[blparent] This is Cool

[Jeri Milton]

Hi Jo Elizabeth. 
Wow, I'm sorry that happened to you. I don't understand it. it's like they
weren't taught anything from their own parents. Really, they're the frickin
odd balls right?  Unfortunately, I have to admit, because of fear of coming
across people like that family who left the restaurant, is why for the
longest time I felt like hiding under a blanket and not coming out. But, the
good so much out ways the bad. Look at all of the good that has come out of
the waiter standing up for the kid. It's sad that it's such a rarity that it
makes the news when it does happen. I hope that the family who moved tables
feels really small now. 

Jeri

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:44 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] This is Cool

Me too.  I actually did have a family leave a restaurant once, twenty-some
years ago, because they didn't want to sit next to a blind person.  I felt
bad, but the waitress and the manager told me it was their loss.  They left
their entire meal--salads, drinks, everything--which they paid for on their
way out.  Such small minds.  The thing that impressed me was the waiter
having the nerve to stand up for the kid, caring more about doing the right
thing than keeping his job, and the restaurant owners backing him up.  Of
course, now I saw on the news that the place is packed and everybody wants
to meet this great guy.  I wish guts and kindness weren't so rare as to be a
news story.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeri Milton
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:27 AM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] This is Cool

This story makes me so sad. That was great for the waiter to stand up for
the child. What makes me so flipping sad is the way some people are around
those who have a disability or a quote unquote special need. What the hell
is wrong with people? It really just makes me sick.

Jeri

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:19 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] This is Cool

HOUSTON, Texas -- A Texas waiter who went out of his way for a special young
customer has people talking.

Kim Castillo says she and her family were having a typical dinner out when a
family at an adjacent table got up and moved, according to ABC-affiliate
KTRK. When waiter Michael Garcia realized it was because of Castillo's
5-year-old son Milo, who has Down Syndrome, he told the guests he wouldn't
serve them.

"He said special needs children need to be special somewhere else. That's
like saying, 'You don't need to be here, you're a different skin color,"
says Garcia.

The family that owns the restaurant is supporting Garcia's decision, and
Castillo's family is grateful he stood up for Milo.


Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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