[nagdu] Issues

[Cindy Ray]

Oh, I know what you mean. People really need to lighten up and worry about other things that are important. LOL.

On Feb 2, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Tamara Smith-Kinney wrote:

> That's annoying!  The phone call is..  The bit that started with "we knew
> you were planning to come, so we've been talking about it ..."  Well, I
> don't think I would even notice my tact at that point as it leaped headfirst
> out the window shrieking.  /evil grin/  Perhaps the woman thought she was
> being nice and even thoughtful, but ....  How RUDE!
> 
> Well, sounds like you have the matter in hand.  I've never had the joys of a
> "we heard you were coming" phone call, but I've shown up to an event or two
> to be greeted at the door with something along those lines...  Even when I
> had the cane pre-dog.  /lol/  Used to be I could just show up at a place and
> find a seat and do what people do and be very happy under the radar.
> 
> Can't you just picture them all sitting around saying, "Cindy is coming!
> Cindy is coming!  By land or by sea... "  /lol/
> 
> Well, I wonder if I'll ever get used to that sort of thing, since I'm sure
> it will happen again.  Here, we made sure there's a clear path for you so
> you can just sit here and be comfortable and Susie Q will bring you a plate,
> and here's a rug for Mitzi ..."  I actually have -- and probably will again
> -- end up sitting where they put me because my own internal conflict over
> the contrast between their apparent intended thoughtfulness and kindess
> towards poor little blind me is so horrifically offensive and just downright
> hair-raising.
> 
> Ain;t it fun?
> 
> Tami Smith-Kinney
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 4:32 PM
> To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List
> 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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