[nagdu] I was not excepted

Marion Gwizdala blind411 at verizon.net
Fri Mar 15 10:29:38 UTC 2013


Jenny,
    Please write to me off-list at

President at NAGDU.ORG

Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:04 PM
Subject: [nagdu] I was not excepted


> My application was not excepted for the following reasons, which I found 
> rediculous at best.
>
> they brought a dog with them without telling me about it.  Then expected 
> me to work that dog, who I have never worked with before, in snowy 
> conditions.  they said that I did not put trust in said dog so they wer 
> concerned about that.  Even though I did the Juno walks with her just 
> fine.
>
> also, they wanted me to have twenty minutes of a routes, three or more, 
> that I walk to get things done.  I explained that the sidewalks in 
> Rockford are treturous, and that between walking to the bus stop, getting 
> to the correct gate at the terminal, and then walking from the bus stop to 
> wherever I'm going constitutes that twenty minutes, it's just not a 
> streight non-stop twenty minutes.
>
> That didn't satisfy them.
>
> They also said that I had said that I didn't walk as much in the winter. 
> That didn't mean I don't walk at all.  Most people unless they live in 
> cities that take care of their sidewalks in general, and make sure that 
> things are shoveled properly generally don't walk as much in the winter 
> time.
>
> Anyway, I think it's a bunch of bull, and I have no idea what to do now.
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Jenny
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