[nagdu] Refusal Of Access At Eyebrow Threading Place

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Sat Apr 7 01:03:59 UTC 2012


They have to be licensed to operate legally, I think.

Cindy

On Apr 6, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Juanita Herrera wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Juanita Herrera
>> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 4:13 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] Refusal Of Access At Eyebrow Threading Place
>> 
>> 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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