[blparent] A total stranger crosses the line

[Arielle Silverman]

This isn't parent-related, but just goes to show how clueless some
people can be about blindness. I was waiting for the bus at a campus
stop that has two buses. The bus I didn't want came by, the driver
stopped and said which bus it was, I said "no thanks, I'm waiting for
the other one" and he drove off. About five minutes later a lady came
running up to me disturbing me while I was reading email on my iPhone.
She said she was working nearby and wondered if I needed any help? I
said no thanks, I'm just waiting for the bus. Sounding surprised, she
exclaimed, "But a bus just came by!" I explained that yes, a bus did
go by but that wasn't the bus I was waiting for. Sounding even more
incredulous she asked, "But how did you know?" I explained that the
driver had told me which bus it was, at which point she finally seemed
to comprehend that maybe I was more aware of my whereabouts that she
had originally thought.

Arielle

On 5/6/13, Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com> wrote:
> I second that.  If it's for short periods in the middle of the day, let the
>
> kid bang away on the drums.  Your neighbor will just have to suck it up and
>
> deal with it.
>
> 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: Star Gazer
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 1:05 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] A total stranger crosses the line
>
> Shannon, I'd also let your son play his drums. He has every right to enjoy
> his home, and drums are good on so many levels. Plus, he's playing in the
> middle of the day not at night.
> You guys have to deal with the realities of multifamily housing, just like
> the people around you.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eric
> Calhoun
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 2:54 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] A total stranger crosses the line
>
> Tammy!  Bless you!  Your son knows.  Sometimes people are oblivious to
> blind
> people that they will say anything--anything--to be ruee.  Colin, good job,
> sir!  The lady should mind her own business, posthaste.  That dang,
> ignorant
> lady shouldn't shelter you!
>
> Shannan, this is a terrible thing, I know, but smile and know that you have
> a supportive posse of blind parents that give a huge dang.  Perk up, buddy.
> Please!
> ..
>
> Eric from Los Angeles.  May 2013 be the best ever, and may the rest of your
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