[nagdu] Question

[Larry D. Keeler]

Brenda, I don't really know!  I know of course if someone is being 
inappropriate and touching things they're not supposed to or running away 
with something that's a crime but just touching someone, I don't know.  I 
have to warn people not to do such things to me because I'm likely to attack 
them.  I've had to many folks sneak up on me or try and pull something over 
on me not to be defensive.  I also grew up in the ghetto in Kalamazoo where 
assault was as common as drinking water!  You never know what could happen 
and sence I'm out after dark often, I learned to be rough.  I'm not that way 
as a rule but people sneaking up on me, grabbing my things including my dogs 
for one is a pet or the worst sneaking up and touching my face really can 
make me defensive!  Maybe the last especially because I can't see it coming 
and I value my face, ugly mug that it is, its mine!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brenda" <bjnite at windstream.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 9:20 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Question


> Is it illegal to just come up to someone and touch them?  What happens if 
> someone grabs me and I push them away?  How do I know they really want to 
> guide me somewhere, maybe they want to pick my pocket.
>
> Can someone just come up and start fondling my purse or my umbrella or 
> whatever they see on my person that they would like to examine further? 
> Or my guide dog if I had one?  If someone grabs my purse, what happens if 
> I snatch it away from them and yell at them ?  True, I might think they 
> are trying to steel my purse, but what about my Victor Stream, maybe they 
> just want to look at it?
>
> If it is wrong for people to come up to me and touch my things, why is it 
> not a crime to touch a guide dog.  It is not theirs - leave it alone.
>
> Once at work I had someone start fidgeting with my monocular which was 
> sitting on my CCTV.  I told them to leave it alone and they got mad. 
> Later, they took my typing stand after I left for the day so they could 
> use it and didn't put it back.  I put a sign on it after that and they 
> left it alone.  They probably would have pet my  guide dog had I one at 
> the time.
>
> I just don't understand why people think they can just pet a guide dog and 
> then get indignant when they are told  not to by the handler.  Are there 
> laws that can be applied to someone touching me or my umbrella or my 
> victor or my (someday) guide.
>
> I'm just annoyed at the unfortunate crazy stories people have had the 
> occasion to tell of late on this list.  Nothing against the tellers, just 
> the perpetrators.
>
> Brenda
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> On 10/16/2011 7:23 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
>> Julie, no, this was resorted to twice.  In both cases the persons were 
>> being overly aggressive.  They were blocking my way and were not 
>> listening to anything I was trying to tell them.  One person jumped in 
>> front of me and began to pet Holly.  I explained to him the usual and he 
>> told me he was a vet and basically in more colorful terms he'd do 
>> whatever he wanted!  He then threatened to kill my dog if he couldn't pet 
>> her so that's why he got the response he got!  The other was a woman who 
>> was being so persistant that I couldn't shake her.  Everywhere I turned 
>> she kept trying to touch Holly and get in my way.  I did have another 
>> woman who didn't touch Holly but kneeled down in front of us and would 
>> move every time we did so we couldn't get around her.  She wouldn't let 
>> me pass until I told her what kind of dog Holly was.  When I did she 
>> called me a liar and I actually had to step in the street to go around 
>> her!  No, that one only got some really goofy looks!
>> Intelligence is always claimed but rarely proven!
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