[Blindtlk] Ultra Embarrassing

[Constance Canode]

Keep smiling, Diane.  I had a sighted co-worker who wore two 
different-colored shoes.  She laughed about it and we did also.  It 
can happen to anybody.  One morning I overslept, jumped in the 
shower, threw my hair on the top of my head, and jumped into my 
clothes  in a hurry and did not have time to apply makeup.  I ran all 
the way to the bus and didn't throw anything in my purse.  My boss 
took one look at me and said, "Oh Connie, you look like you died."  I 
smiled and said, no makeup today, so keep looking at my corpse.  She 
had never seen me without my blush and makeup, so it was something 
different.  We all laughed about it.  Stuff happens.  Hang in there.
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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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