[Nfbwv-talk] My Experience with the Elevator

[Smyth, Charlene R]

Karen, I'll take it.  Smile

Charlene



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[mailto:nfbwv-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Karen McDonald
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:43 AM
To: NFB of West Virginia Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Nfbwv-talk] My Experience with the Elevator

Wow! There's a nickname for you in that somewhere.  How about 
Elevator Mama.  There's an old blues song with a name similar to 
that.
Karen

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Smyth, Charlene R" <Charlene.R.Smyth at wv.gov
To: NFB of West Virginia Discussion List <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:33:20 -0400
Subject: [Nfbwv-talk] My Experience with the Elevator

Yesterday morning, I went to my family doctor's office to have 
some
blood work done.  I walked through the first door and started 
veering to
the left to find the second door.  When my cane hit the wall, I 
reached
out to look for the door handle.  When I couldn't find the door 
handle,
I of course started moving and looking around.  In just a step or 
two in
either direction there was another wall.  I figured I must have 
gotten
back in a little alcove and just needed to work my way out of it.  
I
couldn't find any opening and thought, "Now wait a minute, I got 
in here
so there has to be a way out of here."  Then I realized I was in 
an
elevator.  That elevator was the smallest elevator I have ever 
seen.  I
started looking for the buttons and Braille to no avail.  If 
there were
buttons on that elevator, I couldn't find them.  Maybe it was a 
flat
panel for the buttons.  I tried knocking on the elevator door to 
get
someone's attention with no success so I pulled out my cell phone 
to
call the doctor's office to explain where I was and what I 
needed.  Then
I heard a couple of people come in the outer door so I started 
knocking
on the elevator door again and asked them to open the door.  
First of
all, I didn't even know there was an elevator in that small 
building and
secondly, I must have walked through with perfect timing to walk 
right
on the elevator while the door was open.  I am still smiling 
about it.



Charlene

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