Why is it so hard for FL people to be nice ?

[WildFoxAppears]

So i went to a Dennie's one day on the way back from home from a long trip from Brooksville to Okeechobee FL ( Lives in Okeechobee )

Any way a new waitress just moved down from another state ( north states forgot which one ) And my brothers dad asks if she likes FL.

She comments back. The weather is nice. No more snow. ( yippy for her ) But the people seam to be stuck up here. ( or is that just me ? )

I mean I don't look down on people. But some times you just wonder if some one from up north comes down to the South states and have there world turn up side down .-. >:  

[TheRob]

Nah. I came from New York and people over there are all honking horns at each other, shouting, and giving the middle finger. xd  

[WildFoxAppears]

TheRob

Nah. I came from New York and people over there are all honking horns at each other, shouting, and giving the middle finger. xd

that is cool i guess >:

Though i never went to New York before .. Well that is a lie i have once for a school trip but not in the main land  

[purplekitty]

I think it depends which Florida region you are coming from. I can see people from Either the Villages, Celebration or down in Miami to be stuck up. I'm from New York...It seems people down here that I talk to don't get sarcasm and either take things seriously or offensively. Dude, chill...I was only joking.

btw...lol DennIES? Denny's...right? or is there a new Dennies cafe?

Also depends on what YOUR definition of Snob is...  

[CS2-Sasuke-XD]

FL people that think they are somebodies tend to be pricks. this is True. I am a very level headed person and seem to only attract flaky FL folks. I go to Cons and they are even worst hahaha True story.  

[Vickicat]

Zelexia

I met a tourist from New York City at the hotel where I work.

I smiled and greeted her with open friendliness, because that's how I do things, and she asked, in an openly hostile voice, if I wanted something.
After a couple days of my persistently friendly greetings, the lady told me that I made her feel nervous, because in her experience people only smile at you if they want something from you or have ill-intentions towards you, and she couldn't figure out which category I was in.

I had never thought about it that way. I grew up in Orange County, FL in a neighborhood that was made up of small families and retired folks. Everyone I knew as a child was really genuine. If someone smiled then they were happy and wanted to express and share that joy with others, after all, smiles are contagious and I love catching them as much as I love giving them. I suppose that is not the same everywhere, and it makes me feel sad.

I think that some people react differently depending on their upbringing and life experiences. It is less that all Floridians are lacking the ability to be nice and more that your perception depends on where you're coming from and where you're going.

That lady sounds beyond bizarre. But it's people like that who are the reason I am not openly friendly to strangers. I generally don't smile at people or make eye contact or talk to people unless they greet me or speak to me first. I guess I just don't trust people, I assume people are going to be rude or hostile to me unless they make the first move and show they are a nice person. I've lived here in Orlando all my life and have come across all sorts of people, good and bad. Although in my younger years most of the people I came in contact with were pretty terrible and I really didn't have any friends, or even any interest in having friends, until high school.  

[shadestruck]

I'm a Floridian from Miami and I'm stuck up or snobby at all I'm always nice to people regardless to whom they are  

[Shaman Slate]

From Miami. Not all people from here are like that ,but there are a select few that can loud and obnoxious. usually the ref Hispanics. Don't even get me started on the driving around here...  

[Stonerican]

I moved from Illinois down here to Florida and I can honestly say everyone here is stuck up and snobby. It's like a complete different world living here. I don't know if it's just my area or what but I hate where I live now.
Up in Illinois everyone was so nice and everyone talked to each other like family, always invited you in or to parties and what not. And over here I never have one person in my neighborhood say hi. All the people at my high school act as if they're gods on this earth and nobody here has a decent part in their body. It might just be my area but I tell ya it's hell on earth over here. I could say I have met maybe 3 decent people in all the time I've lived here.  

[TheRob]

Zelexia

I live in Orlando and most of the people that I know are wonderful folks.

smile  

[TheRob]

Zelexia

TheRob

Zelexia

I live in Orlando and most of the people that I know are wonderful folks.

smile

stare
There are exceptions to the rule.

I won't tell Edi you said that. emotion_awesome