[humanser] Acknowledge or ignore?

[David Andrews]

You could write him a thank you letter, saying something like I 
enjoyed meeting you .....  I want to thank you for allowing me to 
take your arm during the tour.  This arrangement makes for efficient 
group travel in an unfamiliar area -- although I normally travel 
unassisted with my long white cane.    ..... or something like that.

Dave

At 06:47 PM 3/25/2009, you wrote:
>Hoping you all can help me with a dilemma that may appear silly but, it's
>heavy on my mind.
>Recently, I went to an interview for a year-long, extern training experience
>at a state psychiatric hospital. I currently work on a psychiatric unit at a
>research hospital. 7 Other candidates were also there. So, day begins with a
>panel interview with 2 of the 10 supervisory clinicians with whom I'll be
>working. Following that, there is an group tour where all candidates come
>together to tour the facility, a large, multi unit facility with 6 separate
>wings and a series of locked units and external courtyards.
>
>When the group tour was beginning, the tour guide, another supervisor who
>heads up the assessment tasks and is the Director of Training, asked me if
>I'd like to take his arm and tour the facility. In the moment part of me
>wanted to decline, lest the perception be that I am unable to negotiate the
>facility on my own, but, for efficiency I accepted, thanking him for"front
>row seats". The tour went well, I laughing and joking with the supervisor,
>discussing aspects of the therapeutic milieu, patient challenges, and
>training opportunities. All felt like it went well. Down to the moments when
>I was leaving the interview and the same supervisor was in the exit way with
>another candidate who was asking a question. As I was going through the
>supervisor stopped me and asked me to be in touch. Long story short, I felt
>content with the experience, that is, until I reflected on it. I am
>wondering if I should address the sighted-guide issue and my capacity for
>independence and autonomy. Part of me feels like I should, in some way
>emphasize my comfort in negotiating the facility on my own and another part
>of me feels I would be magnifying something that need not be an issue.
>
>I work on a unit and have had no problems in the past... Any thoughts? Do I
>say something or do I leave it alone? They will be interviewing on three
>other dates and will decide on 3 trainees for the next academic year.
>Decisions will be made on April 13. Let me know your thoughts.
>Mary
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