Replying to Pre season hiking

So I've done pre season hiking at my home mountain for the past couple years and never had any problems with the mountain except for maybe putting the rails away that we used. This year is the first year I've had a car at school so it's the first time I've tried pre season hiking at the "mountain" we have here but when I got there I was stopped by a guy shoveling the sidewalk and he said that I needed to go to the office to check with them to make sure I could hike so I was like what seems to be the problem I'm just trying to get a couple turns in since a foot of snow fell last night and hes like well you dont have a lift ticket so you cant use our facilities and I was like you want me to pay $50 to hike your hill? So I went to the office to try to talk to someone with more brains in their head but unfortunately I was unlucky. So I asked the lady in the office if I could take maybe two runs down the mountain and she said no because of insurance reasons. If i were to fall then she would be responsible for my injuries and I was like okay I understand that but I'm a decent skier and if I were to fall and break something then I will hobble to my car and take care of it myself and she came back at me with well what if you fell and went unconscious. (I was so close to exploding on her but I'm also trying to get a job at this place so I dont have to pay for an overpriced season pass). So I was like ma'am I dont think a beginner skier would be out here doing preseason laps like I'm not about to go try some new tricks I've never done before I just want to get some turns. So what do you guys think? Was I just lucky to be able to have such a nice mountain before to let me hike or is this chick just not a true skier and doesn't understand the grind?