[NFBMO] rude delta staff

[David Andrews]

If I had the time, I would just stop and say, "I appreciate your 
assistance, but I don't require it. I am just going to stand here 
until you move on and help someone else who needs it more than I."

Dave

At 10:12 AM 7/16/2018, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I did enjoy using/testing the aira program over the last week and don't know
>if it will continue in my budget for now.
>I'd like to hear thoughts of how to dismiss the help of a person who refuses
>to leave your side.
>I was doing great navigating the airports with skill plus aira in one ear
>and a man in the other ear only increased stress.
>Bryan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Gary Wunder via NFBMO
>Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 8:37 AM
>To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List' <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>Cc: Gary Wunder <GWunder at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: [NFBMO] rude delta staff
>
>Lately when I travel, I have a backpack, a CPAP machine, and a laptop. If I
>ask for an assistant and get somebody with a wheelchair who seems insistent
>on keeping it, I say that I would prefer to walk and at the same time that
>I'm saying this I place the CPAP and the laptop in the wheelchair. If they
>seem willing to ditch the chair, I asked them to carry one of the devices.
>After all, that's one of the reasons I'm tipping them.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: NFBMO [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Schulz via
>NFBMO
>Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 6:22 PM
>To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'
>Cc: Bryan Schulz
>Subject: Re: [NFBMO] rude delta staff
>
>Hi,
>
>Thanks for clarifying.
>Regardless of the employer, the passenger should have the opportunity to say
>no thank you and that did happen on the outbound trip with no problems.
>Bryan
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Gene Coulter via NFBMO
>Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 6:12 PM
>To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List' <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>Cc: GeneCoulter at Charter.net
>Subject: Re: [NFBMO] rude delta staff
>
>Indeed those attendants at most airports are employed by the airport not the
>airline for the most part. My cousin worked as a wheelchair attendant for 25
>years in Minneapolis and was paid by the airport authority.
>.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Cheryl Meister via NFBMO
>Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 3:11 PM
>To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List' <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>Cc: 1961clm at gmail.com
>Subject: Re: [NFBMO] rude delta staff
>
>Yes, it's unfortunately  something that happens from time to time.
>However, I don't think it's any one particular airline that is responsible,
>but the airport staff.
>Cheryl
>-----Original Message-----
>From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Daniel Garcia via NFBMO
>Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 2:19 PM
>To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>Cc: Daniel Garcia <dangarcia3 at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [NFBMO] rude delta staff
>
>The same thing happens to me when I travel to Detroit to visit family.
>
>Regards
>
>Daniel
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: NFBMO [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Schulz via
>NFBMO
>Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2018 10:51 PM
>To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>Cc: Bryan Schulz; 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'
>Subject: [NFBMO] rude delta staff
>
>Hi,
>
>
>
>Travelling from Orlando to atlanta, did anyone else endure rude staff while
>switching planes in atlanta?
>
>I walked off of the plane in atlanta and a woman with a wheelchair was
>waiting for me.
>
>She grabbed my arm and dragged me closer to the wheelchair and attempted to
>push me down in the wheelchair.
>
>I gave a laser stare and said you need to learn not to push people down in a
>wheelchair!
>
>Way to go nfb, I thought the blind had it better than this now days.
>
>Bryan Schulz


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