[nabs-l] Serving Yourself Food

[Hope Paulos]

Hi.  I do the same thing.  With immediate family, I serve myself.  
At family gatherings, I usually have someone serve me.  Samewith 
buffets.  I go up with them, of course, but we usually have the 
same thing anyway.
Hope and Beignet

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>Hi Harry

>I always serve my own food at home with immidate family.  I think 
it's
>important to learn that skill.  At family gatherings and on 
buffet lines,
>however, others do it for me cause we're all having pretty much 
the same
>things.  Even at State Convention this weekend, there was a 
survor serving
>the breakfast buffet to everyone.


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Harry Hogue" <harryhogue at yahoo.com
>To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 5:39 PM
>Subject: [nabs-l] Serving Yourself Food


>Hello everyone,
>With the holidays coming up, here's an interesting point for 
discussion.

>At family gatherings, or perhaps even at home with immediate 
family, do you
>serve your own plate or do you have someone else serve the plate 
for you?

>As for me, I have always had someone else always serve my plate 
at family
>gatherings and at home with my family, for that matter, simply 
because it is
>quicker and there is less risk of spilling, etc.  I am, however, 
reminded of
>the importance of being comfortable with this task by my Costa 
Rica
>experience.  My host mother told me what was where and even made 
sure I knew
>where the serving spoon was--but I was not comfortable at 20 
years old to
>serve my own plate and had to ask her to serve the plate for me.  
This, then,
>set up a precedent that as a blind person I needed help with 
getting food.
>'m interested in hearing ohter thoughts.  And if we serve 
ourselves at
>home/at family gatherings, I then have to ask what is so diferent 
about
>buffets, especially if you're with someone else and they're 
getting rice,
>chicken, potatoes, etc.  and it's likely you would want some of 
the same
>things.

>Just some thoughts to consider.

>Harry

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