[nagdu] What would you do?

[Cindy Ray]

He was told about it because he is blind and uses a dog. This happens all of the time. I think it is likely safe to assume that said gentleman wasn't longing to be out in the middle of traffic wandering around or whatever he was doing. And even if he was, it is an abnormal behavior and would bear looking into. So if a concerned citizen such as a bus driver sees another blind guy with a dog, his natural reaction, right or wrong, is to tell him. And because we are a small community, and because such things seem to reflect upon us whether right or wrong, we feel the need to help. Also, we don't really want to hear about a blind guy being creamed because he was wandering in the traffic. For me, out of compassion, if I hear this story, I feel a need to find some way to help that won't at the same time be offensive. That might end up being a fine line.

Cindy

On Apr 4, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) wrote:

> Who wandered out into the traffic, the dog, the man, both? Was the dog working at the time?
> How do we know he wandered v. chose to be there?  I am not saying the choice was a smart one, but it's worth considering.
> What did the driver do?
> Why were you told about this?
> Why do you feel you should do anything?
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steven Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 7:44 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: [nagdu] What would you do?
> 
> I have a question for all of you.  I was approached by one of our Municipal
> Transit drivers today in regards to a gentleman who has a guide dog, and I
> will not mention the school, who apparently had wondered out into 4 lanes of
> traffic making everyone stop for him.  The question, what would you do?
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
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