To whom it may concern:
My story of this very unpleasant experience
Throughout these years that my husband and I were visiting his Mom (unit 65), I have never had the interest to go to the pool area. Usually, it would be my husband or his sister that would take our kids to the pool area at the time that was allowed, which is from 10 am-noon and 3 pm-4 pm. There was never a problem with that before. Now, this time, I decided to take my kids myself to the pool area and get some sun myself. We came here a bit earlier than 3 pm; there was no one in the pool area at all. It was empty. I honestly don't remember how much earlier, but thinking maybe about 15-20 minutes earlier. Around 3 pm a man came in from (unit 98) and started asking me questions such as:
1. Who are you visiting? ( I told him the name of my mother in law)
2. What unit number? ( I told him that I honestly don't know, but pointed out with my finger and said that I was visiting Janice MacLaine)
3. Do you live here? (I said no, I am just visiting)
4. Do you know that we have rules here and that your tenant must accompany you? (I said that was never an issue before and that my mother in law disable and cannot be here)
The man said that he has no problems with me and that he just wanted me to know their rules. I said Ok. He left. Few more people came in with one kid for a little bit, and after about 30 minutes they left. I was lying on my stomach. Right at 4 pm, a lady came in (tenant unit 98) with an angry face, thin and shaky lips. She squatted down and started telling me that I am not allowed to be there without being supervised by the tenant I was visiting. I was trying to explain to her that this would be impossible because my mother in law is disabled and that this was never an issue before. She did not want to hear me and got very angry with me and called me "a bitch" in front of my kids. I told her that she was insulting and rude. She got up and starts yelling and calling for the manager. I was still laying on my stomach feeling a bit funny (a bit sick). I could not understand if I had too much sun or that I got very stressed out by this encounter. My vision in my eyes started to pulsate like it was too much light in my eyes and I needed some time to calm down before I could get up.
I am pregnant six weeks and begin to worry that this stress might trigger a miscarriage, so I was trying to stay as calm as I could. The manager came in in seconds like he was standing right there waiting for his turn. I had no time to act, so I was still lying on my stomach facing the phone. He starts yelling "Mam, mam, mam, you need to get out of the pool area! You are not allowed to be here! Get out! Get out! Get out I said! I am the manager of this property, and you need to get out!" He got very close to me physically; I looked at him and tried to tell him that this was not an issue before with my husband or his sister. He pointed out the rules that were hanging on the wall across the pool and said: "we have rules and you are not allowed to be here!" I looked at my phone, and it was just 9 minutes past 4 pm. I was trying to explain to him that it is only 9 minutes past 4 pm, which means that they start harassing me and kicking me out from the pool area exactly at 4 pm. I begin feeling sick to my stomach, worrying about my pregnancy and that something was going on with my vision, still lying on my stomach trying to calm myself down. I was afraid that they might get physical with me, because their body language, loud voices, and facial expressions were demonstrating abuse and desire to be violent towards me. He threatened to call the cops on me.
Shocked and traumatized, I packed my stuff, took my kids and went home to the (unit 65). I told what happened to my husband.
I am filing a formal complaint to Washington State Human Rights Commission. read more