Originally Posted by Shadow8IA (Post 1148619)

Here s the dad's post on Facebook. The worst part is of this is that the video was posted 6 months ago and he was just fired this week.

Based on this "Parody" of Life in The Villages, my son Daniel, has been fired by The Villages Media group. This short documentary, meant to be humorous, was deemed "derogatory and an embarrassment to the company" by the leadership of the Villages Media Group. My son worked for this group for a year and did most of the videography that was show daily on The Villages television station. He took off 4 days off during the year and walked in today to find out from his boss, Jill, that he was being fired immediately.
Imagine being 24 years old and hearing this because of something you posted on social media six months ago that was intended to be funny.
Daniel filmed many people in many different "happy", but really irrelevant, Villages environments because that is what The Villages Media wants to show.
I am a retired United States Navy veteran and love living in The Villages, but the actions taken today by this company have really made me think if this is the place I want to spend the rest of my life.
My son has many talents that The Village Media Group
suppressed. I hope he takes this opportunity and moves forward in a way that The Villages Media Group is not able to do.

Originally Posted by Villageswimmer (Post 1148635)

To me, this is a real turnoff. Why does daddy need to fight this grown man's battles? It's embarrassing.

Originally Posted by Villageswimmer (Post 1148635)

To me, this is a real turnoff. Why does daddy need to fight this grown man's battles? It's embarrassing.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1148653)

Like.


Our grandchildren are the same age as this kid. If they had been fired due to something like this, I would have said, I hope you learn something from this.


And their parents would have told them the same thing.


Some posters think of him as a misunderstood, well meaning kid. I think of him as an adult who should have been schooled differently. Your right to expression ends where your meal ticket begins.


Misplaced sympathy may well be the reason for the downfall of this country.

Originally Posted by Shadow8IA (Post 1148619)

Here s the dad's post on Facebook. The worst part is of this is that the video was posted 6 months ago and he was just fired this week.

Based on this "Parody" of Life in The Villages, my son Daniel, has been fired by The Villages Media group. This short documentary, meant to be humorous, was deemed "derogatory and an embarrassment to the company" by the leadership of the Villages Media Group. My son worked for this group for a year and did most of the videography that was show daily on The Villages television station. He took off 4 days off during the year and walked in today to find out from his boss, Jill, that he was being fired immediately.k
Imagine being 24 years old and hearing this because of something you posted on social media six months ago that was intended to be funny.
Daniel filmed many people in many different "happy", but really irrelevant, Villages environments because that is what The Villages Media wants to show.
I am a retired United States Navy veteran and love living in The Villages, but the actions taken today by this company have really made me think if this is the place I want to spend the rest of my life.
My son has many talents that The Village Media Group
suppressed. I hope he takes this opportunity and moves forward in a way that The Villages Media Group is not able to do.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1148656)

I just am a big fan of withholding judgment until we get the rest of the story. And I seriously doubt if the father knows the whole story from the kid.

Someone should contact the Villages Media Group and see what they have to say about the kid's dismissal. I want to emphasize that I love the Villages and the years from 2005 while I have lived here have been the best years of my life.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1148662)

I would do so, but unlike most places here, the person who answers the phone most likely will not speak for the owner of the business and the owner of the business is not likely to explain, or feel the need to explain to a caller.


The "company" here is known well for keeping their cards close to their vest.


The owners of this development company don't appear much and don't grandstand at all. They just quietly and efficiently run the business, employ thousands, make a lot of money, and duped all of us somehow to live here....which makes me very grateful.


I doubt they feel, and rightly so, that they need to explain why they fire someone.


There are those who will think they are wrong, those who think they are right and most don't know and don't care.


My remarks are based on a lifetime of raising my own children. (And I think we did a good job) Tough, smart love, many kisses and hugs and a few well placed kick in the pants, mostly figuratively, is often behind a lot of success stories. Misplaced sympathy is not.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1148650)

We do not know what the kid is doing to improve his image. His father is doing it for him as far as the Villages is concerned. That's the father's age group.

Would like to get the Villages Media Group's take on this firing. Maybe, one of our members can e-mail them and post the answer if there is one.

I'd like to know if there is more to the story other than the kid posting video that makes fun of golf carts, too many golf courses, houses that look a like, etc. I do not think any of that is actually true in the kid's video parody and love the attractive nature of many of the varieties of Villages homes and the beauty of many of how the golf courses have been developed. And, the seniors who live in the Villages have worked very hard to have fun in this time of their lives. I have enjoyed my ten years in the Villages a great deal due in part to the vision of the developers and the friendliness of my neighbors.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1148656)

I just am a big fan of withholding judgment until we get the rest of the story. And I seriously doubt if the father knows the whole story from the kid.

Someone should contact the Villages Media Group and see what they have to say about the kid's dismissal. I want to emphasize that I love the Villages and the years from 2005 while I have lived here have been the best years of my life especially after all the rather rotten things that happened to me in Palm Harbor from 1996- 2005.

Originally Posted by fredthefisherman (Post 1148673)

The kid may not be able to speak publicly as he could open himself up to litigation. I do not know this for sure, just a guess.

Originally Posted by coalminer (Post 1148712)

Holy cow! Somebody wrote that misplaced sympathy maybe the reason for the downfall of our country. Please lighten up. This downfallen country sure looks good from my lanai. The video is funny , and I hope he continues to produce more of them.