[Blindtlk] Navigating Cafeteria Lines

[David Andrews]

Why do you find it necessary to put your answer into the form of an 
anti-NFB characterization?  It serves no purpose and creates division 
where none needs to be.

In terms of cafeterias I would say that the issues fall into three 
main categories, one navigating the line, two carrying the tray, and 
three getting the food.  People have made suggestions primarily 
concerning the first two, but the third also.

As blind persons, we all have ideas about what we can and can't 
successfully do.  And ... some of what we think we can't do, may be 
being done by others who have figured out methods and 
approaches.  Discussion here gives people ideas in areas which they 
may have thought possible.

We all can probably do more than we think, independently, and we all 
ask for help on occasion.  Or, even we may just ask for information.

Let's share our ideas, support one another and not make 
generalizations about organizations and their members when it isn't necessary.


Dave

\At 01:23 PM 8/8/2011, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>So I'm probably going to piss off a few NFB'ers right now, and I
>really don't care. I can navigate a line just fine on my own. I feel
>the person in front of me with my cane, I hear them moving, or I
>engage in a conversation with them in order to know when they move. If
>I use the third option, when i get to the buffet I utilize their help
>with the line. If not, then I ask someone around me or if anyone is up
>there I ask them. I can blunder around, I can feel with a wooden spoon
>or ladel or whateverand guess by what I feel as to what's there, but I
>prefer to do it iwth help because it flows much smoother.
>
>Thanks.
>
>On 08.08.2011, Kelby Carlson <kelbycarlson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey, list.
> >
> > I'll be starting college mobility soon, and one of the things I
> > am wondering about is navigating cafeteria lines.  I haven't done
> > this much in high school (I brought my own lunch.) Have any of
> > you worked out ways of navigating the lines in the cafeteria that
> > don't require a ton of sighted guide? How do you get information
> > on items away from the main buffet line?
> >
> >
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