[nagdu] PUBLIC ACCESS ISUES

[Linda Gwizdak]

Hi Tami,
I don't know if Morris Frank pulled that particular prank but it seemed like 
one he'd pull.  One he really did do was described in the book,"Love In The 
Lead:  The 50 Year Miricle Of The Seeing Eye" by Peter Putnam. Morris and a 
bunch of his friends went out to a diner and the manager said that he 
couldn't bring the dog in. This was baci in the 1930s.  The group went 
around and was asked if they objected to the dog there.  Everyone said that 
they had no problem with the dog leaving the only one who did have a problem 
with the dog was the manager!  So, the boys all picked up the manager and 
carried him outside and left him bewildered at the front door!  I don't 
think Morris had any more problem at that diner in the future!

If you haven't read the book, do read it - it puts our access situations 
into perspective.  It also show us that we have Morris and the guide dog 
users after him blazing the trail for us today.

Morris Frank was a crusty old guy who had the perfect personality for the 
trail blazing job he had.  I knew some people who knew him and they said 
that he cussed like a sailor and you either loved him or hated him - no in 
between.  But, thank God for him!!!

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PUBLIC ACCESS ISUES


> Linda,
>
> I had not thought of that solution!  Did Morris Frank really do stuff like
> that?  Too cool!  If you can't handle a situation with dignity, all steam
> ahead on the undignity!
>
> Now every time someone tries to keep my dog outside their precious 
> business,
> I'm going to imagine doing just that! /grin/
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Linda Gwizdak
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:50 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] PUBLIC ACCESS ISUES
>
> Hey Kathy,
> You can go to that restaurant and tie you dog to the door and then proceed
> to walk quickly through the restaurant running into tables and creating
> quite the rukus with upturned tables and chairs!!!  I think the manager 
> will
>
> then get the hint!!!! Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!  This sounds like a Morris 
> Frank
>
> trick when he was young and rowdy!
>
> Really, do you have the book of access laws that the guide dog schools 
> give
> us or a copy of the ADA.  The manager CANNOT ask about your disability but
> they CAN ask you what your dog is trained to do, and if it is a service 
> dog.
>
> If they are still a problem, well your green money will spend very nicely 
> at
>
> another place-after you go to the press or bring a group of guide dog 
> users
> there!  We used this tactic very sucessfully in the days before the ADA.
> Having worked in the food business, I KNOW how much places of business 
> HATES
>
> negative publicity!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Linda and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "kgl4" <kgl4 at wi.rr.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:51 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] PUBLIC ACCESS ISUES
>
>
>>    Hi List,
>>
>> My employment placement specialist would like me to gather information on
>> the use of my Guide
>> Dog in the work-place.  I know that public access is becoming an issue 
>> due
>
>> to the access of uncertified service animals.  so, with confidence during
>> a job interview, what can I report to the perspective employer.
>>
>> I ask this because I have been recently ask to prove that Morgan was
>> certified to gain access into a restaurant.  I've been working with a
>> Guide Dog since 1989, and I've only been confronted twice in all these
>> years.
>> Kathy and Morgan
>> kgl4 at wi.rr.com
>>
>>
>>
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