[nagdu] . Restaurant Turns Away Diners For Having Too ManyServiceDogs.

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Maybe the restaurant manager should be invited to an NFB or ACB convention 
and let him see all the dogs and the lack of chaos there!

Usually what my group does is to plan our restaurant outings, where there 
will be alot of dogs, for a time other than the rush times.  Times like 1pm 
or 4pm or after the dinner rush.  This way the place isn't real crowded and 
there's more room to accomodate all the disabled people and service dogs.

The allergy stuff is the usual BS (sigh!) and doesn't fly with me.  And the 
police are useless and they don't really know or understand the access laws 
they are supposed to be upholding.  We need to be in the police acadamies to 
train the new officers and maybe we aren't doing enough in that area.

Hey, where was the restaurant?  Does Perkins still do the Reunion in June? 
We used to invade all of Watertown with blind people and LOTS of guide dogs 
in the restaurants! I didn't go to Perkins but came along as a guest of 
several graduates.

Lyn and Landon
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> Question to all, aren't the police suppose to get involved, they are the 
> ones who should have corrected the situation. Seems like our law 
> enforcement officers don't' want to do there jobs, but if the dogs acted 
> up and were asked to leave and the people refused you know darn well that 
> the restaurant would have called the police.
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>  Restaurant Turns Away Diners For Having Too Many Service Dogs
>  By Chris Morran on June 28, 2011 12:17 PM 0 views
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>  Police were summoned to a Boston-area restaurant over the weekend after a 
> group of 13 diners, including six with service dogs, were turned away by 
> the manager for fear that so many canines could cause chaos.
>  "Ignorance of the law: it's an explanation, but it's not an excuse," one 
> of the turned-away diners, who is legally blind, told WBZ-TV.
>  The restaurant had previously allowed diners to bring in service dogs but 
> the manager was concerned that the half-dozen service animals could cause 
> problems at the restaurant's buffet and bother other diners with 
> allergies. WBZ-TV says he suggested the diners let the dogs wait outside.
>  Police were called to the scene of the dispute, but the diners say they 
> didn't really help settle the matter: "It just seemed alternately that 
> they weren't interested, didn't know, didn't care."
>  WBZ reports that, while the police could not have forced the restaurant 
> to seat the diners, they should have informed the manager that a criminal 
> complaint could be filed.
>  An assistant manager tells the TV station that mistakes were made in 
> handling the situation and that flared tempers made things worse. He said 
> the diners and their dogs would be welcome if they choose to come back.
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