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Old 03-06-2023, 03:48 AM
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Wow..tough crowd...not sure what to make of this post. At first I felt sorry for him, then thought it wasn't his clothes but some racism,then he's called a liar,then he's challenged...it was like ping pong back and forth...lol...I'm dizzy
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Old 03-06-2023, 04:22 AM
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As a new resident of the Villages I stopped by the Arnold Palmer course this afternoon to check it out and see if they had a driving range. When I went into the clubhouse, to ask about a driving range, I was met by a (seemingly demented) old lady who gleefully went rambling on and on about how I could not golf there because I was not "dressed correctly". She never really explained what the dress requirement was, (I was dressed in nice shorts with a sports shirt on), she just kept mumbling something about a dress code. I walked out just as she was starting to say "you really should not be here"

Management, I am a retired senior executive of a fortune 200 company, I have played some of the most exclusive courses on the planet, I am VERY familiar and ACCEPTING of dress codes, however I have NEVER hear of a dress code for a golf shop or driving range. And I have NEVER heard an employee, demented or not, say "you really should not be here. I find this comment reprehensible, demeaning, and potentially racist. In our era of heightened awareness of inclusion, do you really want employees standing in your golf shop determining who "should and should not be there". I encourage you to train your employees on the proper presentation and explanation of any dress code you enact, in addition I encourage you to enforce that code consistently and without exception. It did not go unnoticed that many others in the shop, restaurant, and driving range, were dressed much more casually than I, but none of them seem to have drawn the wrath of your demented clerk.
Well now, it looks like this poster has been exposed and you have been caught with your pants down. Definitely not within dress code.
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Old 03-06-2023, 05:35 AM
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Maybe an ageist is not in the right place in a retirement community.

"a (seemingly demented) old lady"

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Old 03-06-2023, 08:32 AM
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As a new resident of the Villages I stopped by the Arnold Palmer course this afternoon to check it out and see if they had a driving range. When I went into the clubhouse, to ask about a driving range, I was met by a (seemingly demented) old lady who gleefully went rambling on and on about how I could not golf there because I was not "dressed correctly". She never really explained what the dress requirement was, (I was dressed in nice shorts with a sports shirt on), she just kept mumbling something about a dress code. I walked out just as she was starting to say "you really should not be here"

Management, I am a retired senior executive of a fortune 200 company, I have played some of the most exclusive courses on the planet, I am VERY familiar and ACCEPTING of dress codes, however I have NEVER hear of a dress code for a golf shop or driving range. And I have NEVER heard an employee, demented or not, say "you really should not be here. I find this comment reprehensible, demeaning, and potentially racist. In our era of heightened awareness of inclusion, do you really want employees standing in your golf shop determining who "should and should not be there". I encourage you to train your employees on the proper presentation and explanation of any dress code you enact, in addition I encourage you to enforce that code consistently and without exception. It did not go unnoticed that many others in the shop, restaurant, and driving range, were dressed much more casually than I, but none of them seem to have drawn the wrath of your demented clerk.
Decafe Robbb, Decafe
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Old 03-06-2023, 08:34 AM
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You lost me at it being “racist”, especially the way people are using that word to get what they want these days.

I don't understand the collared shirt at AP driving range, especially when at Sarasota no color is required.

It's their rules so I can either drive over to Oxford driving range where the people are super nice and don't require a collar or start a moaning thread on TOTV, I go to Oxford plus they have grass all week.
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Old 03-06-2023, 08:39 AM
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You lost me at it being “racist”, especially the way people are using that word to get what they want these days.

I don't understand the collared shirt at AP driving range, especially when at Sarasota no color is required.

It's their rules so I can either drive over to Oxford driving range where the people are super nice and don't require a collar or start a moaning thread on TOTV, I go to Oxford plus they have grass all week.
Technically, I think it is a Villages rule and it is the same at both places, but Sarasota has stopped enforcing it.

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Easier to complain on here than face management. Post comes across as somewhat eliteist.
Somewhat?

Two words come to mind; "molehill" and "mountain", in that order.
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Old 03-06-2023, 09:22 AM
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Somewhat?

Two words come to mind; "molehill" and "mountain", in that order.
Hmm so its elitist to complain about discrimination.....

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Old 03-06-2023, 09:31 AM
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Hmm so its elitist to complain about discrimination.....
Did your "sports shirt" have a collar? If not, you didn't comply with the dress code. That's really the only pertinent point.
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Hmm so its elitist to complain about discrimination.....
Unless the issue is more important than the resolution, the appropriate course of action would be to talk to management at the Arnold Palmer Country Club.
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Old 03-06-2023, 09:53 AM
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Somewhat?

Two words come to mind; "molehill" and "mountain", in that order.

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Hmm so its elitist to complain about discrimination.....
Some folks just revel in playing the "victim".
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Old 03-06-2023, 10:05 AM
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As a new resident of the Villages I stopped by the Arnold Palmer course this afternoon to check it out and see if they had a driving range. When I went into the clubhouse, to ask about a driving range, I was met by a (seemingly demented) old lady who gleefully went rambling on and on about how I could not golf there because I was not "dressed correctly". She never really explained what the dress requirement was, (I was dressed in nice shorts with a sports shirt on), she just kept mumbling something about a dress code. I walked out just as she was starting to say "you really should not be here"

Management, I am a retired senior executive of a fortune 200 company, I have played some of the most exclusive courses on the planet, I am VERY familiar and ACCEPTING of dress codes, however I have NEVER hear of a dress code for a golf shop or driving range. And I have NEVER heard an employee, demented or not, say "you really should not be here. I find this comment reprehensible, demeaning, and potentially racist. In our era of heightened awareness of inclusion, do you really want employees standing in your golf shop determining who "should and should not be there". I encourage you to train your employees on the proper presentation and explanation of any dress code you enact, in addition I encourage you to enforce that code consistently and without exception. It did not go unnoticed that many others in the shop, restaurant, and driving range, were dressed much more casually than I, but none of them seem to have drawn the wrath of your demented clerk.
I don't understand the "potentially racist" part of your complaint? did you sport shirt have a collar also?
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Old 03-06-2023, 11:19 AM
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I don't understand the "potentially racist" part of your complaint? did you sport shirt have a collar also?
I took that as maybe this person was a person of color and the lady was mumbling, diverting or avoiding because of that yet using the clothing issue as reason...again, it's an ambiguous post.
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Old 03-06-2023, 11:19 AM
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OP smacks way too much of being nothing more than BAIT!!

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Old 03-06-2023, 11:22 AM
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OP smacks way too much of being nothing more than BAIT!!

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Tasty bait..............was able to set a couple hooks.
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