[nagdu] Taxicabs Revisited

[Margo and Arrow]

Oh, I know--I was just kind of curious.
Sounds like he thought he'd pull some wool over you or something.

Margo andArrow
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
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> Well, I aim to find o ut. How are you the only one exempted and you talked 
> to somebody in charge of ADA but you don't remember who--not person, 
> agency, but you haul dogs anyway. And why bother me with this story in the 
> first place. What did he want from me? Praise cause he was sacrificing his 
> health for me. Well not happening.
>
> cl
>
> On Apr 11, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Margo and Arrow wrote:
>
>> I'd be interested to know who exactly he talked with or what department, 
>> whatever, because I doubt, well, let me put it this way.  he may have 
>> talked to someone in a city department and they said he could be exempt. 
>> Glad he hauls dogs anyway.  Weird experience, huh.
>>
>> Margo andArrow
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 9:12 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Taxicabs Revisited
>>
>>
>>> Last night I had a really interesting experience. I do not call cabs and 
>>> tell the dispatcher that I have a dog with me; I do, however, believe 
>>> that they may have entered that fact into my computer at some point. So 
>>> I called a cab last night and the driver had driven  while before he 
>>> said, "The computer didn't say there would be a dog with you." I had 
>>> forgotten that the computer had at one time noted the dog, but my DH 
>>> said so later. I said that I don't announce that I have the dog with me 
>>> because I am not bound to do so. He said he has an asthma condition that 
>>> makes him exempt from hauling dogs, and I told him legally that wasn't 
>>> an option. He told me that he was the only driver in Des Moines with an 
>>> exemption. He had contacted "whoever is in charge of ADA" and explained 
>>> this asthmatic problem and had been able to get exempted from hauling 
>>> dogs. If he come, he said, he has to see to it that you get another 
>>> driver. Well, fine, but I would have been later than I was. But then he
> said,
>>> "I take dogs anyway because if it is a day when I am having that much 
>>> trouble with the asthma, I am not driving anyway." So what was that? He 
>>> says he's exempt because of the asthma but he hauls dogs anyway; can't 
>>> have it both ways, I say, and I'm thinking to investigate this because I 
>>> think he's full of *IT*. Does anyone believe he can actually do this. I 
>>> didn't continue arguing the point because I didn't have enough amunition 
>>> with me at that moment to do so and, after all, he hadn't denied me the 
>>> ride. Also, he did not pass out because of the oxygen problems created 
>>> by Fisher being in the car. So, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
>>>
>>> Cindy Lou
>>>
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