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[–] 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Almost all of the places I have lived have been tourism heavy.

  • French Quarter, New Orleans
  • Park City, Utah
  • Kissimmee, Florida (Disney)
  • Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • Austin, Texas (not at first, but definitely the later years)
  • Destin, Florida

There is one recurring theme. People on vacation are stressed the fuck out, desperate to enjoy their very limited and probably very expensive time off, and impatient. This makes many of them rude and entitled. Many people forget to bring their common sense and their manners when they go on vacation. They also have a propensity to binge on everything including food, entertainment, and especially booze and/or drugs. Locals are under no obligation to take your shit just because you are blowing $10k on a week or weekend vacation (of which you only get two of per year) with the family, and you are having an existential crisis that you hope your expensive vacation might remedy. Some of us are just trying to get a coffee on the way to our daily grind and you have decided to let your kids sample every flavor of ice cream in the shop before only buying a single scoop. If you see people waiting, be nice and offer to let someone else get their order in while your kids make up their minds. It is common courtesy.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Thats the thing I don't get with vacations. I am stressed at work so I take a week off to be stressed somewhere else for a week? Don't get me wrong, there is so much to love about vacations but I never found vacations to be relaxing just because I feel like I am under time pressure to go out and see and do as much as I possibly can in the limited time at the vacation spot.

    In contrast taking a week off and just staying at home has been far more relaxing.

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