[Blindtlk] my friend

[Anjelina]

I don't see anything wrong with what you did.
We can't always claim to be independent then ask for simple things to be 
done for us. Would a sighted person ask to have their steak cut up?
Anjelina
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
Albert Einstein
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dewey bradley" <dewey.bradley at att.net>
To: "blind talk" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 7:16 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] my friend


>I wanted to ask other blind people what you think about this,
> I was telling you folks about a month ago, about a friend that got called
> for jury duty, and has called twice and told them that he's blind and
> therefore can not serve.
> Well yesterday, he and I along with another blind person were going to eat
> at a stake house, Well I guess they did, I left.
> We all ordered T bone stakes, this guy who has a degree, works for the
> state, owns a house, and everything.
> he's a really good cook, he does all the house work, cooking and cleaning,
> the whole works.
> he ordered the stake, and asked them to cut It up for him.
> when I ordered mine, I told them that I would like to cut my own state, he
> went off on me.
> saying that I'm very independent, witch I am, but he was talking about how 
> I
> ordered the mashed potatoes.
> he started going off about I was talking about him asking for his meet to 
> be
> cut, but I can't mash my own potatoes.
> Well he made me mad, that's when I said that It's people like you that
> confirm all the stereo types about blind people being stupid, he then was
> talking about the fact that I know that he can cut meet.
> I got up and walked out, because this is the kind of person who wont hear
> anyone else, he will cut you off when you're talking.
>
> So I'm asking what would you folks have done?
> Does anything work with people like that? Should I have asked for the same
> thing, just to avoid an argument?
> What do you think?
> If you want to email me off list, my address is
> dewey.bradley at att.net
>
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