[nagdu] Discrimination

[Tami Jarvis]

Cindy,

Urgh! Glad you're contacting Denny's. The one access issue I had here 
was at Denny's, when the hostess asked to see my papers. Huh? I told her 
the law, she checked with her manager who confirmed it, and that was 
that. I also spoke to the manager once we were seated to ensure their 
training was in order. It was annoying and disruptive, and we ended up 
with a very nice woman we'd never met before sitting at our table to 
discuss the matter and ask me about someone else I don't know and his 
dog that I don't know anything about. That seems to happen also with 
access challenges; suddenly my privacy is out the window, anyone can ask 
me anything! Urgh!

Glad the rest of your holiday was good!

Tami

On 11/30/2014 02:53 PM, Cindy Ray via nagdu wrote:
> I hope all had a great Thanksgiving. I did until .
>
> In the afternoon we went to find dessert. We were in Katy, TX, and we tried
> House of Pies. They were out of any pies we would want, so we went to
> Dennys. The hostess asked to see my ID for the dog. I told her I wasn't
> required to show her one. Also, I didn't have it with me. She said, "Oh,
> OK." So I thought Fisher and I were following, but Fisher had taken his own
> course. Meanwhile, my daughter, who didn't realize she had lost us, followed
> the hostess into a dark, not so recently used section. She asked why since
> there were available families. The hostess said that she didn't want the dog
> to frighten any of her customers. Then she (my daughter) noted that I was
> missing. I was standing by a table of people who seemed to be a Muslim
> family. They had not interacted with me in any way. We left. I don't think
> it was our best course of action; my daughter's children were there, and I
> really didn't want to make a big deal scene so much, but I felt I did the
> service dog users a disservice. I expect to contact their corporate
> concerning it. Pictures would have been an excellent idea. My daughter asked
> if this was Alaama in the 1960s.
>
>
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
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