[blindlaw] Should I be offended?

[Angie Matney]

I would have been offended if they'd said, "Hey, we wantyou to do
health law because we have this other attorney ..." But it sounds like
they were just assessing your interest in working in that field and
presenting you with an opportunity you might not have considered. If
I'd received a similar message from a potential employer regarding,
oh, say, family law, I would have thanked them but informed them that
this was not an area of interest for me. I might have asked about the
possibility of contacting this other blind attorney, because making a
contact like that could be valuable for several reasons. I wouldn't
have been offended, but again, if I felt they were actively trying to
make me work in a particular field (whether of interest to me or not)
because of the presence of another blind attorney...well, that's
different.

Angie



On 7/10/14, Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via blindlaw
<blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Dear Mr. Manners:
>
> The choice as to whether or not to take offence is truly yours!  If I were
> in your shoes, I'll interpret that which I have been offered as a FOOT IN
> THE DOOR that could lead to other possibilities hitherto unexplored.  Also,
>
> you could bring in a breath of fresh air to the department and help initiate
>
> or resolve issues of reasonable accommodations across several platforms in
> the attorney general's office.  Happy haunting!!
>
> Sincerely,
> Olusegun
> Denver, Colorado
>
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