[nagdu] An altercation on the bus yesterday

[Jenny Keller]

that wasn't possible as there were two wheelchairs on the bus, and the forward facing seats just before the back doors were all taken.  

He had to go up the two steps to get to any available seats.

Jenny
On Jun 7, 2012, at 7:30 AM, rhonda cruz wrote:

> hi jenny, and all. when i normally ride the bus some ware. sit ware in the back of the driver.
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> it makes it much better.
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> may does well, i don't have many problems.
> ..
>  it is a safe. way.
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> 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.  
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>> 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.  
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>> 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.  
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>> 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.
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>> 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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