I'm surprised they didn't tell you that you were supposed to bring someone with you to take care of paperwork. I've been told that in a doctors office. Unfortunately I have a way of being understood or at least left alone. I asked them if I was supposed to bring someone along to pay for the visit too. Because if I had to supply someone for the paperwork then I wasn't paying the doctor. They came around pretty quick. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Ferrin To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people
I had a lady at a doctor's office that couldn't understand why I refused to fill out the form she was handing me at the time. I told the nurse after that the people at the front desk need to get a grip on reality. David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee A. Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people > > David, If I may. only one store that I know has actual training to > work with folks with all sorts of disabilities and that is Home > Depot we know the woman who help write the training manuel. So all of > us in our own way, if needed can continue to educate the public. Lee > > > On > Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at > 07:17:57AM -0500, > David Ferrin wrote: >> I'm quite sure we all have had experiences good and bad in dealing with >> the >> public. The secret service didn't want me to use my cane in the white >> house >> when we went for a tore in 1997. Never the less suffice it to say you're >> going to find such dopes in the most unlikely places even doctor's >> offices >> to mention yet another location. My point is it's fine if you folks wish >> to >> share or more accurately vent a bit, but let's not drag it out too long >> is >> all I ask. Personally I can't stand it when a sales clerk won't speak to >> me >> choosing instead to discuss things with the person I'm with at the time. >> It >> does make it difficult for them when I'm alone in the store or should I >> say >> uncomfortable. >> David Ferrin >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Betsy Whitney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 7:06 AM >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people >> >> >> >I lived and shopped in this town for nine years before my now husband >> > arrived. All of a sudden the clerks in the stores started talking to >> > him. I would hand them my credit card with my name on it which is >> > Elizabeth, not easy to confuse with a male, and they would try to >> > hand him the slip to sign. He asks, "Isn't it a felony to sign a >> > credit card slip that isn't mine?" >> > >> > Now, we have a system wherein when we go to a store he does what he >> > calls "whistling dixie." If a clerk or sales person tries to talk >> > with him, he just walks away and starts whistling until I'm finished. >> > >> > One of the other things the clerks did was try to give him my change >> > when I paid cash for something. I would ask, "Why is it that the >> > money came out of my purse and you're giving him my change? As many >> > times as I have seen him pay for things, not once have you ever tried >> > to give me his change..." >> > >> > At 05:53 PM 11/16/2008, you wrote: >> > >> >>Friends of the order of the Nailing Apron, >> >>You've probably had experiences similar to mine when I visited Menards >> >>yesterday. We picked up supplies to upgrade the kitchen. With the new >> >>furnace the chimney is no longer in use. By taking it out I can adde 24 >> >>inches of upper and lower cabinets and countertop. Then we'll upgrade >> >>to >> >>new lights, and llay new vinyl flooring. >> >>So I needed some screws. It's hard for even my wife the find the ones I >> >>want (3 inch, all purpose with a square drive). So I stood in the screw >> >>aisle while she went to fetch a sales person. When he came up to me I >> >>asked >> >>him for the xcrews I wanted, and he responded rather rudely, "You're >> >>looking >> >>at them." >> >>So I lifted up my white cane and said, "I'm sorry , sir, I can't see >> >>them." >> >>Even then he didn't get it. Not until my wife said, "That's why he >> >>carries >> >>a white cane." >> >>Suddenly the young man became very nice and very helpfully pulled the >> >>screws off the shelf and then located the ring shank nails I need for >> >>the >> >>underlayment. "Anything else I can help you with?" >> >>We went on without him, and did find another store employee who was >> >>very >> >>helpful in helping us locate the underlayment, plywood and masonite we >> >>needed. >> >>Twice, on previous visits to Menards I have had sales clerks ask if I >> >>needed >> >>to check my white cane. Perhaps it looks a bit like PVC. I told them I >> >>had >> >>already paid for it. >> >>What shopping stories do you have? >> >>Blessings, >> >>Tom >> >> >> >>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------ >> > >> > Send any questions regarding list management to: >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > To listen to the show archives go to link >> > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >> > Or >> > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> > >> > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> > >> > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >> > Various >> > List Members At The Following address: >> > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ >> > >> > Visit the archives page at the following address >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > >> > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following >> > address for more information: >> > http://www.jaws-users.com/ >> > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> > list just send a blank message to: >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links >> > >> > >> > >> > > -- > You should not use your fireplace, because scientists now believe that, > contrary to popular opinion, fireplaces actually remove heat from houses. > Really, that's what scientists believe. In fact many scientists actually > use their fireplaces to cool their houses in the summer. If you visit a > scientist's house on a sultry August day, you'll find a cheerful fire > roaring on the hearth and the scientist sitting nearby, remarking on how > cool he is and drinking heavily. > -- Dave Barry, "Postpetroleum Guzzler" > Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
