[nfb-talk] Filling forms and stubborn receptionists

Mark Tardif markspark at roadrunner.com
Thu Mar 2 17:40:19 UTC 2017


Absolutely!  I don't know where these people get this idea that we have 
sighted robots at our beck and call, I mean honestly.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Karen Rose via nfb-talk
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 10:20 PM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Cc: Karen Rose
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Filling forms and stubborn receptionists

Yes but not all of us have cited babysitters who we can simply asked to do 
things for us. I often tell such receptionist that we need actually to enter 
the 21st-century and ask them to please email me those forms. Since the 
forms originated on the computer there is no reason that they cannot be sent 
to me digitally. Karen

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> On Mar 1, 2017, at 7:15 PM, Aleeha Dudley via nfb-talk 
> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Unfortunately, in most situations, you don’t have a lot of recourse if 
> someone is just being stubborn about it. You could point out that progress 
> would be significantly slowed by their reluctance to help, but that may 
> not work. The best thing to do is to politely ask and, if they say no, 
> take the form with you and ask someone you know to help you fill it out.
>
>> On Mar 1, 2017, at 8:47 PM, Tony Malykh via nfb-talk 
>> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am relatively new to the world of visual impairment and I'm still
>> trying to learn how to do things without my eyesight. So I am asking
>> for your advice: what would you do if you are asked to fill out a form
>> and they are not willing to help you?
>>
>> Let's not talk about sighted assistants here; I have asked about
>> assistants in another thread and that's a separate topic. Here I'm
>> wondering about your strategy when a sighted assistant is not
>> available or somehow is not an option.
>>
>> People in general are helpful. In my experience in about 80% of the
>> cases people are willing to help. But here I am talking about the
>> remaining 20% of the cases. For example, if you come in to see a
>> doctor and the receptionist tells you
>> "Um, you have to fill out forms X,Y and Z. And yeah, No,  I cannot
>> help you, I'm too busy. And the nurses cannot help you either. And you
>> should've thought about that and asked a friend or someone else to
>> fill out the forms."
>>
>> Another example from my own experience is dealing with large insurance
>> company. I tried to apply for insurance and they mailed me an extra
>> form to fill out. I have spent the following 2 months calling
>> different departments of that insurance company and none of them being
>> willing to help me. And the large companies have one extra trick to
>> waste your time: they tell you something like:
>> "Oh, we don't help people with their forms, but call number X, they
>> will help you."
>> ANd guess what happens when you call number X? They tell you to call
>> number Y. And so on ad infinitum.
>>
>> So what is the best way of dealing with the stubborn receptionists and
>> stubborn clerks I large companies? What's the best strategy to push
>> them to stop playing cards on their computer for 5 minutes and help
>> you to fill


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