[il-talk] Using a cane

Wed Jun 15 20:24:50 UTC 2011

That's incredible, it would be hard to ignore that!

-G. Robert Moore III
(via iPhone)

On Jun 13, 2011, at 22:20, "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net> wrote:

Yeah, but what if the pepper spray is accidentally aimed in the wrong
direction?

-----Original Message-----
From: il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Hap Holly
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 9:39 PM
To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
Subject: Re: [il-talk] Using a cane

Hmm, Connie, that would have been a good time to employ that travel-size can
of pepper spray.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Connie Davis" <condav8950 at att.net>
To: "'NFB of Illinois Mailing List'" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "'Illinois Association of Blind Students List'" <iabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [il-talk] Using a cane

This is to all of you, who have posted back on-list, privately and 
have called. Thank you all so much!!!
I'm going to clarify this. I was walking outside, pulling a grocery 
cart full of groceries, using my cane in front of me. Two young men 
were walking toward me. It was like we were playing chicken. One of 
them moved without comment. The other was not willing to move out my 
path, even though it would have been easier. When I didn't move, he 
called me a whore. What upset me was that it wasn't an appropriate 
response to the situation. It's just a word, but what the heck? Does 
that make sense?

Connie

-----Original Message-----
From: il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
On Behalf Of Edwin Rodriguez
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 3:18 PM
To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [il-talk] Using a cane

Honey, ignore them and get around it by going to customer service and 
ask for assistance! And decide what store will give you that! For me, 
Trader Joes!

-----Original Message-----
From: il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
On Behalf Of Connie Davis
Sent: June 12, 2011 6:48 PM
To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List'
Cc: 'Illinois Association of Blind Students List'
Subject: [il-talk] Using a cane

One of my biggest challenges in using a cane is going grocery 
shopping. I take a grocery cart and pull it behind me while using my 
cane. For some reason people think that I should get out of their way 
when I am walking with a loaded cart. They just keep walking right in 
my path. I had a guy swear at me today because I didn't move. I just
ignored him.
But I mean, how do you deal with that? It seems that I deal with peoples'
rudeness on a daily basis. Sometimes, I feel like they do it because 
they see the cane and figure I won't know that they've done it.

Connie

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