[bob47]

Originally Posted by noslices1

You said that other cars were pouring through the non resident gate. You wanted him to risk his life to cross that lane of traffic, so he could push your red button? Sorry, you are weong.

They don't have to cross any traffic. They can open the resident gate from right inside their gate house.

[Altavia]

No more gate attendants for the new builds. Phase out else where is likely next.

[bob47]

Originally Posted by jabacon6669

Gate cards will work w/o opening your window. That's what I do, go slow, pull close, and hold your card up to the glass window, this will activate the gate.

Not true. They don't work this way at every gate because the card sensor is not in the same position at every gate. Some gates it is higher, some lower. Some gates it is farther back from the curb, some closer. Something that that should have been standardized and easy to do but was not done.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Briand

I use that gate often and several of the ‘Gatekeepers’ watch out for carts heading south on Morse. I have personally seen them ‘break step’ so as to provide a gap for carts. Don’t be too quick to criticize from one experience - and maybe the cars were backing up dangerously to 466?

Hmmmm, don’t be too quick to criticize from one experience? Where do you come up with that assumption? We have owned a home off of Morse, north of 466, for 6+ years. Over the years we have easily taken that route well over a thousand times via golf cart. Never have we observed the gate attendant purposely stagger auto traffic to allow golf carts to cross over to the MMP. On occasion, automobiles will stop to allow a few carts to cross. Whenever I am driving a car north through that gate (which is not frequently since we use our golf carts almost exclusively) I always stop and let several golf carts through, because I know first hand what a pain in the butt that area can be and it’s the right thing to do. Typically, when I stop to allow carts to cross over, the car horns start honking at me. The more they honk, the more golf carts I let through, and the longer the horn honkers wait.

[CWGUY]

Anger management comes to mind......

[twoplanekid]

Originally Posted by Yjacket74

Report the employee...

- Go to districtgov.org
- Scroll down and on the left, click on "Submit Inquiry or Concern" box
- Select the Category "Employee Behavior"
- Fill out the form and copy and paste your comments from here into the box "Question/Comment"
- I would also add the location, the date, and the time that it happened.

I don't know how long it will take for someone to get back to you, but it's worth a shot.
This gate employee's behavior is despicable.

I did just this the other day under Gate Access Key Card.

Are gate access cards unique to the address/person? If so, who keeps or looks at the data collected. As cards can be cloned to place a small 125khz chip in a cars side mirror to activate the gate arm, is there a law that would prohibit that?

It's a pain and distracting to use the current card system. I would rather have something in place so that the window .......

WIll let you know how they respond!

[TheVillageBlacksmith]

Originally Posted by twoplanekid

I did just this the other day under Gate Access Key Card.

Are gate access cards unique to the address/person? If so, who keeps or looks at the data collected. As cards can be cloned to place a small 125khz chip in a cars side mirror to activate the gate arm, is there a law that would prohibit that?

It's a pain and distracting to use the current card system. I would rather have something in place so that the window .......

There is no law prohibiting that.

I install the transponder in the side view mirror, providing for hands-free access to The Villages gates.
Welcome to call me if you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment for an installation.

[Bogie Shooter]

Well, you know I got my first card in 2002, never crossed my mind to bitch and whine about using .

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by noslices1

You said that other cars were pouring through the non resident gate. You wanted him to risk his life to cross that lane of traffic, so he could push your red button? Sorry, you are weong.

NOOOO, you are wrong. He can open both gates from inside the gate shack....

[Mustang428j]

Originally Posted by rrtjp

Can this be done with any type of car mirror? Sounds like a great idea

Yes it Can.

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by rrtjp

A real “gentleman “ would have picked up her gate card and handed it back to her with a smile. Chivalry has long ago died.

OP never said the gate card was dropped outside the car

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by meridian5850

So, I'm wondering what the OP was going to do about the dropped gate card if the guard had opened the gate? Just drive off, leave it on the ground and order a new one? If OP was so far away from the button that OP couldn't reach out the window and push it, then OP had room to open the car door and retrieve the gate card and use it to open the gate.

OP never said the card was dropped outside the car

[Fredman]

Originally Posted by noslices1

You said that other cars were pouring through the non resident gate. You wanted him to risk his life to cross that lane of traffic, so he could push your red button? Sorry, you are weong.

He could have stopped the cars coming thru the visitors gate. It would not take that long. He was on a power trip. Probably the most responsible job he ever had

[b0bd0herty]

Originally Posted by noslices1

You said that other cars were pouring through the non resident gate. You wanted him to risk his life to cross that lane of traffic, so he could push your red button? Sorry, you are weong.

He has a button inside the shack and can open the gate remotely.

[Mrodmh]

Originally Posted by GOLFER54

If he were a kind person, he could have picked it up for you, but obviously he wasn’t.

Yes, he should have gotten in the car and retrieved it. Sure.