[nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs

Sun Jan 3 03:58:13 UTC 2010

Good evening everyone,

    And then wonder why your cell phone got robbed. This is a very bad idea 
and doesn't reflect positively on us as competent and independent blind 
individuals. I never hand my cell phone to strangers. Depending on where I 
am and what I have on me I'll either put their contact information in my 
Braille-N Speak, call my cell phone number and have the contact dictate the 
information to me or use the good old slate and stylist to protect my 
valuable belongings and to present a positive image of the blind.

    As far as dancing and such folding canes can be clipped to one's person 
in some fashion, the straight cane or a guide dog can be stowed/tethered in 
close proximity to the dance floor or left with a friend to hold while we're 
dancing.     These suggestions will also be of help in other situations 
where one must stoe or tie their mobility aid when performing particular 
tasks.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Briley Pollard" <brileyp at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs

I also don't recomend going to a club without a mobility aid. I will bring a 
folding or telescoping cane usually. Sometimes I check it at the door with 
my coat or leave it at my table, (dancing with a cane is a little awkward). 
As far as phone numbers, if you're comfortable just having the person call 
your phone and you can save it later, that might work.

I can't help but add that if you have a guide dog, taking them to a really 
loud environment like a club isn't in their best interest. Of course it is 
always at the owner's discretion, but a place where people are drinking, 
bodies are packed together, and the music is so loud it is bound to hurt 
their incredibly sensitive ears is highly stressfull for them as well as the 
owner.

That is my 20 cents.

On Jan  2, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Jedi wrote:

> you should always carry a cane with you even if you use a dog. You never 
> know when you will want or need to get somewhere independently.
>
> If you have a dog or want to avoid the inconvenience of a straight cane 
> (when dancing for example), use a telescoping cane or folding cane. A 
> night club is the last place a young lady or gentleman should be without a 
> traveling tool of some kind.
>
> Respectfully,
> Jedi)
>
> PS. I would not take a notetaker to a club nor would I just hand over my 
> phone. If your phone is hnaccessible, just call yourself and leave a 
> message with your rontact's info for later filing.
>
>
> Original message:
>> I think taking a note taker to the club is a bad idea.  I don't even 
>> bring
>> my purse because it is just something to carry around.  You don't want to
>> set it down somewhere, and you would just look silly dancing with it.  In
>> fact I don't even bring my cane because I don't know what to do with it 
>> on
>> the dance floor.  I usually go with a friend and just go sighted guide. 
>> I
>> hate loosing a bit of independence but what ells can you do.  If I go 
>> with
>> other blind friends then I usually bring my cane but I always feel silly
>> with it at the club.  As far as phone numbers...  I think having someone
>> ells program it in to your phone is fine if you can not do it yourself. 
>> But
>> my phone is not very accessible and I can do it.  I just  hit o.k. and it
>> brings up a menu the first thing on the menu is add contact.  I hit O.K.
>> again, and then you can type in the number then down arrow and type in 
>> the
>> name. Then hit o.k. again and their it is.  Another option is to have a
>> bizness card with your info, so you can give the new person your number.
>> This is probably not so necessary as pretty much every one has cell 
>> phones
>> now but it is a thought.  The slate and stylist is a good idea to if you 
>> can
>> get a hold of one of those ninny slates.  But you have to be careful with
>> this option, because you could get stabbed with the stylist if you move
>> funny or if your pants are tight.
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] phone numbers at night clubs
>
>
>>> Hmmmmm. Interesting subject.  I would've taken the notetaker just
>>> because I'm pretty touchy feely about my information.  The numbers are
>>> not programmable by a blind person in my cell phone, so a note taker
>>> is a good option.
>>> Beth
>
>>> On 1/1/10, Kevin Wassmer <commanderlumpy2003 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>> Hello folks. It's been a long time sense I have bought up a discussion 
>>>> on
>>>> here. First of all, I will say I am doing fine. I have a job at Verizon
>>>> Wireless working at a call center. It is challenging. How it is
>>>> rewarding. I
>>>> am glad to finely get off of social security soon. Or as I call it
>>>> socialist
>>>> insecurity. But that's another story.
>
>>>>                I want to bring up a topic. I use to go to night clubs
>>>> back
>>>> in the day. I did not want to bring my Braille Note with me because the
>>>> thought back then of bringing my note taker sounded strange. But I 
>>>> would
>>>> always have a problem if I met someone and wanted to get their number.
>>>> This
>>>> was because the music was so loud that it was hard to communicate. I 
>>>> use
>>>> to
>>>> have people program numbers in to my cell phone at nosy places like 
>>>> that.
>>>> My
>>>> question to you all is this. Being blind, would you have taken your 
>>>> note
>>>> taker to the night club? The more I think about it, the more I believe 
>>>> a
>>>> Slate and Styles would have been a great option for some like the night
>>>> club
>>>> sidereal. What would you have done?
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