I quit skating for a few months because I injured my back lifting a heavy object, and my knees were hurting. I left the rink on good terms. Or so I thought. When I called about skating again in their learn to skate program, the manager said he wanted me to commit to the year long membership program saying the paperwork when I take time off for illness, was a lot of trouble for them! I've heard all the rumors at the rink about skating coaches being criticised for selling training ice passes from one skater to another, for no profit. A vendor left the rink so the ice hockey mom's and dad's now have to go elsewhere to get their equipment. Etcetera etcetera. What do you think? Is that fair, what he said? I'm a senior, and I have medical issues anyway. Sometimes they overwhelm me and I don't skate. I'm kind of thinking they really don't want to bother with me. When I had my accident, I felt as if they didn't want to deal with it. As if I was some child skater with a mom nearby to take me to the hospital instead of an adult who couldn't use her hands because of injury. That actually left me with some lingering doubts about the place.
What do you think?