[NAGDU] My recent Uber trip

[Josh Kennedy]

If its 30 inches tall, or less, it'll fit in there ok.



On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 5:15 PM Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> I think your chances of getting even a miniature horse into any kind of
> Uber are very slim.
> Tracy
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] My recent Uber trip
>
> sounds like when I get my service mini horse in a year or two, it'll just
> be easier for me to get a uber pet and be done with it, if I ever have to
> use Uber--if and when I am somewhere that ubers are around. Why go through
> the hassle, because at least with uber pet you know the driver will take
> you!
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 2:31 PM Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I had a recent Uber trip that wasn't the usual refusal.
> >
> > I had to pick up my husband after cataract surgery.  We are both blind
> > for practical purposes.  I called an Uber and messaged the driver that
> > we are blind, so please call out to us.  I also said that I have a
> > service dog guide dog, which is the way I've been told to say it. The
> > driver messaged back "OK".
> >
> > When the driver arrived, Igloo led me to the door and I got ready to
> > get in after making sure my husband was OK and also ready to get in.
> > The driver went around the back and opened it up and said "dog gets in
> > here".  I was very surprised.  I thought he was going to put Igloo in
> > the trunk, like in the lawsuit the NFB was part of several years ago.
> > Now I think maybe it was a hatchback or some space behind the seats,
> > but at the time I was just very startled.
> >
> > I told the driver No, the dog stays with me.  He insisted the dog get
> > in the back.  I suppose I could have climbed in the back with the dog,
> > and ridden without a seatbelt, but that seems disrespectful and wrong
> > for me.  And I didn't want Igloo loose and not under my direct
> > control, either.  We told the driver refusing to take me because of
> > the dog was against the law, but he said he didn't care and drove off.
> >
> > It was particularly upsetting because my husband had just had surgery
> > and we wanted everything to go smoothly, and it didn't.  When the
> > driver finally cancelled, I got an Uber Pet, just so we could get home
> > and my husband could rest and do the things the doctor said to do.
> >
> > I reported the whole thing to Uber, who "investigated", though of
> > course I have no idea what they actually did.
> >
> >
> >
> > So, am I right in calling it a denial?
> >
> > Tracy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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