snobs in the pool

I wonder why Phil Arcuni would assume I intend to ride on the streets when I clearly wrote that I was headed for the TRAILS. As for those who basically are saying, "Don't like it, go away," fine. That's what I'm doing. I'll probably keep looking for a decent place to swim that will work with my schedule (which does NOT allow for team swimming), but I'm not going to hold my breath, and I'm no longer going to go out of my way to make it work. The managers of the facilities available to me are not serious about providing a reasonable atmosphere for serious swimming. I realize I'll never win this war, so I'll no longer fight it. And as for my signature, when I quit the YMCA they informed me that they would charge my credit card for an additional month of membership, in advance, that I cannot use. When I requested (before the charge was made) that they NOT charge me for the next month, they said they didn't have time to get it out of their system before the charge was to be made three days later. I find that difficult to believe, but I was willing to work with them. When I suggested that they simply make a refund to my credit card, I was informed that the policy of YMCA is that they do not offer refunds on membership dues, even when the service for which those dues were paid has not yet been provided. As far as I'm concerned, that is a corporate policy of theft against its members, designed to catch one more month of dues from people who move away and just don't feel like fighting them from afar. It is corporate greed, pure and simple. YMCA may do some good, but you cannot argue that stealing from its customers is part of that good work. That practice makes them thieves. If you don't like my attitude toward YMCA after getting the shaft from them, I suggest you work from the inside to make sure that your organization doesn't engage in organized theft. Until that happens, I will still maintain that:

I wonder why Phil Arcuni would assume I intend to ride on the streets when I clearly wrote that I was headed for the TRAILS. As for those who basically are saying, "Don't like it, go away," fine. That's what I'm doing. I'll probably keep looking for a decent place to swim that will work with my schedule (which does NOT allow for team swimming), but I'm not going to hold my breath, and I'm no longer going to go out of my way to make it work. The managers of the facilities available to me are not serious about providing a reasonable atmosphere for serious swimming. I realize I'll never win this war, so I'll no longer fight it. And as for my signature, when I quit the YMCA they informed me that they would charge my credit card for an additional month of membership, in advance, that I cannot use. When I requested (before the charge was made) that they NOT charge me for the next month, they said they didn't have time to get it out of their system before the charge was to be made three days later. I find that difficult to believe, but I was willing to work with them. When I suggested that they simply make a refund to my credit card, I was informed that the policy of YMCA is that they do not offer refunds on membership dues, even when the service for which those dues were paid has not yet been provided. As far as I'm concerned, that is a corporate policy of theft against its members, designed to catch one more month of dues from people who move away and just don't feel like fighting them from afar. It is corporate greed, pure and simple. YMCA may do some good, but you cannot argue that stealing from its customers is part of that good work. That practice makes them thieves. If you don't like my attitude toward YMCA after getting the shaft from them, I suggest you work from the inside to make sure that your organization doesn't engage in organized theft. Until that happens, I will still maintain that: