[nagdu] An altercation on the bus yesterday

[rhonda cruz]

 hi jenny, and all. when i normally ride the bus some ware. sit ware in the back of the driver.

 it makes it much better.

 may does well, i don't have many problems.
..
  it is a safe. way.



On Jun 6, 2012, at 7:02 PM, Jenny Keller wrote:

> I just had to tell you all about what happened on the bus here in Rockford yesterday.
> A guy I knew with a guide dog got on the bus.  There were two wheelchairs on the bus as well, so he had to walk in between them.  One of the people in a wheelchair told the guy that he needed to get that dog off the bus because she had allergies.  the guy told her that his dog was a guide dog and continued to walk by her.  I was sitting behind her and could feel my temper rising as she continued to argue with him.
> 
> He continued to argue with her too and the bus driver had to tell them both to quiet down and drop it.  
> 
> It took all I could to do not blurt out that the dog had as much right on the bus as her wheelchair did, but I kept my mouth shut because it wouldn't have come out in a nice and respectful tone of voice.  I kind of felt like pot, meet kettle, if you know what I mean, as her wheelchair took up so much space on the bus.  It angered me so much that someone with a disability that caused her to use an aid that also causes inconvenience, by taking up three regular seats on a bus, would make such a huge and loud scene about someone else with a disability with a dog that he needed to get around with.  You would think that both people would respect the others needs and ways of travel and just get along.  
> 
> that's why I kept my mouth shut, I knew I wouldn't have handled it properly.  I was beginning to feel a little militant and quite insulted myself as having been a dog user.  
> 
> I told the gentleman to go ahead of me as we exited the bus however, because I was going to make my statement known if she had said one more word to him.  I had enough of that kind of attitude.  
> 
> Maybe I should've said something after all, but I felt my temper flaring and knew that it would be in a militant and combative tone, so again, I kept my mouth shut.  Making sure however, that she said nothing to him as he passed her to exit the bus.  It would have been a mistake on her part to utter one more word on the subject at that time, cause I was about to let if fly.
> 
> Anyway, just thought I'd relay the experience.  In my opinion, that dog was no different than that chair.  Plain and simple.
> 
> Jenny
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