[blparent] Interesting Trip to the Fair
Tammy
tcl189 at rogers.com
Fri Aug 5 14:45:01 UTC 2011
Hi,
That’s definitely what I would do. It’s not really the fair’s issue since it’s the company that runs all the rides that employs the person who was operating the carousel.
Tammy
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 2:08 AM
To: Deborah Kent Stein ; NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Interesting Trip to the Fair
I looked up the Web site of the carnival and will send a polite e-mail.
Jo Elizabeth
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning,
unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into
advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt
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From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:06 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Interesting Trip to the Fair
>
>
> I know it can be exhausting to relive and rework these episodes. Still,
> it might be a good idea to write a letter to whoever was in charge of the
> fair and describe what happened. The task of educating the world is
> unending, but when something as egregious as this occurs, I think we need
> to speak up. Silence is a tacit acceptance that it's just the way it's
> going to be.
>
> Debbie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:56 PM
> Subject: [blparent] Interesting Trip to the Fair
>
>
>> Hi. Gerald and I took Stephen and Sarah to the county fair for opening
>> night. Overall, we had a great time. Sarah rode her first roller
>> coaster--a small one for kids--and just about split her face, she was
>> grinning so big.
>>
>> But something interesting happened at the carousel. Sarah and Stephen
>> picked out the horses they wanted to ride, which were next to each other.
>> The horses were three across, with Sarah on the outside and Stephen in
>> the middle, so I took the inside one, closest to the center of the
>> carousel.
>>
>> The guy who ran the carousel came over and asked Gerald, "You're going
>> to stand next to her, right?"
>>
>> Well, both of us thought he was talking about Sarah, so Gerald said yes,
>> he would. He positioned himself next to Sarah, at the outside of the
>> carousel, presumably so she wouldn't fall off the horse or try to stand
>> up or something. The ride started, but it stopped after only a few
>> rounds, and the operator came back over.
>>
>> He wanted Gerald standing next to me, if I was going to ride a carousel
>> horse! It didn't matter that I'd just ridden a ride that spun me six
>> ways to Sunday. It didn't matter that I was a grown-up, and that my
>> three-year-old daughter could sit on the slowly bouncing horse
>> independently.
>>
>> We all got off the ride, and three out of four of us had a bad taste in
>> our mouths. Thank goodness, Sarah was too young to follow the
>> conversation, but I guess she'll catch on soon enough.
>>
>> I'm choosing to focus on the good time we had for the rest of the night
>> and not dwell on the incident. But man, we have a long way to go toward
>> equality!
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning,
>> unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into
>> advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt
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