I was pretty friendly and accommodating before moving to DC, but after several months I had to become rude to simply survive daily interactions with such entitled, rude people. I find most people here to be obnoxious and self-centered in the sense that they get easily annoyed by the silliest things: getting nasty looks if my position in the store causes a 3 second delay in their pre-planned route to buy food, the passive aggressiveness because my 9 month pregnant self may need to take the priority seat that you refuse to vacate, and the general rudeness towards people with kids, because oh well, we made the huge sin of living in the city and not hiding our kids in the suburbs. Its like if you dont behave in a very specific way it has the potential to bring the worst reactions in everyone. Im not American so maybe this is an American rather than a DC thing, but I do find that in general people are so inflexible here and overanalyze everything.

I live in NW and I hate everyone. Get out of my hood.

Anonymous wrote:I once had a woman ask me why I had said good morning to her because she didn't know me. Go figure.

ugh, what is wrong with people

Anonymous wrote: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?

Simple, too many of them think they are the center of the universe and that their fecal matter doesn't stink and they aren't friendly because they are so constipated. Just keep smiling and saying hello as it will baffle most of them, however, walk around with your HHI income and Ivy degree on your forehead and they may deign to at least acknowledge that you are a fellow homosapien.

Seriously, just keep on being nice because it's good for you and it teaches your children to be nice. I once had a woman ask me why I had said good morning to her because she didn't know me. Go figure.

During the annual Troll Parade in AU Park, bits of gray beef purchased at stores that are not Whole Foods, is hurled at passersby.

Anonymous wrote:Why, thank you for pointing out our rudeness. Sorry you had an unpleasant experience. Perhaps next time you are in the area you could be so kind to let us know ahead of time, so we may organize a troll parade in your honor.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

OP--we moved from Upper NW to Arlington recently and I agree, the "friendliness factor" is much higher in Arlington. People smile and say Hi to me wherever I go. In DC, people never smiled and were often rude and obnoxious. . I lived there for 15 years so it was,kt a couple of isolated instances--it was a constant thing. I'm not sure what the reasons are but I love how much nicer people are in Arlington and I have no plans to leave.

Anonymous wrote:Why, thank you for pointing out our rudeness. Sorry you had an unpleasant experience. Perhaps next time you are in the area you could be so kind to let us know ahead of time, so we may organize a troll parade in your honor.

LOL! This is exactly what the poster meant. Grow up!

I love whole foods! I am 2 blocks from WF and 2 blocks from trader Joes and choose Wfs hands-down. Assholes are everywhere. I walk so I avoid 99% of the headache. Employees are fantasti. Produce is a million times fresher and sometimes even cheaper han TJs.

I am in WFs at least 5-6 days a week. After giant, Safeway and teeter nasty fish, gray beef, etc.... I'll pay a few bucks more at WFs.

Why, thank you for pointing out our rudeness. Sorry you had an unpleasant experience. Perhaps next time you are in the area you could be so kind to let us know ahead of time, so we may organize a troll parade in your honor.

Ok, I know this thread died but I wanted to comment. I visited DC about a week ago for the first time, and I have never (in my life) encountered such rude, entitled, snooty, disrespectful jerks in my life.

Although not at a whole foods store, everywhere my friends and I went, the people were intolerably rude..I live in Atlanta and that snooty behavior happens but these people take it to another level. It's not intimidation etc its just that its so annoying and very classless behavior to betray for such "high and mighty" people.

Anonymous wrote:I was transferred away from DC to a couple of years. In my new town, I was amazed that people like the postal carrier, the bagger at the store would actually presume that I was interested in getting to know them. People who passed me on the sidewalk made eye contact and said hello, and I'd look behind me to see who the heck they were looking at. It took a solid year before I got used to this, and found that my life was enriched by knowing the people surrounding me.

But I don't think that people there are fundamentally different from Washingtonians. The difference is that the work day there ends at 5 or 5:30, and everyone makes their 10 minute commute home. If that extraordinary pressure of commute, kid pick-up, meal preparations, errands were magically lifted, it's amazing what nice people we'd all suddenly become.

But I wonder what explains the phenomenon of the English? Doesn't matter how stressed Londoners are, they're just unfailingly courteous (to your face -- we all know what snobs they are in private) and pleasant.

Exactly which part of London are you discussing? It's true that Londoners are unlikely to be intentionally rude (unless they're in the mood to skewer Americans for sport that day, but then they're shocked-- SHOCKED-- to be called on it), but they're busy... much busier and faster at conducting their business than Washingtonians... they're not predisposed toward anything more than perfunctory apologies or pleasantries. Central London is a place where one learns to move along at everyone else's pace or be brushed aside with a perfunctory "Sorry!" Whatever bitches as may be found in AU Park would get trampled before breakfast.

Anonymous wrote:COEXIST!

LOL!

"But I don't think that people there are fundamentally different from Washingtonians. The difference is that the work day there ends at 5 or 5:30, and everyone makes their 10 minute commute home. If that extraordinary pressure of commute, kid pick-up, meal preparations, errands were magically lifted, it's amazing what nice people we'd all suddenly become. "

How do you account for the mean retired rich people?