[nagdu] Some people aren't very bright ... :)

Tue Oct 7 01:44:18 UTC 2014

It's amazing how much some folks can get away with when they are viewed as
"go getters" in the community, but with just a hint of mischievousness.

As for revenge, I try to live and let live, but that doesn't mean I don't
communicate my displeasure when needed.

I simply unfriended this person from Facebook, and explained loudly to the
committee that I would not be taking my Guide to future meetings because I
can't rely on everyone present to act maturely.

I'd like to say that that was sufficient public shaming to teach this
individual a small lesson, but I never received an apology, and the person
still gets her chuckles by doing disruptive things during meetings, although
not usually directed at myself.

Take Care,
Dudley, with Michener

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Emily Michael via
nagdu
Sent: October-06-14 7:11 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some people aren't very bright ... :)

I can’t believe people, would act so discourteously toward a working guide
dog. Wait, I can, but I don’t want to believe it.

Regarding Dudley’s situation, I’m surprised no one at that meeting called
out the spitball-flicker. I’d find a way to shame that person in front of
everyone. 
---
Emily K. Michael
emily.k.michael at gmail.com
Blog: http://areyouseeingthis.wordpress.com/

"Nowhere, Love, will world exist but within."
- Rainer Maria Rilke

On Oct 6, 2014, at 9:04 PM, Larry D Keeler via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Sounds like a guy I used to pass. I pass his store all the time but never
had occassion to go in. For about a month he'd see Holly and I go by and
toss poppers out at us. Finally I began exposing the bird and cussing at
him. He finally stopped when I pulled out my phone and pretended to be
talking to the police. Folks just seem to be looking for cheap
entertainment.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dudley Hanks via nagdu"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To: "'Mark J. Cadigan'" <kramc11 at gmail.com>; "'NAGDU Mailing List,the
National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some people aren't very bright ... :)
> 
> 
> Yes, I totally agree.
> 
> Reading your post, my thoughts turned to a person I've had trouble with in
> the past.  This person didn't throw food at my Guide, but would wad up
> spitballs and flick them at my Guide's face during meetings.  I don't have
> enough sight to know what was going on, so I'd end up getting after my
guide
> for fidgeting around as he'd take swipes at the spitballs stuck to his
face,
> or try to maneuver himself so he'd be out of range.
> 
> It was only after a few meetings that another participant came up to me
and
> told me what was happening.
> 
> Needless to say, I was annoyed, and told the person I wish I'd been told
> that info while the prank was taking place.  But, more to the point, I
> haven't taken my guide to any additional meetings where that person is
> present.
> 
> What really makes the situation perplexing is that the person isn't an
> intellectually-limited  individual, but a professional staff member of a
> local university.
> 
> As to your questions, yes, you can train your Guide to ignore food that is
> not offered to it in any other manner than in your Guides food bowl, just
do
> lots of food drills in a variety of settings.
> 
> As for medicine for upset stomach, check with your vet.  I'm sure he or
she
> can recommend a product that will work.
> 
> Although, I will say that I've had a couple of Guides with touchy tummies,
> and I've had good luck with Pepto-bismol in liquid form.  I found the
pills
> didn't do much for my Guides, but a tablespoon or two of the liquid helped
> for most things other than viral infections.
> 
> Good Luck!
> Dudley, with Michener
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark J. Cadigan
> via nagdu
> Sent: October-06-14 11:35 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] Some people are assholes
> 
> Some people are [bleeped[ . today; I was sitting on a bench making a phone
> call. And there was another student on an adjacent bench eating a sub. My
> dog was just lying by my feet not even looking at the other student, and
> when the student was finished with his sub, without even asking, he threw
> his leftover sub at my dog. Naturally, my dog seeing food flying at his
> face, opened those big jaws of his, and swallowed it. My problem is that
the
> 
> student was so inconsiderate to do that in the first place, and secondly
> that grain makes my dog have the runs. Additionally, it was a meatball
sub,
> and tomatoes are bad for dogs.
> 
> 
> 
> What I am doing besides venting is asking what if anything I can do to
> lessen the inevitable stomach upset, and should I be concerned by the
amount
> 
> of tomatoes contained in ½ of a sub. Also, is it possible to teach a dog
not
> 
> to accept food in that circumstance?
> 
> 
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