<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Richard,<div><br></div><div>Your approach is right on Target. We can quote the law all we want, but the way we are going to change public perceptions is by being active and visible in the community. There are times when we might request assistance, but that is true for everyone. The people we see at customer service desks in stores are requesting assistance. Their requests might be different from ours, but many people are asking for shopping assistance. No they are not asking for someone to walk through the store with them, but in many cases they are requesting help finding something.</div><div><br></div><div>Eric</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 22, 2024, at 1:45 PM, Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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<br><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">I rem</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">embered that a post on the list talked about shopping and getting assistance.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">Well yesterday I took a chance and w</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">ent to a new store to buy food and the young lady at the counter said they were very short handed.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">Normally when I go</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">into</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> the store the staff are very</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">familiar </font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">with</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">me,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> and I get great help</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">They called a person who said he was the store</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">supervisor</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> and asked didn’t someone drop me off after telling him</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">yes,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> h</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">e repeated that they were short of staff.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">I asked him his name again and</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">proceeded</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> to tell him that I needed assistance to shop. He as</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">ked what I was shopping for and where was my list.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">This was a random shopping</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">trip,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> so no list and I wanted to see what sales were running.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">He told me he c</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">ould point out items and offered to tell me which</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">way to</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">go</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">to</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"></font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">find</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">the</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">product.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">The funny thing is that</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">I said to him if you are a</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">supervisor</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> were you up to date with the law and he said yes.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">Well,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> my response was direct then you</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">know that</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">the law</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">requires you to assist me with shopping I could feel his</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">mood</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> changing.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">then</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> he wrote down some items and ran around to get those it</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">ems that I could think of</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">off</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> the top of my head. When he returned with a limited amount of the</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">items,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> I</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">insisted</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> that</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> he</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">take</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> me around the store which he did</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">He helped me to go through the line and</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">outside</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> where I could get my ride. The man came back out an</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">d gave me the direct number to the location and said if I wanted to call ahead the next time he would make</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">sure</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos"> someone would be available I shook his hand and</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">said thanks.</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">I may call but probably not because even if I just walk in</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Aptos">it will be my intent to educate them and make the store aware of how to assist us.</font></span></div>
<br><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Aptos">Richard Payne, President</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font size="2" face="Helvetica">National Federation of the Blind of Ohio</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Helvetica">937/829/3368</font></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><a href="mailto:Rchpay7@gmail.com"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><u></u></span><u><span lang="en-us"></span></u><u><span lang="en-us"><font color="#467886" size="2" face="Helvetica">Rchpay7@gmail.com</font></span></u><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><a href="http://www.nfbohio.org/"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><u></u></span><u><span lang="en-us"></span></u><u><span lang="en-us"><font color="#467886" size="4" face="Aptos">www.nfbohio.org</font></span></u><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Aptos">The National Federation of the Blind advances the lives of its members and all blind people in the United States. We know that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, becaus</font><font size="4" face="Aptos">e low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. Our collective power, determination, and diversity achieve the aspirations of all blind people.</font></span></div>
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