[nagdu] Woman says cab driver refused her a ride because of seeing-eye dog

[rhonda cruz]

 hi i always take a cab places and i never had that happen.
 or if it did i would call another driver.
 but those are my thoughts,

On Aug 6, 2013, at 8:38 AM, Rusty Perez wrote:

> Hi folks,
> about 13 years ago when I was in Dallas for a convention, I called a
> cab late one night to drive me to my hotel. I waited for a long time
> and finally discovered that the cab had come  and driven off   when he
> realized I had a dog with me. The second cab which came a while later,
> explained to me that some folks have a religeous objection to having
> dogs in their cabs.
> I was pretty upset, but did nothing about it.
> Rusty
> 
> Rusty
> 
> 
> On 8/6/13, Ginger Kutsch <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Woman says cab driver refused her a ride because of seeing-eye dog
>> 
>> By Bob Heye KATU News and KATU.com StaffPublished: Aug 2, 2013
>> 
>> http://www.katu.com/news/local/Woman-says-cab-driver-refused-her-a-ride-beca
>> use-of-seeing-eye-dog-218052101.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> PORTLAND, Ore. - A woman who is blind says a Broadway Cab driver refused
>> her
>> service because she had a seeing-eye dog with her.
>> 
>> It all unfolded at Union Station, and an Amtrak worker confirmed what
>> happened to Deb Marinos.
>> 
>> Marinos had gotten off the train and was trying to get to OHSU for a
>> scheduled checkup but a Broadway Cab driver, and then a second cab driver
>> both refused to give her a ride.
>> 
>> "I have a little tiny bit of vision," she said. "I'm what's called legally
>> blind, but I have no peripheral vision. So the dog provides me the ability
>> to cross streets and find curbs and doors."
>> 
>> Marinos rides Amtrak all the time - commuting to work in Salem and Portland
>> and also traveling the country to conferences and legislative assemblies in
>> her job as a vocational rehabilitation counselor for the Oregon Council of
>> the Blind.
>> 
>> She was stunned when she went to get into a Broadway Cab and the driver
>> refused to let her in.
>> 
>> "And he says, 'No, she has a dog. I'm not takin' her. No dogs. Dogs aren't
>> allowed by the company.'"
>> 
>> A second Broadway driver said he'd take her, but he already had a fare. The
>> next cab back was a Sassy Cab, a subsidiary of Broadway Cab.
>> 
>> "The cab behind him, Sassy Cab, says 'No, I don't do dogs either,'" Marinos
>> said. "And then the fourth cab got out to see what all the fun was about
>> and
>> they said, 'OK, we'll take you.'"
>> 
>> An Amtrak helper known as Red Cap argued with the cab drivers' refusals.
>> 
>> "Amtrak is so incredibly good at taking care of us, and the Red Cap today
>> was just absolutely. He was just like all over them and could not believe
>> it
>> - that they'd never had that before where they've had someone turned down,"
>> Marinos said.
>> 
>> And if you think allergies to dogs is behind all this, Marinos said that's
>> not a factor. She's allergic to dogs. Her service dog breed is
>> hypoallergenic.
>> 
>> KATU didn't get a response from Broadway Cab Thursday night. City
>> regulations say "No driver shall ... refuse to transport to his requested
>> destination any passenger of proper demeanor who is able to demonstrate the
>> ability to pay the fare."
>> 
>> Marinos met both of those requirements.
>> 
>> A city spokesperson said the city is starting a formal investigation into
>> the incident and that Broadway Cab is cooperating with investigators.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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