[nagdu] My Letter to the Reporter

[Alyssa via nagdu]

Wow! Strongly worded I must say. Unfortunately, that is needed at times. I too agree the whole story was blown out of proportion.
Alyssa

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 31, 2014, at 6:52 PM, "Darla J. Rogers via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>                I understand journalism very well--that is why I seldom
> allow myself to be interviewed by one--excuse me Liz and Craig--being
> interviewed by you would probably be a wonderful experience, but to rub
> someone's nose in a problem  he or she did not make.  I can't abide that.
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> Dear Mr. Wood
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> I have traveled with a Guide Dog for almost 35
> years--long-term--coast-to-coast--and shorter flights, and I got stuck in
> Detroit, without assistance to find my dog a relief area, in early 2013, and
> only once did my dog have an accident--in the terminal at an airport--which
> I was ready and had the supplies to clean it up.
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>                However, none of us knows when our dog might suddenly become
> ill any more than you would or the passengers who complained; while I am
> certain the stench wasn't pleasant, how dare people complain about a sick
> animal who provides such a valuable service to its handler.
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>                Do you know when you will be ill?  Are you sure you might's
> have diarrhea in a place you'd rather not have it? What in the hell was this
> poor handler to do high in the sky, and what does the handler get:  A bunch
> of snarky complaints from people who probably vomit in cabs or on airplanes;
> who don't bathe; whose children make a flight seem interminable, but do I
> complain/  Do I embarrass the person by making such a public display of
> disgust. At least, you got one thing right:  interviewing Mr. Kutsch whose
> comments are right on.
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>                Now, if I can just find where the complainers are
> complaining, I'll give them several pieces of my mind.
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> Darla & Guide Dogs of America guide dog, Huck
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> Darla J. Rogers
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> djrogers0628 at gmail.com
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> Don't compromise yourself; you are all you've got.
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> --Janis Joplin
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