A common question or rather 2 questions i get asked by my mother is "have you booked rail asistance" or "have you got your cane?" when the bloody thing's there in my hand. Most ocmmon answer is "nope figured on walking it with my hands tied behind me back" or "no i thought i'd take the car" jack scrimshaw u k cowboy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Porter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <RecipesAndMore@googlegroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 11:18 AM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: 10 things not, to ask a blind person
> > Some questions I refuse to answer. Once on a job interview I was asked > how > I intended to get to work. I told the interviewer that that wasn't a > legal > question unless she asked it to every job applicant. I got the job. A > doctor asked me one time if I lived alone. I told him that question > wasn't > relevant to my visit. He insisted that since it was on the form I had to > answer it so I dictated the following response: "this is not a legal > question and is relevant to nothing." He wrote it down. And then there's > my all-time favorite. When a form asks for my race I always respond > "human. > > Have a great day everyone and stay warm.--single digits. > > Joyce > > > -----Original Message----- > From: RecipesAndMore@googlegroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sandra Warren > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:20 PM > To: RecipesAndMore@googlegroups.com > Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: 10 things not, to ask a blind person > > Oh yeah, been there, done it! I have also been asked if I count my steps > when I walk, and when I was working for Department of Internal Revenue > Services in NY as a clerk typist, I was asked who dressed me so I could > come > to work! > > The things we blind have to contend with! > > Sandy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kay scrimshaw <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: RecipesAndMore@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 6:38 PM > Subject: [RecipesAndMore] 10 things not, to ask a blind person > > > > 10. Are your eyes real or plastic? > > 9. Did you get past first grade? > > 8. Do you want me to cut your meat? I meahn, can you tell your > silverware apart? > > 7. Who helped you with your clothes? They match so beautifully. > > 6. Is it really true blind people have families? > > 5. Goodness you're amazing. Did you actually pour your milk? > > 4. When you walk, do you put one foot in front of the other? > > 3. Should I help you in the bathroom stall? > > 2. Were you born that way? You know blind? > > 1. Are you really blind? You sure can't tell it. I mean, you sure > know your way aroundyour house. > > i've been asked most of these myself. > > Kay > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
