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From: Gary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Petraccaro)
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Subject: Re: CANES VERSUS DOGS
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Date: 9 Oct 90 20:25:41 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

-> In a message to Dan Kysor  <10-05-90 08:14> Walter Siren  wrote:
->
-> WS>      Yeh, there is one thing worse.  When she offers her
-> WS> seat to the blind man, and he insists that she stay there,
-> WS> and that he is fine standing up, and she still insists,
-> WS> getting everyone elses attention, and then in order to end
-> WS> the problem, you have to take her seat to shut her up.  I
-> WS> have seen this happen several times.

Walter,

     Try something like:
Ma'am, I was brought up to offer my seat to women.  Thank you for the kind
offer, but I just cannot accept.  Have a very nice day, and thank you
again.

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