[nagdu] Chinese Restaurants.

[Michael Hingson]

Deanna,

Marion and others have already answered this, but I would add that if the
restaurant refuses you, gather a bunch of guide dog users together and all
visit the restaurant. 


Best,


Michael Hingson

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deanna Lewis
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 06:33 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
(nagdu at nfbnet.org)
Subject: [nagdu] Chinese Restaurants.

Good Morning all,
I have had some bad experiences in Chinese Restaurants since having a guide
dog. Most of the time, the restaurant is very good about the dog. But, every
once in a while you get people who just do not understand what a guide dog
does.
So, there is this one restaurant that is a Chinese Buffet that is close to
where I live. I went to it a few years ago with Pascal and my friend. As
soon as we walked in, the lady said, "No dogs." I simply explained that he
was a guide dog. She seemed to understand, but then she said that he could
come in, but had to stay at the table and that I could not take him to the
buffet. At the time, I did not know if this was legal or not. Also, it was a
new restaurant and I did not feel comfortable sending my friend to the
buffet to serve me. So, we just left, and I have not been back there yet.
Since then, I have taken my dog to many American food buffets, and they do
not have a problem with my taking him to the actual buffet. I also took him
to a different Chinese Buffet and had no problems.
So, my main issue is this, I want to try to go back to this Chinese buffet
and see what happens. After all, it has been over 3 years and I hope that
since then they have had many more guide dog teams come in. What should I do
if they say the same thing? Have you all ever experienced similar
discrimination? What would you do in this situation?
Thank you for any advice.
Deanna and Pascal

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