[nagdu] You never know

[Tracy Carcione]

But it wasn't a good day, nor a bad one.  Ben lay down under the seat, as
he always does, although he did refrain from looking around for something
to snarf.  And he may have sniffed someone when we got up; that wouldn't
be unusual.  The people just chose to focus on how quiet he is.
My point was not that people are always watching, which I can't help or
not, but that one never knows when some small thing one does might start a
ripple that might actually make a difference somewhere, somewhen.
Tracy

> The flip side though is that you can be really having a bad day and not
> look so good. Or, you and dog can be doing what you're supposed to do
> and someone seeing it doesn't understand and doesn't want to learn.
> I always found that stressful, both the bad days we've all experienced
> when it seems like our dog gave its brain to science before it was done
> with it, or the people that think they know what the dog should be doing
> and are just plain wrong. You can't educate when all you've got to deal
> with is stupidity. Likewise, you can't have direct control every single
> minute and not having that control can ge real stressful when you have
> the "God is watching" mindset going.
> That being said, I'm glad Tracy you had such a good day. Days like that
> are wonderful.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tamara Smith-Kinney
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 4:50 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] You never know
>
> Well, I tend to think that the best PR we do, and the best public
> relations
> for our dogs is to go out and use them well in our daily lives.
>
> The bigger work of NAGDU collectively and of the NFB is important, too.
> But
> it's us everyday guide dog users that people see and remember.  /smile/
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:27 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] You never know
>
> I am listening to Rosalind Carter talk about her efforts to improve
> mental
> health services.  She was inspired to try to do something because some
> unknown woman handed her a brochure somewhere.  The woman probably has
> no
> idea that she'd made a difference.  It made me think that we in the NFB
> and NAGDU might never know if some little thing we've done made a
> difference.
> Like, people on the crosstown bus this morning were admiring how quiet
> Ben
> was lying under the seat, and how they'd never know he was there if they
> hadn't seen him go under.  Happens all the time.  But maybe one of those
> people will speak up, if they see someone being denied access,
> remembering
> how well-behaved that guide dog they saw was. You never know.
> Anyway, just a thought.
> Tracy
>
>
>
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