[nagdu] Liars use phony vests and ID tags to get fake service dogsinto posh New York restaurants

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Tue Aug 13 13:20:54 UTC 2013


This is the sort of drivel I'd expect from Murdoch's New York Post rag.
What he and his ilk want is for the ADA to go away, and disabled people to 
go back in the back room where we belong and they don't have to deal with 
us.  Not gonna happen!
Tracy

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From: "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [nagdu] Liars use phony vests and ID tags to get fake service 
dogsinto posh New York restaurants


> Liars use phony vests and ID tags to get fake service dogs into posh New
> York restaurants
>
> By TARA PALMERI
>
> August 12, 2013
>
> http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/they_re_licked_H9js6NfMXjSAbkkCYu97NI
>
>
>
> The city's craziest, most badly behaved sons of bitches can run wild in 
> the
> most elegant eateries in town - as long as they're masquerading as service
> dogs.
>
>
>
> I borrowed my mom's wacky golden retriever/poodle mix "Hampton'' for a day
> to check out The Post's recent report that dog lovers are decking out 
> their
> pooches with phony vests and fake ID tags to get them into fancy 
> restaurants
> and shops.
>
>
>
> The first stop for our party of five - Hampton and four human pals willing
> to lie for him - was Orsay on Lexington Avenue.
>
>
>
> Hampton - showing off his phony "service dog'' patch we had specially
> embroidered - happily slobbered as he wolfed down an 8-ounce salmon filet.
>
> The 3-foot-tall, 70-pound pooch showed his appreciation of the cuisine by
> pawing nearby tables and jumping on their occupants - as a manager 
> nervously
> looked on.
>
>
>
> "Does he have papers?" a grossed-out patron asked while Hampton strutted
> through the dining room, sniffing around for scraps.
>
>
>
> But the maitre d' couldn't ask, because the Americans with Disabilities 
> Act
> prohibits businesses from demanding a canine's credentials. It also 
> doesn't
> allow managers to ask its human companions about their "disability.''
>
>
>
> We then took our act to a bakery, a grocery store and a Starbucks on
> Lexington. where Hampton blocked entrances and jumped on customers - but 
> he
> was still welcomed in.
>
>
>
> We also learned a lot depends on the dog's personality.
>
>
>
> A colleague and her phony "service dog,'' Cyo, got a warm welcome at Le
> Cirque, where waiters even brought a bowl with water and ice cubes.
>
>
>
> Cyo just sat quietly under the table wagging his tail. He was also 
> welcomed
> at Calvin Klein's and Barneys, where he charmed everyone.
>
>
>
> No one batted an eye as Cyo checked out the shops' offerings.
>
>
>
> But at the Juice Press on Third Avenue, a clerk at first said that dogs 
> were
> not welcome. But she quickly backed off when Cyo was identified as a 
> service
> dog.
>
>
>
> Mayor Bloomberg's girlfriend, Diana Taylor, criticized owners who falsely
> claim they're with a service or therapy dog as she unveiled a dog run in
> Tribeca last week.
>
>
>
> "It's going to ruin it for people that actually need service dogs,'' she
> said.
>
>
>
> "It's unfair for people to take advantage of a system put in place to 
> really
> help those who need it.''
>
>
>
> Additional reporting by Amber Sutherland
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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