[NAGDU] My recent Uber trip

[Buddy Brannan]

I doubt. Horses don’t compact the same way dogs do. They generally stand. I know a service horse handler. I think she ended up taking the front passenger seat out of her car to accommodate her service mini.


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> On May 26, 2024, at 5:23 PM, Josh Kennedy via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Josh Kennedy via NAGDU
>> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2024 5:07 PM
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>> Cc: Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com>
>> 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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