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

Thu May 23 20:43:24 UTC 2013

This was assault!  She should be punished in some way.  What we don't know 
from this story is whether or not this is the woman's first offense or not. 
Maybe she shoould not be allowed to work around customers until her meds 
work for her.  It is NOT okay to spray bleach in anyone's eyes - could 
damage the corneas.  At the least, she shoould pay the blind woman's vet 
bill because, I'm sure, she had to take the dog to a vet to make sure the 
eyes were fine and to have the eyes flushed out.  But prison, no.  That does 
no good for a person with mental illness.

The store is responsible for their employees' actions while on the job. 
People with service dogs do shop there.  What else coould the woman's 
paranoia be set off by?  Dogs now but what about babies next?  If the 
woman's meds can't keep the problem under control, then maybe that kind of 
job is inappropriate for her.

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: "blind411" <blind411 at verizon.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog

> Here is my take on this. Every individual has the right to travel freely 
> in
> their community and feel safe in doing so. We also have the right to feel
> our personal property is safe and no one has the right to deprive us of 
> our
> property nor damage that property without just cause. This is true no 
> matter
> what the excuse from another person. Just because a person has a mental
> illness, it does not entitle them to harm us or our property.
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion Gwizdala
>
>
>
> -----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
> Sent with my IPhone
>
> 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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