[nagdu] Where Do You Find Issues with Attempted Denial of Entry

Sun Mar 6 05:00:21 UTC 2011

I agree will about the tip and memorable interaction with the helpful folks. 
I'd go back to that Greek eatery if that fellow is working when I come in. 
Quite gross about the meat!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Burley, III" <william.burley3 at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Where Do You Find Issues with Attempted Denial of Entry


> Hey Lisa!
>
> Right out of high school for about two months, I worked in the Snack Bar 
> of
> Target...you know before they added Starbucks or there even was a 
> Starbucks.
> LOL!
>
> A girl I worked with...when someone would make her mad...she would go drop
> the raw meat she would cook for them in the dirtiest corner of the stock
> room, step on it and then cook it.  That's only what I saw.
>
> So, I think if it gets a little heated, I wouldn't eat there after that. 
> If
> the situation is cool and laid back, I would eat and give a tip.  I'd want
> to leave that particular person, if the waiter, with a good memory of my
> money...and my pup after they see that she was asleep the whole time and 
> not
> a bother.
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Lisa Irving
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 12:25 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Where Do You Find Issues with Attempted Denial of 
> Entry
>
> A month or so ago Bernie and I went into a Greek restaurant. It was slow 
> as
> it was mid morning.A woman went off on me and told me to get out.She 
> didn't
> want to hear my dog is a service dog. She ignored my questions about her
> OSHA manual. I asked her in a relatively calm tone, if she would like me 
> to
> call the police to have them explain to her that my dog is a guide dog. 
> She
> told me she didn't want to argue. I told her I wasn't arguing. Another
> employee approached me. He had no qualms about the presence of my guide 
> dog.
>
> I assumed he was the manager. It turns out the woman is the owner and he 
> is
> a front line employee. Needless to say, I had some yummy Greek food before
> Bernie and I ambled over to the health food store to shop.
>
> By the way, does any one else besides me have the concern about a server
> spitting in your food  prior to serving you as pay back. I got this notion
> in my head based on something I saw on TV about bar tenders and restaurant
> workers doing some really gross things to food prior to serving it.
>
> Lisa and Bernie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William Burley, III" <william.burley3 at gmail.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:30 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Where Do You Find Issues with Attempted Denial of Entry
>
>
>> Good afternoon all!
>>
>>
>>
>> A question I would like to pose is where do you find that there is an
>> attempt to deny access to a person with a service animal generally?
>>
>>
>>
>> As for me, I've worked with Gypsy for about a year and we've only had an
>> issue three times.  One was the week we got home and my mobility
>> instructor
>> took me out to eat as celebration for making it through training.  We 
>> went
>> to a Vietnamese restaurant.  the hostess sat us down and all of a sudden
>> the
>> manager rushed the table and began yelling, "No pets!  No pets!  You
>> cannot
>> bring in your pet!"  Surprisingly I was very calm...considering this was
>> one
>> of our first forays into the public after leaving the school.  I told him
>> that she was a service animal and that she was allowed.  He kept yelling
>> and
>> my mobility guy went the heck livid.  The manager then left us alone.
>>
>>
>>
>> I then, some months later, went to a convenience store near my apartment.
>> I've been in there many times but this particular time, Gypsy and I 
>> walked
>> in and the clerk began yelling and cussing.  Of course, I won't and can't
>> repeat what he said here.  He went on and on like that.  I offered to 
>> call
>> the police for him after repeated attempts to tell him she was a guide 
>> dog
>> and to show her ID card and bring attention to the harness wrapped around
>> her.  Gypsy just sat and stared at the man.  Needless to say, he called
>> the
>> police himself while berating me until they got there.  I showed the
>> police
>> the ID card and they saw Seeing Eye on the harness.  They proceeded to
>> write
>> the man a ticket.  I then organized about five folks with guide dogs to
>> make
>> a visit to the store.  He said nothing.
>>
>>
>>
>> most recently was this week.  A co-worker and I went to a Chinese
>> restaurant
>> for lunch and the cashier ran to the door saying, "Get out!"
>>
>>
>>
>> We've honestly had very few experiences considering our time home and the
>> amount we do go out.  It seems though that when we get those few folks 
>> who
>> are simply uninformed....they're really uninformed!  LOL!
>>
>>
>>
>> Have you experienced this problem and what have you done about it?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Will Burley
>>
>> 713..614.3322
>>
>> William.burley3 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
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