[nagdu] Impressions Please?

[Joy Relton]

Thanks Mary. Sometimes I think that it is easy to become a little snooty
about what one can and should do and I don't want to expect from someone
what they can't do. Having said that, I think that there are ways to deal
with one's short comings. We all have them, but we all don't deal with them
in the best way. Also, I guess there are personalities. It just makes me
wonder what people think if someone from the public says "you shouldn't
leave that for someone else". Do they think having a right, gives them an
entitlement. Or, am I being too snobby?

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Merry Schoch
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:45 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Impressions Please?


Joy,

I absolutely agree with you!!

Merry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joy Relton" <jrelton at verizon.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:02 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Impressions Please?


>I recently held a barbeque in my home. Several of the people who 
>attended  were members of the NFB but not personal friends. I was 
>purposed at the  behavior of one of my guests who is a dog guide user 
>and would appreciate  some input as to best handle the situation next 
>time.
>
> The barbeque was open to persons in the Northern Virginia area, 
> basically doesn't matter where the people came from, but, I indicated 
> that dog guides were free to play free in the back yard which is 
> fenced as long as they were
> supervised. In our back yard is a dog relieving area, since I happen to 
> use
> a dog guide. Immediately adjacent to this area is a lined trash can which
> was roll of bags for picking up after your dog attached to the handle. My
> husband, who happens to be sighted escorted one of our guests with her dog
> to his area. After her dog had relieved himself, my husband proceeded to
> show the user where the bags were located so that she could pick up after
> the dog. The user's response was "oh, I don't do that!". I wasn't there, 
> or
> I probably would have worded the directions differently, after all, I am 
> the
> main "pooper scooper" of the house, since it is my dog who leaves the
> deposits. I personally feel that this particular guest was rude. I 
> realize,
> that, when dogs are running free and playing it is difficult to know where
> something might need to be picked up. I believe that it is particularly
> inappropriate for someone to assume, that someone else, especially if they
> are sighted, should be the one to "do the dirty work". I believe that 
> having
> a dog guide, a child or any other responsibility means, that you, have 
> that
> responsibility and that you need to take the initiative to clean up after
> your dog, child etc. It is inappropriate to assume that others should do
> this. Do other user agree with me? Am I totally in left field. I know that
> people have differing abilities, but being unwilling to even attempt, to
> clean up after one's dog, seems particularly rude to me. Impressions,
> opinions, observations, suggestions? a
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