点评:I spoke with the Owner in order to make a reservation for myself and my two teenagers. We are experienced horseback riders (including a trip a few months ago) and have never had any issues at any of the ranches we've ridden at across the country. But when she asked for my height and weight and I responded (5'0 and about 150 lbs.), she told me that this was VERY heavy for my height and that she thought I was too heavy to ride. She then asked me what size clothes I wear, and I answered truthfully that I wear a size 12. She responded with "Really? With that height and weight you would have to be a much larger size than that!" I insisted that I wear a size 12. She then asked about my body shape and whether I have a large butt (I don't). She was still concerned that I might be too heavy to ride. I told her that I was pretty muscular but that did not alleviate her concern.
Just for context, most people refer to me as curvy petite. While I am a curvy body shape rather than skinny, I'm in very good shape. I do weight training 3-4 days/week and also do a lot of walking, hiking, kayaking, etc. I work very hard to be in good physical shape, and I am quite muscular.
I am normally a confident person who is not easily offended, but I have never before had someone mock and criticize my weight. She acted like I am a morbidly obese whale. After the phone call, I ended up in tears because of the way I was treated, and the fact that she had me thinking that I was too heavy to horseback ride. After our phone call, I FELT like a morbidly obese whale.
I have several friends who own horses, so I reached out to them and told them about the phone call. They were astonished. They said that horses can typically carry someone who weighs 250 lbs. without a problem, so they couldn't understand why she was so concerned about my weight at 150. They were also horrified that she had asked about my clothing size and body shape as they said those things were completely irrelevant. They said that the only relevant thing was my weight, and that I am nowhere near the concerning weight range.
Her website shows video and pictures of men riding the horses, and they are clearly heavier than my 150 lbs., so apparently weight is only of concern if you are a woman?
In addition, she was charging me double what the rate was on her website, she wanted $240/person for a 2-hour ride, plus a requested donation and gratuity. This is excessive compared to all the other places we have used across the country.
Based on the advice of my horse-owning friends, I will be taking my business elsewhere. I cancelled the reservation and am going to book at another ranch since there are several in the area.
For context, I've attached a recent photo of myself so you can see what someone who is too heavy to ride a horse looks like.
翻译:我与业主交谈,以便为我自己和我的两个十几岁的孩子进行预订。我们是经验丰富的骑马者(包括几个月前的一次旅行),并且在我们骑过的全国各地的任何牧场上从未遇到过任何问题。但是当她询问我的身高和体重时,我回答了(5'0 和大约 150 磅),她告诉我这对我的身高来说太重了,她认为我太重了不能骑。然后她问我穿多大号的衣服,我如实回答我穿 12 号。她回答说:“真的吗?以那个身高和体重,你必须比那个大得多!”我坚持要穿 12 号的。然后她问我的体型和我的屁股是否大(我没有)。她还是担心我骑得太重了。我告诉她我的肌肉很发达,但这并没有减轻她的担忧。
仅出于上下文,大多数人称我为曲线娇小。虽然我是一个弯曲的身体形状而不是骨瘦如柴,但我的身材非常好。我每周进行 3-4 天的举重训练,还会进行大量的步行、徒步旅行、皮划艇等活动。我非常努力地工作以保持良好的体形,而且我的肌肉非常发达。
我通常是一个自信的人,不容易被冒犯,但我以前从未有人嘲笑和批评我的体重。她表现得好像我是一头病态肥胖的鲸鱼。打完电话后,我哭了,因为我被对待的方式,以及她让我认为我太重不能骑马的事实。打完电话后,我觉得自己像一头病态肥胖的鲸鱼。
我有几个养马的朋友,所以我联系了他们,告诉了他们这个电话。他们很惊讶。他们说马通常可以载重 250 磅的人。没有问题,所以他们不明白为什么她如此关心我 150 的体重。他们也对她询问我的衣服尺码和体型感到震惊,因为他们说这些完全无关紧要。他们说唯一相关的是我的体重,而我离相关的体重范围还差得很远。
她的网站上有男人骑马的视频和照片,他们显然比我的 150 磅重,所以显然只有女性才关心体重?
此外,她向我收取的费用是她网站上的两倍,她要 240 美元/人 2 小时的车程,外加要求的捐赠和小费。与我们在全国使用过的所有其他地方相比,这是过多的。
根据我养马的朋友的建议,我将把我的生意转移到别处。我取消了预订,打算在另一个牧场预订,因为该地区有几个牧场。
作为上下文,我附上了一张自己最近的照片,这样你就可以看到体重太重而无法骑马的人的样子。