[nagdu] Discrimination

[Dan Weiner]

You know I've gotten a lot of people asking for my id lately or my papers
like you.
I explain the matter and it goes away or has so far but I suppose this is a
trend.
It's usually a restaurant and as I walk in--smile.

Dan W.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tami Jarvis via
nagdu
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 8:46 PM
To: Cindy Ray; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Discrimination

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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