Tell your driver that you will call him when you are ready. Then get used to the slight problem of waiting for a few minutes after your friends have left. This is really not a problem. If you are stepping out of a theatre or some unknown place when your friends are ready to go, just ask them where exactly are you standing. This will help the driver locate you. Plese understand that your driver is appointed to assist you and not to dictate the situation. Ajay is right -learn to use public transport, learn mobility skills,don't get scared of using strangers as temporary escorts and for god sake don't be rude to people who are answering your question even if you think in your mind that they have not applied their mind while answering your question.
Once I was told by some dear friends that the richer you are the less mobile you are. I did not argue with them but there are many sides to this statement. See what suits you. Kanchan -----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Mohit Shah Shah Sent: 16 June 2012 22:51 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] A question, which is not really a question Hi all, First of all, let me take this opportunity to wish you a very happy half year. Now, I'd like to ask a question which may not appear to be of much importance, but which makes a lot of difference to me at least. As I am sure many of you know, I go to college and to other public places with the help of my driver who acts as my sighted escort. While this method works perfectly, I've often encountered one flaw in the plan, so to speak. As soon as my class gets over, my escort comes and takes me to our car for going home. Similarly, when we go out somewhere, my driver comes to pick me up as soon as I come out with my friends from that place. So, because of this what happens is that my friends get to chat and have fun even after the class, while I miss all the fun because my escort picks me up immediately after the work that we went for is over. One possible solution could be to ask my friends to drop me to my car, but they also drop me immediately after we're done and continue talking away and making merry afterwards. So, how can I ask my friends to not drop me immediately to my car considering that I don't have a really concrete reason for hanging on in the first place? What should I ask my escort to do in these cases? This is often a source of a little bit of annoyance for me and leaves, you know, a sour taste, so to speak as I don't properly get to say goodbye to my friends after having had such a great time. Plus, it might even make them feel that I'm a nerd and don't wish to socialize. Please answer this question as earnestly and sincerely as you can because what might seem like a petty thing to you might mean a lot to someone else. I am yours most sincerely, Mohit, Gopalkrishna, Sarvapali, Mahindra, Vishwakumar, Sarmprasad, Shah :P Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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 Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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
