[nabs-l] what do you do if you get lost

[Chris Nusbaum]

I usually do choices B, D, or E, never C.  I can't believe an 
OandM teacher taught you to do C! I wouldn't do A because it's a 
waste of time and money.  How are you going to call the cops and 
ask them where you are when you can't tell them anything about 
the area around you? You're lost, right? And if you called 911, 
which has technology that tells the dispatcher where you are, 
it's still a waste of time, as 911 is used for emergencies, and 
getting lost 1, isn't an emergency, and 2, can be fixed in other 
ways than by calling the emergency hotline.

Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: <frandi.galindo at gmail.com
To: "NFB" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:44:38 -0500
Subject: [nabs-l] what do you do if you get lost

Ok, bare with me here for a moment, and excuse my language.
When you get lost do you
a: call the cops and ask them where you are, and waste money in 
the process?
b: wave down a cop when you don’t know if one is near you?
c: wave your hands around and make other blind people look like 
jak asses in the eyes of an already general populous who think 
blind people are incapable of doing anything for themselves?
d: go in to a business and ask someone where you are, or just 
simply try and ask someone on the street for directions
e: try to get your bearings together and find your own way.
I ask this because I know of someone who was tought to do what a, 
b, and c say to do.  I was tought by two outstanding mobility 
instructors to do what d says, and tought myself e.  I want to 
know what you all out their think.  I personally think that 
making blind people look like helpless jack asses and wasting 
money on unesesary calls is pointless.  I’m almost sure most 
mobility instructors would teach their students to do what choice 
d asks.
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