[il-talk] Grabbing Cane Tops On The Bus

[Robert Hansen (NFB Related)]

What gets me is when the custodial bus driver tells me where to sit.  I 
had an incident last Friday when a bus driver got upset at me because I 
jumped onto the bus before she could use that irritating beep beep 
thing.  Then she tried to order me to sit in the left seat.  I never do 
that.  She also failed to have the technology turned on and I told her 
she was violating work rules for not letting me know the reason for the 
stop announce being turned off.

RH


On 10/28/2013 9:32 AM, Andrew Webb wrote:
> Absolutely common in my experience, though I haven't found the experience to
> be really any different in Chicago than in other cities where I've traveled
> blind.  I'm guessing you use a rigid cane, thus can't fold the thing to make
> it ungrabbable.  That said, if you can get a window seat, you can prop the
> cane between your shoulder and the window, where no one is likely to grab
> it.  Otherwise, I don't think there's much to be done done except try not to
> lose your temper (as I have done on occasion) when some fool grabs your cane
> top.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicholas
> Robertson
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 7:07 AM
> To:blindtlk at nfbnet.org;il-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [il-talk] Grabbing Cane Tops On The Bus
>
> I've had constant problems with this lately in the Chicago area.  Is this
> common?  I've tried to respectly deal with this, but it is getting
> frusturating.  Any tips?  Thanks for the help.
>
> Nicholas S. Robertson, MBA
> Phone: 641.660.2475
> Email:robertson.nicholas at hotmail.com
>              nicholas.robertson2 at va.gov
>
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