[nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs

Sun Jan 3 23:00:50 UTC 2010

I would never let anyone I didn't know touch my phone.  I would either
ask them for their number and put it in myself or have them call me
and add it from the missed calls list later.  My phone was way too
expensive to risk letting someone I don't know handle it.

On 1/3/10, Adrianne Dempsey <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Serena, in answer to your question, blind people can usually tell the same
> about a person at a club as a sighted person based on how they talk and act.
> It is true you don't know that person very well or at all, but are
> exchanging numbers for the perpous of getting to know that person  better.
> Their is always a risk, but that is true at a conference or club, or
> anywhere for that matter.  If you later have a problem with that person,
> block their number.  It is easy to do their is two ways of doing it.  You
> can hit a code I don't remember what it is but it is easy to Google.  Then
> call and you hit star what ever the code number is.  The other way is to
> call your phone company and have them block it.  But you shouldn't hold back
> on meeting new people no matter where you are their are some really grate
> people and usually you can tell if their a creep or not when you first meet
> them.  And on the plus side, if they are a creep, and you don't want to
> exchange numbers with them, either tell them you are not interested, or they
> might give you their number and you have a ready excuse why not to give
> yours away and trash the number later.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Serena" <serenacucco at verizon.net>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 3:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs
>
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I don't go to clubs, so I'm not the expert, but the only issue I'd have
>> about letting the person who's number you want put the number in your
>> phone is How well do you guys really know one another if you just met at a
>>
>> club? How do you know if the person isn't drunk/high when he/she says
>> he/she's gonna give you his/her number or asks you for yours?  Sighted
>> folks may or may not know this answer, either, but can see the look on the
>>
>> person's face to judge the situation.
>>
>> Serena
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 11:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs
>>
>>
>>> Aziza,
>>> Yes sighted people trade phones for that.  My brother did that.  At a
>>> club I want as less as I can manage so having someone put a number in my
>>> phone wouldn't bother me.  Another option is for them to write it down
>>> and you have someone read it to you later.  I don't go to clubs much so
>>> this hasn't been an issue but that's what I'd do.
>>>
>>> Ashley
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Aziza C" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 5:41 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs
>>>
>>>
>>>>I agree with Dave, but isn't letting someone put their number in your
>>>> phone what sighted people do too? I've seen my sister trade phones
>>>> with her new friends and they input their numbers in each others
>>>> phones. Or, one person will input the number in the other's phone,
>>>> then the person will call them and the first person will save the
>>>> number when it shows up on the missed call list.
>>>> Aziza
>>>>
>>>> On 1/1/10, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>>>>> I would take a slate and stylus.  There are small ones that Braille
>>>>> on cards.  Using one makes you independent -- having someone put a
>>>>> number in your cell phone seems more dependent to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> At 10:11 AM 1/1/2010, you 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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