Anyone else treated like .......

[Army Guy]

You don't belong in TV cause you don't look your age?
During our recent stay at our villa, twice when my wife and I were at the Fitness Center at Colony, we had this happen. Each time, the people that confronted us treated us this way. The first time was when me and the wife got in the very corner area of the Fitness Room on the mats they provide at the center to do some ab exercises. The area we use for only 12 minutes, (yes I have timed it!) is 5 ft by 6 ft and is in the very back corner. We were told by several we were in their way and blocking one of the machines. I first thought what the heck difference does it make, if I am blocking the machine versus if I was using it for 12 minutes? Yet I times them the next day and they constantly were suing machines for 40+ minutes each! But they basically told us, we didn't belong there in "THEIR" gym. We saw them several times over the course of our stay at TV and each time they gave us that attitude. The next time, is the best one, me and the wife again were in our same little area and we had just used two of the hand weights. We put them down for a second and were preparing to do a 60 second stretch before using the hand weights again. This woman comes up to us and asks if we are done with them and I told her no that we were using them one more time after we stretched for 60 sec, but then they were free to her. Well she proceeds to walk over to the Attendent Counter and tells the Attendent about it!! Next thing we know the Attendent comes over while we are stretching and I had to tell her the same thing!
It all boils down to we do not get respect for being a Village resident cause we don't look old enough!!
I know we should not complain about that!:a20:

Army Guy

[rshoffer]

You don't belong in TV cause you don't look your age?
During our recent stay at our villa, twice when my wife and I were at the Fitness Center at Colony, we had this happen. Each time, the people that confronted us treated us this way. The first time was when me and the wife got in the very corner area of the Fitness Room on the mats they provide at the center to do some ab exercises. The area we use for only 12 minutes, (yes I have timed it!) is 5 ft by 6 ft and is in the very back corner. We were told by several we were in their way and blocking one of the machines. I first thought what the heck difference does it make, if I am blocking the machine versus if I was using it for 12 minutes? Yet I times them the next day and they constantly were suing machines for 40+ minutes each! But they basically told us, we didn't belong there in "THEIR" gym. We saw them several times over the course of our stay at TV and each time they gave us that attitude. The next time, is the best one, me and the wife again were in our same little area and we had just used two of the hand weights. We put them down for a second and were preparing to do a 60 second stretch before using the hand weights again. This woman comes up to us and asks if we are done with them and I told her no that we were using them one more time after we stretched for 60 sec, but then they were free to her. Well she proceeds to walk over to the Attendent Counter and tells the Attendent about it!! Next thing we know the Attendent comes over while we are stretching and I had to tell her the same thing!
It all boils down to we do not get respect for being a Village resident cause we don't look old enough!!
I know we should not complain about that!:a20:

Army Guy

Nope, never happend to me. I train at Colony in the early evening-- not as crowded. By Villages standards I'm on the younger end of the curve and haven't experienced "age discrimination" there. Maybe I just look old!

[hfivo]

Look on the bright side, consider that a compliment.... they thought you looked younger!!!

:laugh::laugh:

hfivo

[ejp52]

And you young whippersnappers STAY OFF MY LAWN TOO!!!!:jester:
Seriously,don't let a few jerks bug you,they're just jealous Army Guy.
Let me know if you want help to TP their house on Halloween. :D

[Army Guy]

You all are too much!!! You all are part of the reason we love living in TV!

rshoffer, we were going between 1-3 in afternoon.

Army Guy

[dillywho]

There are a few (thank goodness not that many) that think because they go somewhere daily that they have ownership in the place. Some of the pools are no different. I think they just need a gentle reminder that your ammenity fees count just as much as theirs and that all facilities are for all of us all the time.....not just when it doesn't interrupt their routines. You hang in there!!

[blaZen]

You'll look older in no time:0000000000luvmyhors

[rshoffer]

You all are too much!!! You all are part of the reason we love living in TV!

rshoffer, we were going between 1-3 in afternoon.

Army Guy

If you're there ever betwen 6 and 7 pm look for the young guy (who must look old) in the black ARMY PT shorts grunting his way thru a workout. Say Hi!

[graciegirl]

Not to worry Army Guy. If you just wait, looking younger goes away. I know. It happened to me!

Some people were NEVER taught manners which is just kindness. Period.

[carm310]

We do get very surprised looks followed with comments of. "Oh, you are owners" every time we check in to stay at our home. I do feel we are looked upon as visitors by most people who do not know us but no one has been rude.

And yes BlaZen - Our day will come when it will all catch up with us...so I enjoy it for now! And every wrinkle to come will be earned and well worth it! :laugh:

[Chazz]

You don't belong in TV cause you don't look your age?
During our recent stay at our villa, twice when my wife and I were at the Fitness Center at Colony, we had this happen. Each time, the people that confronted us treated us this way. The first time was when me and the wife got in the very corner area of the Fitness Room on the mats they provide at the center to do some ab exercises. The area we use for only 12 minutes, (yes I have timed it!) is 5 ft by 6 ft and is in the very back corner. We were told by several we were in their way and blocking one of the machines. I first thought what the heck difference does it make, if I am blocking the machine versus if I was using it for 12 minutes? Yet I times them the next day and they constantly were suing machines for 40+ minutes each! But they basically told us, we didn't belong there in "THEIR" gym. We saw them several times over the course of our stay at TV and each time they gave us that attitude. The next time, is the best one, me and the wife again were in our same little area and we had just used two of the hand weights. We put them down for a second and were preparing to do a 60 second stretch before using the hand weights again. This woman comes up to us and asks if we are done with them and I told her no that we were using them one more time after we stretched for 60 sec, but then they were free to her. Well she proceeds to walk over to the Attendent Counter and tells the Attendent about it!! Next thing we know the Attendent comes over while we are stretching and I had to tell her the same thing!
It all boils down to we do not get respect for being a Village resident cause we don't look old enough!!
I know we should not complain about that!:a20:

Army Guy

The other issue, besides age discrimination might be optimizing the available space at the fitness center. Not quite sure I'm visualizing exactly where you were setting up for ab work, but I'm going to guess that it was near the hand weights. Although it is not self evident, the area by the mirror, where the floor mats are hung, makes an excellent ab workout area in terms of your safety and the best use of the small space in the gym. With the influx of people to TV in the coming weeks and months, it's even more important to make the best use of space to enable all members to get the most out of their sessions.

As to the age issue, I get the same treatment that I did when I was a kid looking forward to getting a few years older. Now, I'm trying to accept the comments a compliments. :ohttps://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/images/smilies/redface.gif

[clyd709]

Army Gury take from the Source in which it Comes. I spent 8 Wonderfull years in the Villages and Moved to Georgia because of my Husbands Job. Shortly before I left I was in Albertsons one day and the Woman in front of me was being so Rude to the Check out Clerk and the young lady was almost in Tears. So I spoke up and said to the Woman Please do not Talk to The young Lady like that. So she stared at me up and down and said I am a VILLAGE RESIDENT AND I CAN SPEAK HOWEVER I WANT.I had just got off work and was in my Scrubbs. and I said I am also a Village Resident for over 8 years so she looked at me again and said OH REALLY. I thought for a moment and I said I am moving out of the Villages in about a week because of PEOPLE LIKE YOU.WHO ARE MOVING IN. I then smiled and said Hope you have a lovely day and I walked away and she stood Aghast. She had no Idea I ws moving because of my Husbands Job. If his job was Not in Georgia I would most likely be in the Villages. I will never forget the Look on her face mabey she will read this and remember that day.:0000000000luvmyhors

[BUC]

I still have to work, and folks tell me all the time " as old as you are shouldn't you be moving to the villages soon, Please"

[BarbinNH]

that some people think they "own" the space they go to regularly. I have found this to be true at some of the exercise classes I go to. Heaven forbid you should stand in "their" space on the floor. I just figure that, eventually, since I'm here full-time, they'll get used to seeing me there and make room for me. Mean time, I keep moving around!

[Army Guy]

Chazz, yes it is the exact area you are thinking of, way in the corner totally out of the way.

I know I should be happy, but it just cranks my tractor!

Yes, the gym we got to her has this . . . woman who is always, "My Space!, My Space!"

Army Guy

[Stuart Jim]

know the feeling Army Guy, which is one of the reasons i want to get out of the condo. complex. I'am in now in Stuart Fl. Had a flood in my Apartment due to a toilet hose comming loose. As I am rehabing my kitchen and putting the old sawed up kitches in the dumptster. The husband of the condo ass. pres. drives up in his car and with finger wagging in my face says you cant fill up the dumptster. Normally i would try to work out a compromize with him but with the treatening manner he adopted I asked him who died and left you boss? His reply "we" will fix you. Next day i get a call from central management that i have my car parked in the wrong space. Day after that i need a extra key for the back door. Found out from friends that a lot of men resent me ( a single male age 67 that looks 55) being in a place where the average is 75-80 yrs.
Now I'am at the point that i have retained a lawyer just to keep them away from me so i can finish the kitchen and get this place back on the market. Just bought a lot in the village of St. Charles and as soon as i can sell this place in Stuart I'am building and will be out of hear, even if i have to give it away.

[Irish Rover]

How old are you? Maybe there's a reason they are asking.

[homeball]

Having been in the exercise mode for almost 40 years with 33 of them as a member of Jack Lalanne's/Ballys, the secret to a happy successful workout is to find what works for you. If you go at peak times, chances are that you are going to run into an occasional rough spot which is common when a lot of people try to do the same thing at the same time. Here in TV the majority of gym folks go in the AM so as not to impact the rest of their day and that is understandable. My deal is that I pick those times during the day, all in the PM, when the crowd is substantially less and I have a lot less chance of being stressed out by someone else. Granted it governs what I do with the rest of the day, but at least I have a workout and feel totally relaxed afterward without having to wind down from some upheaval due to someone else.

-Dave-

[KathieI]

If you're there ever betwen 6 and 7 pm look for the young guy (who must look old) in the black ARMY PT shorts grunting his way thru a workout. Say Hi!

ok, I'm heading over to Colony now to work out and I'll let you know if ANYONE asks me if I'm old enough to be there., LOL :cryin2: :boxing2::1rotfl:

........Found out from friends that a lot of men resent me ( a single male age 67 that looks 55) being in a place where the average is 75-80 yrs.

Hey Stuart Jim, hurry up and get here to TV even if you have to give that house away. We need a new single guy who is 67 and looks 55!!!! :MOJE_whot::MOJE_whot:

[Army Guy]

Irish, I am 51.

homeball, I agree with you totally, plus we don't like to have to "fight" for equipment. We tried different times and like the 1 PM time as the lunch crowd has left and we are before the afternoon wave when we finish, as it takes us about an hour and a half to do our routines.

Kathie, you go girl!

Army Guy

[Irish Rover]

Army Guy, just hang in. There are always people who will complain about anything. I always workout at Mulberry and the folks there are a good bunch. Stay with the ab workout because once they go it's hard to get them back. Hope to meet you in Jan or Feb.
Irish

[KathieI]

I went to Colony at between 2 and 3pm and it wasn't bad. There were a few treadmills available and also had no problem in the machine area and with the weights and benching. Actually, the people were very nice, they are always encouraging me cause this doesn't come easy for me, but I'm giving it my all. But as I left around 4pm, it did start to get a little busy.

I'm sorry Army Guy that you experienced this problem and I hope that was just a person having a bad day and that you never see them again. I, like RSHoffer, have not experienced any problems there in the past and of course, NO ONE ASKED ME IF I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO BE THERE, LOL......:confused:

[Army Guy]

Kathy, you are a hoot girl!

Army Guy

[jeffy]

You don't belong in TV cause you don't look your age?
During our recent stay at our villa, twice when my wife and I were at the Fitness Center at Colony, we had this happen. Each time, the people that confronted us treated us this way. The first time was when me and the wife got in the very corner area of the Fitness Room on the mats they provide at the center to do some ab exercises. The area we use for only 12 minutes, (yes I have timed it!) is 5 ft by 6 ft and is in the very back corner. We were told by several we were in their way and blocking one of the machines. I first thought what the heck difference does it make, if I am blocking the machine versus if I was using it for 12 minutes? Yet I times them the next day and they constantly were suing machines for 40+ minutes each! But they basically told us, we didn't belong there in "THEIR" gym. We saw them several times over the course of our stay at TV and each time they gave us that attitude. The next time, is the best one, me and the wife again were in our same little area and we had just used two of the hand weights. We put them down for a second and were preparing to do a 60 second stretch before using the hand weights again. This woman comes up to us and asks if we are done with them and I told her no that we were using them one more time after we stretched for 60 sec, but then they were free to her. Well she proceeds to walk over to the Attendent Counter and tells the Attendent about it!! Next thing we know the Attendent comes over while we are stretching and I had to tell her the same thing!
It all boils down to we do not get respect for being a Village resident cause we don't look old enough!!
I know we should not complain about that!:a20:

Army Guy

I was 50 and my child bride was a mere 46 when we bought. Yes I get the comments all the time about being young, but I do not feel I have ever been mistreated by anyone due to my age.

jeffy

[Army Guy]

Wow Jeffy, you all were younger the us! As I said I am 51 and wife 48.

Army Guy

[tamike]

Well all this really proves one thing: The Villages will let you live here if you have the money no matter what age you are :). My wife and I were 52 and 50 when we bought our first home in 2003. We got the looks then and sometimes now too. Heck we love gettting carded! lol
As far are rudeness goes, that unfortunately can happen no matter what the age.

[Army Guy]

I was told when we inquired for our first LSV last Feb that they make exceptions for the 55 yr rule, that it is not linked to just money. I was told since I am retiring military, and we had no children, I qualified. Cause I told them if I could not buy, then don't need the LSV.
Since then I have been told, that it is something about the tax law, and adult community rules. Something about they can allow 20% of the total population be under 55.

Army Guy

[DDoug]

When are you all going to learn economics rules all. This is reference to age but there is a 20percent clause in the state of Florida

[Carla B]

I don't believe it's about tax law, "Florida" law, or even The Villages law. It's part of the Federal Fair Housing Act that guards against discrimination on the basis of race, color, etc., or familial status (children in the household).

However, housing that meets the definition of "housing for older persons" is exempt from this law, provided that one person is 55 or older in at least 80% of the occupied units and the developer adheres to a policy that demonstrates intent to house persons 55 or older.

[uujudy]

You don't belong in TV cause you don't look your age?
It all boils down to we do not get respect for being a Village resident cause we don't look old enough!!
I know we should not complain about that!:a20:

Army Guy

Hi Army Guy,
Please excuse me if I don't understand your post. I'm confused. :confused: Guests of Villagers can use the fitness centers. The last time our daughter (who is in her twenties) visited us, the folks at Colony cottage told us that she could pay by the day or pay by the week to use the fitness center.
Maybe the woman behind the desk thought you were paying customers?
Judy
PS: I know you wrote this a few weeks ago, but I haven't been able to log on to TOTV in ages. :sad:

[Army Guy]

Judy, yes guests can use the gym also. My question was basically if others get look "down on" because they don't look or in your daughters case are not the age that "some" TV'ers thing you must be.

Army Guy

[uujudy]

AG, Exactly.

I am so happy totv is working for me again! If I get too gabby, just let me know ;)

[Army Guy]

Judy, no problem. Army Guy