<div dir="auto">Very good, thank you for this work.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards, Angela</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 8:19 AM VIAS, ARMANDO via NFB_of_Georgia <<a href="mailto:nfb_of_georgia@nfbnet.org">nfb_of_georgia@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Absolutely especially when someone tries to grab your cane & I had someone who didn’t speak good English do that & when I tried to explain to them, they got offended & said “I won’t help you again”. & I was trying to explain that you can still help but
ask & I was trying my best to be nice & someone who spoke Spanish was trying to explain to her.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to tell you one of my experiences at a Burger King restaurant.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">While I had a wonderful experience getting my food, the experience that I’m going to talk about when I was leaving the restaurant.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After booking a Lyft to leave the restaurant, I was grabbed by one of the employees without permission. She grabbed both of my arms, and I was like, “I’m good.” I then asked her for her name. I was finally able to get outside without anymore
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<p class="MsoNormal">I understand that she doesn’t know the right way to ask if I need any help, but it made me feel uncomfortable.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am debating on writing a PSA on my website and on my social media channels to let them know the right way to use sighted guide, and to first ask me before grabbing me.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone else ever experienced this? I didn’t want to make a seen at the restaurant.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t want the employee to get in trouble for that, but I would like to sit down with them to teach them the right way. Education is key, and I am willing to educate everyone.<u></u><u></u></p>
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