Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>>
> Same here, but we get the "winter people" aka Snow Birds. Ack!!! What
> really ****es me off about many of them is their feeling of entitlement,
> as though permanent residents simply don't matter and they should
> *always* get preferential treatment. It's hard to resist slapping the
> shit out of some of them.

It's not just snowbirds, Wayne. I think it happens anywhere visitors
are spending lots of time and money to stay longer than a few days.

I saw it all the time during the summer in RI where we lived near the
beaches where the "summer folk" owned or rented mansions. They drove,
dined out, shopped, and even sunbathed as though they were royalty and
"natives" were peons to do their bidding or at least get out or their
way because they were IMPORTANT!

I found the answer for me in coping was to be unctuously polite while
not giving an inch.

gloria p