[nagdu] Some one stole my cane !

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

        Maybe the person needed it? I met a family that was new to this country, had a member that was blind and wanted to know where to get a cane. I'm not sure they knew what a cane was until they saw me using mine, thought "What a cool idea" and came over to talk to me.  If I'd had another one on me, I'd have probably given them the one I was using.

 They were hoping/expecting you could just buy one at any store.

And, why not buy a few backup canes that meet your needs? I treat canes like shoes, I have one I use but I also have a few backups that meet my needs, a broken cane serves me no purpose so I don't hang onto them, just as I wouldn't hang onto shoes I couldn't wear. Ditto for a cane that is too long, it'd be like hanging onto shoes that were too small.

Since this seems to happen a fair bit to you, can you keep the cane say in something you hang onto like apurse? Or just keep the strap around your wrist so you are in contact with it when it isn't in use?

What happened was wrong, I'm just not feeling the outrage the list seems to be feeling here.
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brittney N. Mejico
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 6:27 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !

That is really awful who would do such a thing.  Hope you get a new cain
soon

-----Original Message-----
From: Mardi Hadfield
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:59 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !

Hi every one, Mardi here. I went Christmas shopping the other day and some
one stole my white cane.I keep it in a leather holster type of pouch
attached to my wheelchair when I am not using it. It is quite snug fitting
so it is impossible for it to have fallen out.When I left the store and
headed to the bus station,I reached for it so I could get into the
wheelchair bay when I got on the bus. It was not their! I had it when I got
off the bus so it disappeared somewhere between the bus station and the
store.The only time I use it when I have my dog with me is getting on or
off the bus.This is the second time someone has stolen a cane from me. This
is extremely annoying as I can not afford to buy another one until next
month.I have an old broken one and a very long NFB cane as a back up. Today
when I went out to pay a bill,I had to use the very Long NFB cane as I did
not take the dog with me in Carla's car.This cane would be fine if I were
walking but is way to long for use with a wheelchair.It also has a mettle
tip which gets caught in every crevice and pokes me in the face.I don't
know why someone would want to steal a blind person's cane??????? Fake
service dogs, now fake blind people? What is happening to this world.
Mardi and Shaman

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