[Blindtlk] Ultra Embarrassing

[Graves, Diane]

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Good Morning All,

Just needing to vent, and thought I would share a little frustration at an embarrassing incident which has me feeling very small this morning, and my amazement at the fact that it happened just one day after my post about the importance of visual appearance.  I got up this morning, still feeling sleepy and dressing hurriedly. It is "casual day" here today, so I decided on some comfortable red pants and a black shirt. I jumped in the car with my daughter and headed downtown to work.

Just as I was preparing to get out of the car, I realized that instead of my black shirt, I had grabbed a majenta pink shirt. The shirts are very similar, so if one isn't paying close attention, it is easy to confuse them tactually. So, now I am wearing red and majenta. I am frustrated not only  because of the obvious cause for embarrassment due to the mismatched clothing, but at the fact that most of the sighted who don't know me well will likely chalk it up to my blindness. Thus, its relevance to the list.
It could, conceivably, have happened to anyone who was sleepy, in a hurry, and didn't stop to take that last glance in the mirror. But, because I am blind, that will automatically be the reason in the minds of most.

I am going to need to stay in my office all day. Thankfully it is in the back, and there isn't a lot of traffice  in the area. I have a blue sweater that I am trying to keep wrapped tightly around me to cover up my crazy mistake.  I almost turned around and went back home. I cannot believe I did this.

Diane Graves
Civil Rights Specialist
Indiana Civil Rights Commission
Alternative Dispute Resolutions Unit
317-232-2647

"It is service that measures success."
George Washington Carver

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