[Nfbc-info] another Uber question

[Karmalynne]

Lauren,

It's always helpful if you contact the driver, and let them know you
are blind. It saves a lot of miscommunication.

On 6/8/17, Lauren Merryfield via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi,
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> Okay, so I’ve now taken Uber twice with someone else contacting them,
> because my phone was not accepting messages. It turned out my phone company
> had inadvertently turned off short messages.
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> Anyway, one problem I had was that one driver honked and I had no idea it
> was for me. Another one didn’t come to find me even though I was sitting
> outside where they could see me.  Later I was told that he thought I was
> asleep.
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> The problem is, how do I get them to for sure, respond to me as a
> mullti-disabled blind person and let me know they’re there, and wait for me?
> (I’m a slow walker these days).
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> I would feel less anxious if I knew of a pretty much sure fire way to get
> Uber drivers to let me know they’re there and stop long enough for me to get
> to their cars. I waited two hours at Kaiser the other day because of lack of
> connection with Ubers. The guy I got said they are training some to be
> assistive responders to help people who might need extra help like me. He
> was one of those who had been trained. I finally got home with his help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lauren
>
> Blessings in Jesus’ name! 
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> Deuteronomy 32New Living Translation (NLT)
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> 32 “Listen, O heavens, and I will speak!
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>     Hear, O earth, the words that I say!
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> Let my teaching fall on you like rain;
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>     let my speech settle like dew.
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> Let my words fall like rain on tender grass,
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>     like gentle showers on young plants.
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> I will proclaim the name of the Lord;
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>     how glorious is our God!
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> He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect.
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>     Everything he does is just and fair.
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> He is a faithful God who does no wrong;
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>     how just and upright he is!
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> Advice from my cats:"Meow when you feel like it."
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