[IL-Talk] Treated Like a 2 year old

[Robert Hansen]

Maybe they'll wait staff and other side of people should not rely on eye
contact. You know they don't have to see everything. Sometimes I remember I
was on the bus Sunday and some drunk guy was sitting behind me and he came
back from home depot on McCormick and Lincoln. And I told him what I did
for a living and I had this degree in that degree. And he asked oh did you
do that before the accident!? And I said I never wasn't in any accident.
And then I asked again what accident? You know it's idiots like that we
have to deal with. And sometimes you know what I get short with people and
as far as I'm concerned that's quite okay.

Robert Hansen
hansen.robert70 at gmail.com


On Tue, Oct 4, 2022, 12:48 PM Deborah Kent Stein via IL-Talk <
il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>
>
> We spend a great deal of energy trying to educate people, and of course
> this
> is important; but for our own mental health it's crucial for us to find
> ways
> to react in these situations so that we stay in control and aren't undone
> by
> the stress. What coping strategies are we using? What seems to work best?
>
> If a wait person asks the person I'm with, "What would she like to order?"
> I
> answer myself and explain what I want. Sometimes the person I'm with might
> say, "Ask her," which always helps. Wait staff count on making eye contact
> with people as they go around the table taking orders, and without it they
> are at a loss.
>
> Debbie
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IL-Talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Patti S
> Chang
> via IL-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 12:23 PM
> To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List' <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Patti S Chang <pattischang at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [IL-Talk] Treated Like a 2 year old
>
> I just posted on FB last week that I was tired of being treated like I was
> two. Between the dehumanizing habit of talking about us and grabbing us
> without permission, it is a wonder we don't spend more time just plain
> angry.
>
>
>
> Patti Chang
> 2nd Vice President
> National Federation of the Blind of Illinois https://www.nfbofillinois.org
> Pronouns: she, her, hers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IL-Talk <il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Denise Avant via
> IL-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 9:19 AM
> To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List' <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: davant1958 at gmail.com
> Subject: [IL-Talk] Treated Like a 2 year old
>
> Hello all,
>
> I was out with my Achilles guide for my three mile walk along the lake
> front. Every time I go out, there is a lady speeding by on a bike and she
> always calls out greetings to people. Anyway, after many weeks, she stops
> my
> guide and me and standing right in front of me, looks at my guide and says
> "What's her name?"
>
> Amazing!
>
>
>
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