[Steve]

Originally Posted by Robbb

Hey Sport, you have no Godly idea what you are talking about.
Ps, just an fyi, courses with windmills on the 3rd hole do not count as "10 of the to 20" courses in the world.

I'm with BrianL99 on this one. Every course I've ever played, public and private, enforces the dress code wherever you are--pro shop, driving range/practice area, restaurant/grill. We had one of our players buy pants at a pro shop at a public course in Leesburg because he wore denim and couldn't play otherwise. If you've played Top 20 courses that don't do the same I don't think they were Top 20 of anything.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Steve

I'm with BrianL99 on this one. Every course I've ever played, public and private, enforces the dress code wherever you are--pro shop, driving range/practice area, restaurant/grill. We had one of our players buy pants at a pro shop at a public course in Leesburg because he wore denim and couldn't play otherwise. If you've played Top 20 courses that don't do the same I don't think they were Top 20 of anything.

Note that the "so-called" country club restaurants in The Villages do not have a dress code. I assume that is because they are privately owned and operated, unlike the golf courses and driving ranges. So, when you play golf, you need a collared shirt, but when you sit at the bar or dining area, you can wear a tee shirt. Go figure.

[DrHitch]

The OP was born in 1955 and has been a TOTV member since last December....

[RiderOnTheStorm]

Originally Posted by Robbb

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.

Wow, you must be pretty important! Down here we are all equal. Get used to it.

P.S. The employee is no doubt someone's mother. Show her some respect and understanding.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by RiderOnTheStorm

Wow, you must be pretty important! Down here we are all equal. Get used to it.

P.S. The employee is no doubt someone's mother. Show her some respect and understanding.

I did NOT find his original thread starter to be such a BAD topic to discuss. It makes SENSE to me that a person with shorts on and shorts SHOULD feel that he can go into a GOLF shop and ask a question about driving ranges and etc. Also, I would think that maybe he was there to BUY something. So I don't see where he did ANYTHING offensive in the Golf Shop. I am just assuming that we are getting a correct telling (from him) of the story. Maybe the lady had some REAL reason to challenge him. That's the idea of "BOTH sides of a story".
........Now it is NOT true that everybody in TV Land acts as an equal to everyone else. That would be like socialism, which IS the DIRTIEST concept ever in the Village Bubble. I have had, recently, someone at a softball game treat me with disrespect and like a 3rd-class citizen. Softball players can be very self-indulgent and "grumpy". The same day I played doubles tennis and was shown respect and equality. There are many other examples HERE of people thinking of themselves as SUPERIOR (for one reason or another) here in Bubble Town. I could ONLY DREAM about everyone treating each other as EQUALS.
.........And with respect to him saying that he was a CEO of a Fortune 500 company - I think that he wanted to ESTABLISH early on that he was NOT just some BOZO off of the street that did NOT understand the dress standards of the game of Golf. It seemed a little elitist, but NOT so much for a top executive of a LARGE company. I have known worse people with LESSER credentials. So, I think that to a certain extent, he was just establishing his bonafides here in La, La, land since he IS a NEWBIE.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by DrHitch

The OP was born in 1955 and has been a TOTV member since last December....

And that means........................what exactly? I left my codebook at work.

[DrHitch]

Haha...
I found myself in very "appropriate" golf attire next to the cart owned by one of the golf shop employees at Orange Blossom.. a very friendly staff and patrons ..

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Spalumbos62

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

I agree with you that as a jury we might vote either way. I will ASSUME that he was telling it TRUE, but who knows for sure?

[retiredguy123]

The OP has never answered the simple question as to whether or not the "sports shirt" he refers to had a collar. My guess is that it did not, but why won't the OP admit that he was not in compliance with the dress code? He claims that he can wear anything he wants, but that is just not true.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by billethkid

OP smacks way too much of being nothing more than BAIT!!

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That's possible, but i tend to believe that MOST people are sincere, until proven otherwise.

[rhenault1]

Originally Posted by PugMom

well played, Gentlemen responders, good job

Amen to all of you who kept the thread going, enjoyed a good laugh today, needed it, should try eating Lobster at the restaurant, it's great!!

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by Robbb

Hey Sport, you have no Godly idea what you are talking about.
Ps, just an fyi, courses with windmills on the 3rd hole do not count as "10 of the to 20" courses in the world.

Most days read the latest TOTV when I take a break for a cup of coffee... YOUR post gave me the best smile yet......LOVE it !

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by Dusty_Star

Maybe an ageist is not in the right place in a retirement community.

"a (seemingly demented) old lady"

"Do all old people get weird as they age?"

As you pointed out, isn't it interesting how a high ranking executive, sophisticated world traveler, and experienced at the world's premiere clubs and courses, talks, writes, and posts, AFTER retirement ? Did you look up other posts from him, WOW ! Personalities... a fascinating study. Insecurities... another fascinating study... LOL !

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

When you say, "in our era of HEIGHTENED INCLUSION" You may be MISSING an important point. That being - the Villages IS a bubble of non-progressiveness! Which has to do, in part, just because of the sheer aging of the residents. They are SET in their WAYS and many believe, that it is "their way or the highway". It is a sad part of life here in Regression and Demented----VILLE.

"They..."

Always "They"...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

I did NOT find his original thread starter to be such a BAD topic to discuss. It makes SENSE to me that a person with shorts on and shorts SHOULD feel that he can go into a GOLF shop and ask a question about driving ranges and etc. Also, I would think that maybe he was there to BUY something. So I don't see where he did ANYTHING offensive in the Golf Shop. I am just assuming that we are getting a correct telling (from him) of the story. Maybe the lady had some REAL reason to challenge him. That's the idea of "BOTH sides of a story".
........Now it is NOT true that everybody in TV Land acts as an equal to everyone else. That would be like socialism, which IS the DIRTIEST concept ever in the Village Bubble. I have had, recently, someone at a softball game treat me with disrespect and like a 3rd-class citizen. Softball players can be very self-indulgent and "grumpy". The same day I played doubles tennis and was shown respect and equality. There are many other examples HERE of people thinking of themselves as SUPERIOR (for one reason or another) here in Bubble Town. I could ONLY DREAM about everyone treating each other as EQUALS.
.........And with respect to him saying that he was a CEO of a Fortune 500 company - I think that he wanted to ESTABLISH early on that he was NOT just some BOZO off of the street that did NOT understand the dress standards of the game of Golf. It seemed a little elitist, but NOT so much for a top executive of a LARGE company. I have known worse people with LESSER credentials. So, I think that to a certain extent, he was just establishing his bonafides here in La, La, land since he IS a NEWBIE.

No one said a word about wearing shorts, and you'd be well served to Google the definition of "Socialism"...

Acting like an equal to everyone els is NOT it...