Are the tourist here (South Walton) suicidal ?

[jodiFL]

:scratch: But I couldnt be CERTAIN they were zombies or I would have mowed them down with my SUV
EDIT: I feel one of those "back in the day" remarks coming on.....
At least they dont rush all the way to SOWAL only to be stopped at the 331 DRAW BRIDGE anymore.

 

[lucky13]

I don't have too much to contribute but I will say this - I liken the subject of this thread to working in retail or any other service industry.

Having worked in retail for seven years from college until after college you realize what it's like on the "other side." I now know what kind of shopper I want to be based on the shoppers I had to serve.

I think the same applies to this - we all learn what kind of visitors to be based on our encounters with visitors wherever you live.

 

[Zebraspots]

I don't want to get into a visitor/tourist/local identification debate, so I'll just say the lady I saw walking on the edge of 30-A by Redfish this morning is stupid and needs to learn not to play in traffic.

There was a wide open rec path several feet away (that despite the rainy weather was free of puddles) and she was marching down the road INSIDE the white stripe in a 45mph zone!

 

[Matt J]

Maybe they were Zombies.

Zombies bother me way more than tourist. They don't care where they walk and will eat you if they get a chance ;-)

Ps.I like the term visitor more than tourist. And all I have to add is if you are visiting our beautiful area please slow down on 331 heading south. I've been almost run over whole bunch already this year. I know you're excited and if I was getting to go on vacation I would be excited too, but slow down when coming through DeFunn. The beach will still be there and I'll get to stay alive as well, which makes for a better day for everyone involved

If you want zombies in Seaside check out the movie Fido. ;-)

 

[Minnie]

Like JodiFL, I thought I did not have anything else to say to this thread.

Obviously some still do not realize that just as most locals are not stupid neither are most tourists.

There are some idiots in all categories.

However I think a valuable point has been over looked in this discussion, does anyone really think that the tourist so many of your describe here, actually reads SoWal, I seriously doubt it.

 

[scooterbug44]

However I think a valuable point has been over looked in this discussion, does anyone really think that the tourist so many of your describe here, actually reads SoWal, I seriously doubt it.

Dunno, lots of lurkers, so maybe we ARE educating some tourons, especially on rainy days! ;-)

 

[NoHall]

Someone analyze this one for me:

I got stuck on the east side of Seaside yesterday morning because a truck pulled up beside a minivan and stopped. Stopped=parked. The minivan (Missouri, Mississippi, Miss-something plates) had been sideswiped and had damage to the tail light and a gash up the side. Someone's rear view mirror was still in the street beside it.

So the poor, victimized tourist is on his phone, leaning on the stupid truck (LOCAL plates) that was parked in front of me. Another local truck was behind me with two women in it having a hissy fit. Finally, the truck in front of me pulled off to the side (brilliant!) so that I could carry on with my life.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to carry on for long, because there was another car parked halfway in the street in front of it. This was the offending, sideswiping car. Not quite a local--Jackson County, Florida.

My own conclusion is that stupidity isn't geographically confined.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

If you want zombies in Seaside check out the movie Fido. ;-)

Thanks

check this out on Zombie's
The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead By Scott Kenemore
http://books.google.com/books?id=06...=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA76,M1

 

[seagrovegirl]

Someone analyze this one for me:

I got stuck on the east side of Seaside yesterday morning because a truck pulled up beside a minivan and stopped. Stopped=parked. The minivan (Missouri, Mississippi, Miss-something plates) had been sideswiped and had damage to the tail light and a gash up the side. Someone's rear view mirror was still in the street beside it.

So the poor, victimized tourist is on his phone, leaning on the stupid truck (LOCAL plates) that was parked in front of me. Another local truck was behind me with two women in it having a hissy fit. Finally, the truck in front of me pulled off to the side (brilliant!) so that I could carry on with my life.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to carry on for long, because there was another car parked halfway in the street in front of it. This was the offending, sideswiping car. Not quite a local--Jackson County, Florida.

My own conclusion is that stupidity isn't geographically confined.

Or did the minivan sideswipe someone???? Many that park there in Seaside are still on the pavement which causes a bottleneck...which causes these types of accidents.

 

[lennonsdarlin]

OK...I think I might look like a tourist...I love my RED BAR t-shirt that I got many moons ago, and I wear all of my Grayt art, Wine and seafood festival shirts...oh and my fishing rodeo....we have the best t-shirts in the world..they b bad arse! Soooo anywho, in the parking lot of Longhorns, after softball last week, our weekly convoy of diners with me in the lead (I'm the only one with a CB) stop for pedestrians (using the term lightly) about a head of 15, and they get in front of me and decide to split up with the remaining 5 not sure which car to ride in....just standing there...not scared at all of my little gas saving car....worse was my butt-head ball players behind me start laying on the freaking horn at me, like I can move...it wasn't the pedestrians that got flipped off...I just busted out laughing and yelled you and you go to that car, you and you wipe that baby's mouth on the sidewalk! They were absolutely oblivious that I was even there, but, were so sorry...I choose funn instead of frustration.....welcome all.......y'all speak for y'allself, I don't do stupid stuff