[nagdu] . Restaurant Turns Away Diners For Having TooManyServiceDogs.

Wed Jun 29 17:07:50 UTC 2011

Lyn,
    well, at least an NFB convention! (grin)

Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] . Restaurant Turns Away Diners For Having 
TooManyServiceDogs.


> 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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> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
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> ManyServiceDogs.
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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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>> What gives?
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>>  Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 8:52 AM
>>  Subject: [nagdu] . Restaurant Turns Away Diners For Having Too Many 
>> ServiceDogs.
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>> http://consumerist.com/2011/06/restaurant-turns-away-blind-diners-for-having-too-many-service-dogs.html<http://consumerist.com/2011/06/restaurant-turns-away-blind-diners-for-having-too-many-service-dogs.html>
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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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