feel like an hour. (Which would cost you.) Taking out the espresso bar doesn't seem to have sped things up in check out. (Still seem to be liberal interpretations of 15 items.) The bread and wine aisle is like an obstacle course. (I try to make way for people with babies trying to navigate the aisle. They deserve the wine more than I do. heh heh) By the time I get to meat counter, I'm ready to go postal. At least it's not as creepy as the Safeway.

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Anonymous wrote:As for spotting the rude people up at Friendship Heights/Mazza Gallerie--I don't possibly understand why you would judge a person so harshly just by the way she is dressed or the color of her hair.

It makes people feel better about themselves to belittle others for their appearances, backgrounds, behaviors, etc. And on the internet, anyone can disparage anyone anonymously. People should think before they speak(or type) if they want to be taken seriously.

I have written things I would never even think of saying and when I read what I had posted on DCUM, Yahoo, etc., I was so ashamed. Now, as you suggest, I give careful thought to what I write.

All too often behind the mask of anonymity lurks a coward and/or bully.

Anonymous wrote:As for spotting the rude people up at Friendship Heights/Mazza Gallerie--I don't possibly understand why you would judge a person so harshly just by the way she is dressed or the color of her hair.

It makes people feel better about themselves to belittle others for their appearances, backgrounds, behaviors, etc. And on the internet, anyone can disparage anyone anonymously. People should think before they speak(or type) if they want to be taken seriously.

When I hear complaints of patterns of rude behavior like the OPs--and I don't notice it myself-- I start to wonder if maybe the problem is with OP? The aisles at the Tenleytown WholeFoods are narrow, so anyone, rude or not, could feel trapped. I can get loud in there, so you have to speak up. People in cars stopping for 10 minutes--yeah, right--a bit of an exaggeration. If that were the case, the traffic would back up into the street. As for spotting the rude people up at Friendship Heights/Mazza Gallerie--I don't possibly understand why you would judge a person so harshly just by the way she is dressed or the color of her hair.

Wow, the people who shop at the Rockville WF are the friendly, not rude ones? Although honestly, that store is so shittily laid out, it makes me want to punch someone.

Everyone around here is an asshole. You are either an asshole openly, or you are putting on a puss-face b/c "everyone is just sooooo meeeeaaaan, waaaaah"

Just keep moving forward people.

If you piss me off, I will let you know. If you pass me on the street, I smile and say good morning.

I am this way with everyone and everywhere. I do think DC makes it easier to be a jerk than let's say, a tiny town, but it is part of the gig. In every part of the city, people judge others who live even three blocks over. But face to face, everyone is usually pretty cool.

It is the nature of city living. We are all a little uppity, but not for any good reason.

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?"

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

Actually, for me rudenss is inabilit to acknowledge that what you are doing impacts other people. Leaving carts in the parking lot, blocking aisles, etc. I'm talking about people standing in front of a section for 10 minutes, chatting (either with another person or on a cell), and refusing to move even after I've said excuse me. And then giving me the stink eye when I give up and try to reach around them. Or blocking an aisle with their car for 10 minutes while they discuss what they make for dinner. In Whole Foods, I actually got 'trapped" by several customers. I couldn't move my cart (and my child was in my cart). My 'excuse me's" were totally ignored. I finally picked up my kid out of my cart and went home.

Weird - I shop at the Tenley Whole Foods at least once a week and rarely run into rude people.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

I avoid that whole foods (due to customers, not the workers, I can't even take the parking lot). But I found that the Giant down the street, after it was redone, now has very rude customers. Its like the nicer the store, the ruder the customers.

20:36 here. Just thought of a theory last night.

I wonder if it's because many people in those areas are originally from big cities (US or elsewhere) or have lived in big cities for several years. It's always less personal and more cut-throat in big cities and it's easy to get swept up in that sort of behavior. I'm always so embarrased when my mother comes over (from a small town) and tries to chat with everyone!!