[nagdu] Refusal Of Access At Eyebrow Threading Place

[Juanita Herrera]

Thank you to all who have replied. I will give her a card with the ADA
information on it. GDB gave us these so we could hand out to the
public. I will also try to find out if they are licensed by anyone and
try to speak to that person about it. Lyn, threading is where they
have two resistant threads put together and they rub the threads
together with the hair that needs to be removed  in between the two
threads. This causes the hair to come out and thus, it is removed. I
hope that expanation helped. Lol!
Bes,
Juanita And Anise

On 4/6/12, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would probably find a translator to help with her language. Printing out
> your state laws would be good, as I am assuming she can read English. See
> where that takes you; if the results are good, then you can continue going
> back there. Explain you are a paying customer, and could bring in more
> business, or hurt that business if you really wanted to. If it doesn't go
> well, then the police might need to be involved, but I would not try this as
> the first attempt. Working with people is more conducive then threats.
>
> Just my two cents,
> Marsha
>
>
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> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 4:13 AM
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> Subject: [nagdu] Refusal Of Access At Eyebrow Threading Place
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> Hello All,
> Since a lot of discussion has been going on about churches, religion,
> and guide dogs I decided I'd tell you all of something that occurred
> to me a month after I came home with Anise. I have always gotten my
> eyebrows threaded instead of waxed, and typically the people who do
> eyebrow threading are originally from India. I had been going to this
> eyebrow threading place, which is about a 5 minute walk from my house,
> for almost two years. According to me, I knew the girls who threaded
> my eyebrows pretty well and I felt comfortable with them. It never
> occurred to me that they would be against me taking Anise into their
> establishment. That day, my previous O&M instructor and I met up for
> lunch and since we were near the eyebrow threading place we decided to
> thread our eyebrows. When we walked into the place one of the ladies
> asked what we were going to get done and we told her we'd both be
> getting our eyebrows threaded. Then she said that Anise couldn't be in
> there. I explained that she was a service animal and that she was
> trained to be my guide and that she was allowed to go anywhere I was.
> Then she said that they were Muslim and that they prayed in their
> establishment. They said that because prayer took place there I
> couldn't take my dog in there. I didn't know exactly what to do, what
> to say, or how to react because I am fairly new to this. I told her
> that legally I was allowed to stay there with my dog but that if it
> bothered her so much I would leave. She finally said that I could stay
> there but that my O&M instructor had to hold Anise and stand by the
> door while I got my eyebrows threaded. I must say it was a very
> uncomfortable situation, and I haven't returned since then. I now go
> to another place which is an one hour bus ride away or a 20 minute car
> ride if I get lucky to catch a ride with someone. I honestly am a
> little offended by the incident and I wish I would be able to return
> because the place is close to me and more convenient.. However, I know
> the problem will persist because as much as I tried explaining to the
> lady she didn't seem to understand since her English is very limited.
> What do you all think I should do?
> Best,
> Juanita And Anise
>
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