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

Wed Jun 29 23:27:45 UTC 2011

Wwell, yeah, an NFB convention would work! LOL!

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] . Restaurant Turns Away Diners For Having 
TooManyServiceDogs.

> Lyn,
>    well, at least an NFB convention! (grin)
>
> Marion
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> 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
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 5:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] . Restaurant Turns Away Diners For Having Too 
>> 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.
>>>
>>> What gives?
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>>>  From: Arthur Nolden<mailto:anolden at tampabay.rr.com>
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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
>>>
>>>  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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