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

Julie Phillipson jbrew48 at verizon.net
Sat May 25 19:42:21 UTC 2013


may be it didn't occur to her just because... I don't believe it had 
anything to do with her mental illness.  May be she thought she was 
protecting the voices in her head.

Julie Phillipson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
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> "She (the clerk or customer or whoever she was) had the option to leave 
> the
> handler's vicinity"
>
> It is possible that, because of her mental illness, this did not occur to
> her.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Darla Rogers
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:56 AM
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> She (the clerk or customer or whoever she was) had the option to leave the
> handler's vicinity, so I hope she gets the book thrown at her because, 
> when
> one works in a public setting, all kinds of people will be in your 
> vicinity,
> so you have to deal or don't take a job in the public.
> Darla
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:36 AM
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>
> that is really sad. It could have really injured the dog or anyone around
> that area.
> On 5/23/2013 9:12 AM, Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire 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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