hi, true this is quite an issue for a lot of us, especially because the more we r beginning to socialise, the more unavoidable it becomes in certain situations. the most important thing to start with here, is not to be nervous. not only blind people, but a lot of cultures in india r not very faund of eating with spoons. so we need to 1st of all stop feeling so embarrassed while trying to manage with the spoon. because in fact the nervousness will make your hands less steady and make u shiver and fumble even more. so try as much as possible not to be too awkward in such situations. another advise i'd like to offer is that a lot of it comes with practice. so u need to start using falks and spoons at home too. in order to get used to handling them in public. often because we're more comfortable eating with hands, we do so in our homes, and then suddenly its a problem when we're faced with using them in public without practice. so 1st of all, start using them at home too. at least 1 meal in 2 days if its too much to switch entirely. make sure that u ask whoever is serving u, to tell u what is being served, and try to follow the sound of where in your plate is it being served. this will put u in a better position to navigate within your plate. in extremely formal places and 5star hotels, its perhaps better to avoid fish etc if 1 is unable to remove bones etc without using hands. so sticking to rice items or anything that goes smoothly and doesn't require too much breaking can be consumed if you're socially uncomfortable to ask any1 to help u. sometimes holding the spoon a bit on the inside, and not exactly on the tip of the handle also helps while breaking big pieces into eatable morsels. u could also sometimes cheat a bit by using the tip of your right thumb just very slightly to feel where your dish starts from in order to know where to break it. but this needs to be done tactfully, and only for a split second. make sure u dont dirty your entire thumb. my final and most important tip is that in a lot of casual restoraunts a lot of people do eat dried foods like kabaabs cutlets pizzas etc with their hands. so as long as your confident about what your doing, there's nothing to stop u from eating certain things with your hands. ultimately its about how u carry yourself and yoru level of confidence. if u can eat decently without showing your awkwardness, even if your slightly clumsy, it really doesn't matter. people know that we r blind, and that we do face certain problems in certain situations. so some degree of clumsiness is surely not as serious as we make it. at least u wont lose a promotion or something if u dont eat like a true englishmen. smiles. just enjoy your food, and eat it with confidence! that's all i'd say. best, Shireen.
On 9/16/13, sharad tripathi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello friends, > I would like to attract all of you's attention to very important issue > that is our problem in dealing with folk and spoons as well struggling > with nonveg. dishes. although any how it does nbot bother us as we are > managing it from long. this becomes a issue for other's respect when > lunch is in honour of somebody or official meeting or lunch with MD of > the company. In that case expectations increases for lowvision. > fellows along with us expect us to not create any disorder while lunch > oncentral table of company.If any mistake while or whole of your > fingers in the food does seems embarrassing. > therefore my major concern is is kindly provide tips so that lunch in > hard protocol does not go with empty stomach and noises of utensils. > > regards, > sharad tripathi > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
