[nagdu] Chinese Restaurants.

[Lyn Gwizdak]

As many as you can gather together!  We used to have about 12 in our group. 
You want enough to make a definate impression of them - they see wwell 
behaved dogs and it usually works.  But, if the place is kinda small, get at 
least 6 with dogs.

No matter how many, be sure that all of the people are good dog handlers and 
keep their dogs under very good control.  And, someone have a copy of the 
access law with you guys.  Even the police is unaware of the law sorry to 
say.

Lyn and Landon
"Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like 
asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deanna Lewis" <DLewis at clovernook.org>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Chinese Restaurants.


> Mike,
> I have considered this /smiles/.
> I think this is a good idea, and have considered doing this for many 
> places. I wonder how many guide dog users I should invite? LOL
> I will keep y'all posted on how it goes.
> Thanks
> Deanna and Pascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hingson
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:37 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Chinese Restaurants.
>
> Deanna,
>
> Marion and others have already answered this, but I would add that if the 
> restaurant refuses you, gather a bunch of guide dog users together and all 
> visit the restaurant.
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Michael Hingson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deanna Lewis
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 06:33 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> (nagdu at nfbnet.org)
> Subject: [nagdu] Chinese Restaurants.
>
> Good Morning all,
> I have had some bad experiences in Chinese Restaurants since having a 
> guide dog. Most of the time, the restaurant is very good about the dog. 
> But, every once in a while you get people who just do not understand what 
> a guide dog does.
> So, there is this one restaurant that is a Chinese Buffet that is close to 
> where I live. I went to it a few years ago with Pascal and my friend. As 
> soon as we walked in, the lady said, "No dogs." I simply explained that he 
> was a guide dog. She seemed to understand, but then she said that he could 
> come in, but had to stay at the table and that I could not take him to the 
> buffet. At the time, I did not know if this was legal or not. Also, it was 
> a new restaurant and I did not feel comfortable sending my friend to the 
> buffet to serve me. So, we just left, and I have not been back there yet.
> Since then, I have taken my dog to many American food buffets, and they do 
> not have a problem with my taking him to the actual buffet. I also took 
> him to a different Chinese Buffet and had no problems.
> So, my main issue is this, I want to try to go back to this Chinese buffet 
> and see what happens. After all, it has been over 3 years and I hope that 
> since then they have had many more guide dog teams come in. What should I 
> do if they say the same thing? Have you all ever experienced similar 
> discrimination? What would you do in this situation?
> Thank you for any advice.
> Deanna and Pascal
>
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