[nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog

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Using the argument that mental health is a disability, and she presumably
has a real mental health issue, then why was she working in an environment
that could trigger her to act aggressively. It'd be like if a blind person
drove a bus, it could probably be done, but not safely, and if a blind
person did attempt it, and hurt someone or damagd property as a result, then
the blind person should face whatever penalties anybody else would face if
they drove a bus and caused damage. 


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marsha Drenth
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:57 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog

All,
this is another one of those cases where it should be decided who should be
accommendated. Just like Marion posted about a week or so ago, a person who
has an allergy to dogs, has to figure it out themselves, its their
responsibility. Is a blind persons needs more important than a persons with
a mental health issue? or is it the other way around? Its a very sad case.
What the store clerk did was horrible, what her punishment should be I am
not sure. But if she had any assistance in being placed in that job, whom
ever was helping her should have gotten that information that she was afraid
of dogs, before placing her in a potential location that would have service
animals involved. I mean it could have been a a person who is physically
impaired come in with a service animal, the clerk could have done the same
thing. The clerk was afraid of dogs, it doesn't matter about the who has the
dog, its a dog, no matter what disability. Mental health is now considered a
disability. I am not sure there is a right or wrong in this case. 

Marsha drenth
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On May 23, 2013, at 11:12 AM, "Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire"
<orleans24 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I hope this owman that did this ends up serving time in jail and has to
pay the $5000.00 fine.
> Wht this customer service representative di was unbelievable.
> I don't care if she has a mental illness, but what she did to the guide
dog is very unexceptable and unexcusable!!!
> This makes me very angry and mad!!!
> *Disgusted and upset*
> I do hope that the guide dog has not suffered any trauma from this
incident.
> Bibi and son Odie
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:09 PM
> Subject: Article: Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog Scared 
> Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog with bleach Sunrise resident 
> cited for animal cruelty A seeing-eye dog had bleach squirted in its 
> eyes at a Publix grocery store when a 67-year-old woman intentionally 
> sprayed the animal in an unprovoked attack, a police report says.
> The 5-year-old yellow Labrador retriever appeared uninjured, the 
> report said, but Patricia Lawler, of Sunrise, was cited for animal 
> cruelty and given a notice to appear after the 4:15 p.m. Saturday incident
at the store at 10155 W. Oakland Park Blvd.
> 
> 
> 
> Lawler told police she "thought it was a vicious animal" and feared it 
> would be a danger to other customers, so she grabbed a spray bottle of 
> Clorox cleaner off a shelf and sprayed the animal in the eyes and back.
> "I realize now it was a mistake," Lawler said when reached by 
> telephone Monday. "I have a fear of dogs. It was just a big dog with a big
head. I was just afraid."
> Lawler said she takes medication for schizoaffective disorder, and 
> paranoia is one the symptoms associated with her mental illness.
> The dog's owner, Ronda Carin Shore, 45, also of Sunrise, told police 
> she is blind and keeps the canine with her at all times. It was 
> wearing a service-dog vest, an assist handle and a placard, the report 
> said.
> Shore declined to comment Monday.
> Although the dog wasn't exhibiting aggressive behavior, Lawler said 
> she got scared when she saw it and asked Shore to leave the store with 
> the dog. When that didn't produce results, she said she resorted to the
spray bleach to get rid of the animal.
> "I was afraid the dog would go wild, or some small child would get 
> bitten, or somebody would get hurt," Lawler said. "I guess I 
> overreacted. But I still feel like a dog doesn't belong in a place like a
grocery store."
> If convicted of the first-degree misdemeanor, Lawler faces up to a 
> year in jail and/or a $5,000 fine.
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