[nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes interview, Ride into History, Race for Independence, Wed. June 22, 8:00 pm EDT

Fri Jun 24 18:46:49 UTC 2011

I agree! Hey, guys, can we please stop ending our messages on 
this subject with "sorry if this offends anyone?" I can 
understand us not wanting to offend people, but we don't need to 
be so scared of offending in every message we post.  Isn't that 
one of the things that frustrates us about sighted people? It 
does me!

 Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
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Date sent: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:20:46 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes 
interview,Ride into History, Race for Independence, Wed.  June 
22, 8:00 pm EDT

Josh,
  True.  But most humans aren't dirtbags.  Using the two in
conjunction is probably the ideal.

On 6/22/11, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
 See, your example is, imo, a prime case of where technology can
 play a good role in these types of situations.  Technology can't
 try to...  take advantage of you like a human.  Sorry if that
 offended anyone.
 Just my thoughts,
 Josh

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  ----- Original Message -----
 From: Bernadetta Pracon <bernadetta_pracon at samobile.net
 To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:03:18 -0400
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes
 interview,Ride into History, Race for Independence, Wed.  June
 22, 8:00 pm EDT

 Yes,as a matterof fact, I've had that issue once.
 A cab driver tried to tell me I gave him a five, not a twenty.
 In the
 first place, he had misquoted my fair purposely;I took the cab 
to
 a
 local FedEx, something I had done before and I knew full well
 that he
 tried to overcharge me.  When I confronted him about 
overcharging
 me, he
 started stumbling over his words saying"Well,you had three 
boxes,
 and a
 dog,and..." Then I reminded  him that he can't charge me extra
 for
 bringing my guide dog, and he couldn't charge me for bringing my
 boxes,
 because it's not like he helped me load or unload them, and that
 the
 whole idea was just preposterous.  I gave him a twenty and asked
 him to
 give me back the change he owed me.  (Now, keep in mind, I told
 him I
 was paying him the standard fair of that rout, and that I was
 initially
 planning on giving him a small tip,but now that he's been so
 shamelessly dishonest and rude,he wouldn't get an extra cent.) 
He
 insisted for a few minutes that in fact, I owed him money,
 because the
 bill I gave him was a five,not a twenty.  So I said, "ok, 
let'sgo
 inside
 the FedEx, and I'll ask one of the people there what the bill
 is.".  At
 that point,he backed down and said forget it, ok.  And gave me
 back a
 few bills and tried to drive off.  I threw him another curveball
 when I
 proceeded to check the bills he gave me with my IBill,and found
 he gave
 me three ones instead of a five and two ones.  Without a word,he
 briskly
 traded the one for a five,and sped off.  He was absolutely
 furious.
 SowasI, because I couldn't believe someone would be such a piece
 of
 scum, and not once but a few times, but I was glad that in the
 end,I
 didn't fall  for his low scheme.

 Bernadetta

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