[nagdu] Some people Do Know...

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

I am slightly surprised that the women was offended. Perhaps she was 
offended by the tone of the reply rather than the reply itself. I do not 
usually get firm/terse until someone has actually started petting. I have a 
lot of people, particularly the people I see regularly around the campus, 
ask in that way of "I know ... can I ...". My response and its tone depends 
on several factors, but rarely, if ever, have I had someone whom I had told 
no do it anyway.

Nicole

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 3:01 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some people Do Know...


> Will,
>    What is interesting about your story is the level of disrespect 
> exhibited by the employee. You had already said your dog didn't get 
> attention while on duty and he said he "knew about guide dogs"; however, 
> he must have thought the "No Petting" rule only applied to those who know 
> nothing about guide dogs, huh?
>    Merry and I had a similar encounter a couple of weeks ago. We were 
> shopping in WalMart when a woman walked up to us and said, "You have 
> beautiful dogs! I know I'm not supposed to pet them, but they are just so 
> beautiful! Can I pet them?" Merry replied in a very terse tone, "No! They 
> are on duty!" Later Merry acknowledged that she was very stern in her 
> reply and the woman seemed a bit offended; however, she knew better and 
> shouldn't have asked!
>
> Peace!
> Marion
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William Burley" <william.burley3 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 8:22 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Some people Do Know...
>
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>>
>>
>> I had a really great experience today.  I went to the winery to purchase 
>> for
>> a fundraising event I'm having tomorrow and I had my pup with me.  It was
>> really crowded there I assume because folks are preparing for the 
>> Christmas
>> and New Year's Eve parties.  I had a personal shopper helping me and he 
>> was
>> enthralled by my pup.  I casually threw in how people try and give her
>> attention even when she's not supposed to have it.  He said he knew about
>> guide dogs and such.
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, we are going throughout the store and a woman comes right behind us
>> and scolds the worker because he was about to sneak a pet from the pup. 
>> She
>> yfussed and said he's not supposed to touch the dog while it's working.
>>
>>
>>
>> It was just nice to run across that 1 person out of many who had some
>> knowledge and made sure somebody else had it too.
>>
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