[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Overly Helpful People
- From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:16:06 -0700
Hi,
If someone were to just ask, Do you need some help, I'd be appreciative.
Sometimes, I'm in a new area, and being able to verify the name of a street,
or the identity of a building nearby, can be invaluable. If he'd asked, I
would have politely declined, and that would have been that.
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Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:12 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Overly Helpful People
I think he should have waited to see if you needed help and if he thought
you did, he should have asked first and not grabbed you. At least that's
what I would have done--and do if I see a person in a wheelchair or a person
with a white cane--which, for some reason, I rarely see. On the rare
occasions on which I've seen a blind person with a white cane coming toward
me, I just step out of the way.
As I said, these days I rarely see any blind people--but when I do it's all
I can do to keep from asking if they're anyone I might know from bookshare,
knowing that some of you live in the L.A. and San Diego areas. One such
person had called and was supposed to come into the library on a day I was
working, but he didn't come before I had to leave. I probably wouldn't have
said anything to him anyway, respecting his provacy, though I would have
asked the librarian his name.
Bud, Do you ever come into Brentwood?
Cindy
Cindy
Cindy
--- Lora <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Coming home today, I had to cross two streets in front of my house.
> Neither is large (two lanes a piece), though one can be a little
> tricky to read at times.
>
> Nonetheless, I was certain of my crossing and started across the
> street.
> Suddenly, this guy appears out of nowhere and grabs my hand. I
> snatched my hand back, and then he says, "I just want to help you." I
> said, "I'm fine, I'm fine."
>
> For me, there's always a tiny pang at that point.
> Questions run through my
> head like: "Did I screw up this crossing somehow, go against the
> light, anything?"
>
> I tucked my hand in my pocket (the other hand being busy with my cane)
> and crossed the street.
>
> I felt slightly bad afterward. I'm sure the gentleman meant no harm,
> but he startled me. I have always lived in big cities, and use a
> large dose of caution when traveling. Mostly, though, I didn't feel
> afraid, just so unprepared for someone to appear from nowhere and grab
> me.
>
> I turned and crossed the other street, and he started to cross with
> me, but must have decided I'd make it without him, because he turned
> and went on his way.
>
> I'm not sure what I should have done, but that's probably the same
> reaction the next person would get under similar circumstances.
>
> Lora
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