[nabs-l] Awkward Situations: What would you do?

[Teal Bloodworth]

haha me and some friends at the office for the blind center in 
kentucky....but they were jet i sword fights. As for protecting somebody you 
care about i resort to an air horn. No physical harm but i bet they will 
leave you alone or someone would come to help? You are always going to have 
people who stare and ask completely inappropriate questions. Me and my dad 
were in target and the cashier said "why doesnt she want to look at me? am i 
ugly?". If they stare smile and pull your pockets out and if they make 
inappropriate comments just smile and walk away or you can always tell them 
that hurtt your feelings and make them feel like a complete jackass.

            -Teal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Awkward Situations: What would you do?


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> Howdy Meghan and listers,
> Boy don't I know about the immature people thing. Hell, I was one of
> them. As a teenager, my blind friends and I used to have sword fights
> with our foldable aluminum canes. We would fold them at the half way
> joint so that they weren't unwieldy, then use them as pretend swords.
> We'd clash them together, growl at each other, etc. We were clingon
> warriers, see. Or sometimes old fashoned knights. Or sometimes, when we
> got older, there was no back story. It was just called "a cane fight".
> It provided a perfect way to make a whole ton of noise and show off for
> the girls sitting at a neighboring table. In reality what we succeeded
> in doing was making total asses of ourselves.
>
> Of course these days I have to behave myself. Not because I really want
> to, but because youthful exuberance isn't tolerated past a certain age,
> unfortunately. That and because I now use a carbon fiber cane, and it
> would snap with the first stroke I think. However, if the situation
> should arise, I wouldn't hesitate to take up the old aluminum foldable
> again to defend my or someone I care about's honor! LOL I'm joking about
> that last part. Or am I?
> - --
> Stress (N): The condition that occurs when ones mind overrides the
> body's natural desire to reach out and slap the hell out of someone
> who desperately deserves it.
> Joseph C. Lininger, <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
> Meghan Whalen wrote:
>> I think these situations are not remotely related other than the
>> semester they fell in.  I wouldn't be offended by the hair remark.  I'm
>> sure it wasn't meant as offensive.  Friends joke with one and other, and
>> if it made you uncomfortable, you could have told your friend so.  I
>> think this friend was just trying to figure out how to try how to
>> explain the color of the hair.
>>
>> As for the cane, college and life is full of immature people.  Again,
>> this was not an attack on you personally, it was just people being
>> stupid people. Did you know the folks you lent your cane to?  I know I
>> would have been hesitant to loan it out to anyone and hope you had a
>> back-up in case they forgot said cane in Target or broke it.
>>
>> Just my thoughts,
>> meghan
>>
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