[nagdu] Issues

[Doug Parisian]

Hey Windy Cindy, I'd have done the same thing; how bloody presumptuous of 
that woman though she does deserve some credit for self insite.  Chances are 
that, had you "mealy-mouthed"  around the issue, you would most likely not 
have gotten her attention.

Narrow isles, blood bags--yummie yummie says Miss Payton, always ready for a 
little warm tasty protein shake.

Doug: Sometimes, ya just have to be a big hammer!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 6:32 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Issues


> Well, I think I'll bring up a new issue just for grins. Let's imagine you 
> are going to give blood one day. Let's imagine that you are planning to 
> give blood at this blood drive. OK, I don't have to imagine this because I 
> am. I haven't been able to give for a couple of times because of an 
> infected tooth, but that's TMI. So I am truly looking forward to it. My 
> phone rang, and the lady on the other end of the line identified herself, 
> and she was from the blood center. She said, "I understand you are 
> planning to gie blood at the Westminster Blood Drive. Now, we understand 
> you have a service dog. [I think that was her terminology.] We are going 
> to be using a blood mobile and the aisles are narrow in there. We've been 
> talking about it and wondering if you could leave the dog at the 
> refreshment end so he won't get stepped on." Who was talking about it. Why 
> wouldn't they assume that I had been using a dog long enough to know how 
> to handle situations like that? Truth be told, I had had him in there when 
> I accompanied Bob in the next to last time we were going to give. I don't 
> doubt that the dog is btter off left in a more comfortable place, but I 
> don't need someone explaining to me why that might be and asking me if I 
> would mind to not bring him in there because of the narrow aisles. I have 
> a feeling I would have thought of it on my own, and I did actually express 
> my displeasure. I told her the fact that she assumed I wouldn't figure out 
> the best place for my dog was rather annoying. She said she was sorry, she 
> had just wanted to make it better and guessed she had not. Before anybody 
> tells me I might have been more tactful, I would say that they would be 
> right, but I think after you've used a dog six months or less, and 
> especially after twenty-two years, you are likely to know how to handle 
> the dog in a tight situation.
>
> Cindy Lou
>
>
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