[nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs

[Aziza C]

I don't see a problem with asking the person to write down their
number and having someone read it later. I do that all the time, no
matter the situation if I'm not prepared to take it down myself, why
lose the opportunity to build a relationship of any sort? A woman came
up to me in the store one day and began asking me how best to educate
a blind person, she was a teacher who was about to have a blind child
in her class, I told her she could call me and we'd talk about the
resources, but she said she'd just write her number for me so I could
call her on my time, which worked because I didn't have anything to
take the number down with, so she wrote it and I asked a friend to
read it later. Its simple, and only requires you to have a pen and
paper which isn't that big of a deal to carry around. A friend of mine
always has a digital recorder with him.
Aziza

On 1/1/10, Adrianne Dempsey <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think taking a note taker to the club is a bad idea.  I don't even bring
> my purse because it is just something to carry around.  You don't want to
> set it down somewhere, and you would just look silly dancing with it.  In
> fact I don't even bring my cane because I don't know what to do with it on
> the dance floor.  I usually go with a friend and just go sighted guide.  I
> hate loosing a bit of independence but what ells can you do.  If I go with
> other blind friends then I usually bring my cane but I always feel silly
> with it at the club.  As far as phone numbers...  I think having someone
> ells program it in to your phone is fine if you can not do it yourself.  But
> my phone is not very accessible and I can do it.  I just  hit o.k. and it
> brings up a menu the first thing on the menu is add contact.  I hit O.K.
> again, and then you can type in the number then down arrow and type in the
> name. Then hit o.k. again and their it is.  Another option is to have a
> bizness card with your info, so you can give the new person your number.
> This is probably not so necessary as pretty much every one has cell phones
> now but it is a thought.  The slate and stylist is a good idea to if you can
> get a hold of one of those ninny slates.  But you have to be careful with
> this option, because you could get stabbed with the stylist if you move
> funny or if your pants are tight.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs
>
>
>> Hmmmmm. Interesting subject.  I would've taken the notetaker just
>> because I'm pretty touchy feely about my information.  The numbers are
>> not programmable by a blind person in my cell phone, so a note taker
>> is a good option.
>> Beth
>>
>> On 1/1/10, Kevin Wassmer <commanderlumpy2003 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Hello folks. It's been a long time sense I have bought up a discussion on
>>> here. First of all, I will say I am doing fine. I have a job at Verizon
>>> Wireless working at a call center. It is challenging. How it is
>>> rewarding. I
>>> am glad to finely get off of social security soon. Or as I call it
>>> socialist
>>> insecurity. But that's another story.
>>>
>>>                 I want to bring up a topic. I use to go to night clubs
>>> back
>>> in the day. I did not want to bring my Braille Note with me because the
>>> thought back then of bringing my note taker sounded strange. But I would
>>> always have a problem if I met someone and wanted to get their number.
>>> This
>>> was because the music was so loud that it was hard to communicate. I use
>>> to
>>> have people program numbers in to my cell phone at nosy places like that.
>>>
>>> My
>>> question to you all is this. Being blind, would you have taken your note
>>> taker to the night club? The more I think about it, the more I believe a
>>> Slate and Styles would have been a great option for some like the night
>>> club
>>> sidereal. What would you have done?
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