[Ohio-talk] White Cane Guy

[Barbara Pierce]

Great idea! YSou would have to do it fast for this newsletter. I am still looking for Buckeye Briefs.

Barbara

Barbara Pierce
President Emerita
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
bpierce at oberlin.net
440-774-8077

On Aug 26, 2014, at 11:00 PM, Deborah Kendrick via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hilarious!  I love it. Maybe you should write a longer version and send to Barbara for the newsletter!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Cohen via Ohio-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 7:08 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] White Cane Guy
> 
> Yesterday afternoon I walked to a shopping center/mall near my home in Kettering for some bed sheets.  After making my purchase I decided to check for a DVD title at another store inside the mall called Second & Charles which is a used book, music and movie place.
> 
> I turned into the store and heard a woman’s voice and she said hello to me.
> 
> “Hi, Second & Charles” I asked raising my eyebrows to her for confirmation?
> 
> “Yes” she said, “You’ve got it.”
> 
> “Do you work here” I asked and she said no so I continued in the direction of the main customer service counter not breaking stride.
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> From behind me the woman who’d greeted me was giving me the audible play-by-play less the crowd noise.
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> “Right, now left etc. and I turned to face her and smiled, mouthing the words “I’m okay thanks.”  You gots to handle the public sometimes with kid gloves as y’all probably know.
> 
> I continued en route and from behind me this woman called to me, “I gotcha.  My ex-husband is a white cane guy.”
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> I laughed aloud and without turning held my left arm up with a thumb’s up sign for her to hopefully see.
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> PC I can do without and all the euphamisms spoken to avoid  saying blind… Well you know that old story.  But this white cane guy label I can really get use to this.  I like it!  I can see it working for me…
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> “What’s your sign?  You act like a Virgo.”
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> “Nope, nope.  I’m a white cane guy.”
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> Single white cane guy seeking SWF must like dogs, fish frys, college football and Braille literacy…
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> “Oh there’s a white cane guy at our office.  I know exactly what you’re talking about.”
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> Text message: LOL! BTW the WCG I met LVM for Friday BYOB.
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