I'm very disgusted by the way I was spoken to and ...

I'm very disgusted by the way I was spoken to and treated by the older gentlemen that works there who handles contracts and paperwork with vendors when I was 38 weeks pregnant photographing a wedding.

I'm a professional photographer and I've worked here multiple times. I do not necessarily agree with their liability waiver, so I've never signed it; again I have worked there multiple times for private weddings and NEVER had any issues with not signing this waiver. I carry my own form of insurance for my equipment only, as I do not agree with venues piggy backing off of liability insurances of their vendors or requiring us to waive our rights if something happens, so I never sign any waiver no matter the venue. This has never been an issue with any property or event as I am respectful of all properties and people during my work.

As someone who hosts special events which posess anywhere from a few hundred to a thousand people I understand most special event general liability insurance policies and how they work. Thus being said I always recommend that my clients purchase their own special event general liability insurance for their weddings that additionally covers certain aspects of their vendors working for them. Which should satisfy the venues insurance and liability concerns for outside vendors. It should not be the vendors responsibility to provide required additional general liability insurance for the venue to piggy back off of.

Regardless, after never signing this waiver of my rights and after multiple times of working there, for some odd reason this last time I was there this older gentlemen hunted me down and scolded me for refusing to sign the waiver.

Now from working with many legal teams for special events I've gained the trait of not signing paperwork the day of an event I'm working as due to peer pressure. When firstly approached by this older gentleman I was asked if I had recieved the paperwork. In all honesty I had not, but from previous experience from working there I immediately knew what he was asking about. I honestly answered and said that I did not recieve any paperwork this time around. The gentleman than handed me a paper and told me to sign it. I explained to him that I do not sign paperwork the day of an event, especially not when I am on the job. He attempted to blackmail me stating that he was going to throw me off the property midway through my client's wedding, so I said politely to the man once more that I was not comfortable with signing the paperwork and that I wouldn't sign it due to me being on the job and it being the day of. I walked across the room and the man followed me attempting to push me into signing something I already declined. I passively ignored the man's actions as I have anxiety with men acting how he was. I have been abused by men who acted like him, so I did my best to avoid him. I finally walked directly over to my assistant and explained what was happening and how the man was making me feel incredibly uncomfortable as I was only a week away from having a baby and he wasn't accepting my declination as to the circumstances. As I was speaking to my assistant again the man walked over to me attempting to force this piece of paper onto me. By the time the gentleman had walked over to us I had told my assistant to record a video of the man as he was not understanding my declination of paperwork. We recorded the man stating to us that he should throw us off of the property. He explained to me that I would not be welcomed back onto the property unless I signed this piece of paper right then and there. I explained to the man that I had worked there prior and there had never been an issue with us not signing as we had always been incredibly respectful vendors. He continued onward to tell me how he would lie to people about me ever working there all while on recording.

I feel this is incredibly improper behavior for handling of contracts/waivers and it saddens me to say I will never recommend this venue to any of my clients again.