We’re glad that you came, but we can’t stop our lives for you…
This is a work of opinion and humor. If it doesn’t apply to your situation….fantastic!
When I lived in Fort Lauderdale during the ’90s and 2000’s, friends who came to visit would inevitably ask “Where’s your tan?”. Well, I probably would have been golden bronze if I wasn’t doing stupid things like working six-day weeks…and using the seventh to houseclean, do laundry, buy groceries, and take a well-deserved nap.
People tend to forget that those who live in tourist destinations aren’t on a perpetual vacation. We cook, sleep, shop, watch TV, and attend church like everyone else. Why anyone would find that surprising has always been peculiar to me.
Another common misconception is that tourist-town locals are eagerly waiting for friends and family to visit so they can drop what they’re doing to entertain. Sorry, but it doesn’t work that way. If you enjoy hosting others….terrific! But not everyone feels like that.
Your vacation time is yours, not ours. We want you to visit, see everything there is to see and spend lots of money to boost our economy. But we can’t automatically set our responsibilities aside because you’re headed our way. Don’t assume that we can, or that we’d even want to. We might want to spend our valuable free time doing something else. So don’t be offended if we say “Sorry, I’m busy”.
Here is a list of ten frustrating things that Las Vegas residents face regularly. Please keep them in mind if you know somebody who lives here. Be kind, be considerate, and you’ll likely get that in return:
Have a great time and come back again!
In Part Two, I’ll list four commonly asked “Stupid Questions” that Sin City residents are constantly asked. And you know what you’ll get when you ask a stupid question: stupid answers.
