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From: Nancy.Feldman@f605.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Nancy Feldman)
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Subject: Re: public relations
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Date: 6 May 91 16:22:01 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Yes, that is what I'm saying.  I try my best, but I am not perfect.
And you are right, of course; we must try harder, dress better,
look better, be closer to perfect than others.  If we don't, we
will never satisfy the majority of the sighted with whom we work,
play or even just encounter in day-to-day travel.

As an example, I rarely eat barbecued ribs in a restaurant, and
here is why.  I have seen my sighted companions enjoying their
barbecued ribs and making a huge mess of themselves.  Others at the
table will laugh and point, saying something liike:  "Gee, Dan, you
must have really enjoyed those ribs!"  But when a blind friend of
mine made a similar mess while eating barbecued ribs one person at
the table obwserved in a stage whisper to his neighbor:  "It is
such a shame that these blind people aren't taught table manners
before they are released into the public."  That about did it for
me.  Unless I am with people I know very well, no barbecued ribs
for me!!!!!

And yes, this is a bad way to handle the situation, I know. But it
is sometimes necessary to make concessions, I suppose.

As for the woman who implied that you didn't know how to comb your
hair, I would have most likely made some unkind remark, pulled out
my brush and brushed my hair.  Not that it would have done any
good, admittedly; the wind would just mess it up later, but just
out of spite.

-> MegaMail v2.01 #0:Consider what I have not said.

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