hi mam, i completely agree with you. As my parents also insisted to have private driver but some how I was able to convice them because I wanted to enjoy my college life to its full extent. Now they trust me that I can handle any ocward situation. I use public transport as much as I can not because of financial espact but to enjoy and learn mobility . Regards
On 6/17/12, KanchanPamnani <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- Ajay Minocha Mob : +91-7827188455 E mail : ajayminoc...@gmail.com ajaymanu...@gmail.com Skype : ajayminocha2 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
