[nagdu] Dog in the work place?

[Star Gazer]

				I agree with this. 
I'd also suggest the coworker get some counceling paid for by the employer
to deal with this issue. 

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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog in the work place?

Hi Daryl,
I think what I see is the problem is your boss telling you, or asking you
not to bring the dog.  Whether you do, or don't, should be your choice and
yours alone.  Some people would feel fine with that, some people, not.  Some
dogs need to be with the handler to do their work.  
I don't believe it's anyone's place to tell you to bring or not bring your
dog.  
If the coworker is afraid, then she can sit across the room, or if she is so
afraid she can't be in the same room with you, she could call into the
meeting instead of attending.  But It's my feeling that you are being asked
to do without your mobility aid because she is afraid from across a room.  
Wht you decide to do is up to you, but I think chatting with your boss just
to express your feelings may be good just so y'all are on the same page.  


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> On Jun 12, 2015, at 7:57 PM, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> Hi, guys! For those of you I spoke to on twitter or FB about this, sorry
for the repeat!
> I have a bit of a sticky situation that I would like some advice on.
> I've worked at the same office for a year and a half, and everyone has
been super supportive of Jenny and I, even as we've struggled with Jenn's
barking
> issue this spring. But there is a coworker who is deathly afraid of dogs.
She is so terrified that when I started working here, she asked that her
cubicle
> be moved from beside mine to the far side of the office. I must add here
that I have never once felt disrespected by her, that I am not a valued part
of
> the team, or that Jenny herself is disrespected (she makes it a point to
ask how Jenny and I are doing). Our company's CEO is coming for a site visit
early
> next week, and we are having a staff meeting for about an hour at most
(something that happens 2-3 times a year). My boss asked that I leave Jenny
at my desk during
> the meeting, because even if Jenny is laying down across the room, this
particular coworker is still terrified of her.
> I have unintentionally left Jenny at my desk for moderate periods when I
slipped in to someone's office and we got sidetracked chatting, so I don't
worry
> about her being alone (I figure I can give her a bone and keep her
occupied while I am gone).
> I don't want to act like this is the biggest deal in the world (which it
isn't), but I don't want to treat this like it's nothing, either. I don't
want
> to be the difficult one who takes the dog into the meeting for no other
reason than because I can, when in fact the meeting is only 50 feet away and
she wouldn't
> be guiding me there anyway.
> Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Daryl
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