Haverford Area YMCA — Local services in Haverford Township

Firstly I have been a member of the YMCA since of the original location in Suburban Square of Ardmore P.A since 11 years old. I have also been a resident of Lower Merion township for the past 26 years where Im born and raised. For the past years each time during a 40 minute workout Im watched profusely by a large staff member I’ve never even noticed before. To my understanding iv learned his name is Derrick whos the manager. I kept noticing he would stand nearing to me whether it be above the workout floor or on the workout floors on the second and first floor levels. I noticed he’s very attentive when it comes to viewing me while working out and or being at the gym.

The man looks like hes in his 60s so I originally felt like hes creepy and I don’t want to be anywhere around him .

There are even times where I catch him watching me and he would go away. I believe he would go into his office and continue to watch me on cameras for his own sickening pleasure.

On the floors I noticed Derrick would watch me for my entire workout and also some of his staff would unfortunately follow him to do the same.

It felt strange but more than anything it began feeling harassing and violating being Im a female.

There are many times when he stood so close to me during my workouts that I felt that I was not safe.

I have never had any other issues with the ymca all i do is go in to complete a workout and leave.

Stop spying on members for the duration of their entire workout as a professional staff member it is completely disgusting classless and so low for a manager of any facility to engage in.

I get disgust of his behavior and image everytime I know notice it in my view.

You are a manager of the gym your time and focus should be of that. Instead you constantly harass a female member and have never thought to change your behavior being the large man you are.

Lead by example what you’re doing seemingly looking to be in your sixties is the complete opposite, failing at being an adequate manager.

I have had so much of the behavior from the staff that I called the police to the gym regarding the last encounter with a staff member.

The staff member of bald head scrappy beard i my self found unattractive and also creepy watched me for exactly 20 minutes from the back. When I noticed him I left and went to a different machine where he stood and watched me again.

Attach is a photo I took for evidence of what I encounter from staff at the ymca gym repeatedly.

I never really take pictures I just avoid it because I have so many other things to do a in a day revolving around a 40 minexercise.

The manager of this facility is responsible following this unprofessional conduct and behavior as a whole because he does it and more significant allows it.

He is the worst manager i have ever come across in the main line area although this is havertown pa so technically its not the mainline fortunately for me.

All I can say is strive to be better at your size and...

I've been a member here since the day it opened. It's a very nice facility and the staff is very nice. I usually go there on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesday. After my swim, I'll shoot over to the Haverford Library; which is just five minutes away. The library is open until 9 o'clock on those three nights.

My main issue is this. The warm water pool is just way too overscheduled! Swimming lessons for the kids. Exercise classes. Very limited open swim periods. During the last school year, it was used for the homeschool kids on Monday afternoon. And during the summer, it is like a madhouse with all of these kids there for the summer camp. Therefore, I have to use the lap pool to do my laps and excercises, and the water is just way too cold. On Friday afternoons after 4 o'clock, there are a lot of private swimming lesson going on; leaving me very little room to do my laps and exercises.

The other issue is this. I have seen women bring their kids into the ladies' locker room. Whenever I see this, I politely tell them that they don't allow children under 18 in there. In fact, this one day when I was getting ready to leave after my swim, there were three teenage girls in there. I don't mean to be nosy, but that's their rule. There are five locker rooms in there. There is absolutely no excuse whatsoever as to why they need to use a locker room that they're not allowed to use! And besides, I don't want any kids seeing me get dressed and undressed. I also report it to staff as well.

I wish that they would just simply ease the overcrowding in the warm water pool. I really would appreciate...

The facilities are modern and, for the most part, well maintained. The locker rooms are usually clean (I have never used the showers), and there's something for every fitness levels in terms of machines. They offer a wide variety of group fitness classes, but they do not offer them as frequently as the Y we attended before this one (example, Body Combat is offered only a few times a week at Haverford and a few times a day at Rocky Run). Y Care also closes earlier at this location. My biggest complaint with this facility lies with the staff. The majority of the employees I've encountered are rude, miserable, and surly. A manager in Y Care is very short with us and always seems to be irritated. The line to drop off is so long we've waited for over 30 minutes, which is no easy feat with three impatient children wanting to play. The majority of the staff in Y Care are friendly, welcoming people. However, it takes one negative employee to make me second guess my decision to leave my children there during my workout. Their group fitness instructors seem to be knowledgeable in their respective areas, and I always get a good workout. There is one particular male instructor who, I feel, goes out of his way to make people feel small. Not beneficial to people doing their best to work on themselves. If we had never attended Rocky Run, this facility would have put me off of the Y altogether. Since this is much closer to our new home, we will contribute to exercise here. However, if you are able, I would definitely recommend Rocky Run, a...