I know I am late in responding to this but you will have to forgive me.
Grad school is a bit busy and I just sat down and read a whole bunch of
emails from the list. I think I wouldn't have had the self control to
not say anything to this person. I tend to come out swinging when stuff
like that happens. But then again I learned from the best. When she was
in fourth grade, my older sister had a picture of me for a class project
and some boy made a comment about "the cripple" she slapped him and
called him an ass hole (a huge offence in my strict family let me tell
you!) when the teacher called to tell my parents about it I was sure
Bethany would be grounded for life. She wasn't my parents talked to each
of us saying she was right to defend me but went about it the wrong way.
I was 7 and my parents made it clear that Nobody had the right to insult
me. They went over better ways to deal with the situation and taught all
of us to stand up for ourselves in both their words and actions... it is
the best lesson I could have ever learned. Even if I do get a little
loud sometimes I hope I can teach one person that people with
disabilities deserve respect just like any other minority group. Oh...
and my sister was then and will always be my hero! 

Christine

-----Original Message-----
From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Kendall David Corbett
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 5:05 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Fwd: was The incident with Case now is "shaky"

>My friend was incensed - he  gave the piece of paper and pen back to
the >clerk with a chilly "I am not the customer - she is!" and left the
clerk
> red-faced and stammering an apology.

It can be fun though!  When Janet and I go out, waitresses and cashiers
often don't know which one of us to talk to!  We wen't out to dinner
once with a friend, and the hostess at the restaurant looked over our
heads and asked our friend whether we wanted smoking or non-smoking
seating.  Sandy, bless her heart, said, "I'm here as their guest; ask
them!"

Kendall=20

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.

-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

-----Original Message-----
From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:54 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Fwd: was The incident with Case now is "shaky"

well, i have not been back to that place even though i
like their product.=20

--- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I would've said, "Who you callin' shaky?" and then
> left without =20
> buying anything.  I'd then have written the manager
> suggesting he  =20
> provide diversity or sensitivity training for his
> employees.  It =20
> certainly wouldn't hurt from a customer-service
> standpoint!
>=20
> I had an unpleasant experience several years ago at
> a local "big box" =20
> bookstore.  An old friend and I were ending up a
> very pleasant =20
> afternoon and I was up at the cash register to pay
> for some books I =20
> was buying.  I gave the clerk my credit card to
> swipe, and the young =20
> man gave my friend the receipt to sign!  My friend
> was incensed - he =20
> gave the piece of paper and pen back to the clerk
> with a chilly "I am =20
> not the customer - she is!" and left the clerk
> red-faced and =20
> stammering an apology.  I signed the receipt in a
> hurry, only wanting =20
> to get out of there but I recall I wasn't my usual
> cheerful self, =20
> either.  I have never gone back to that store again,
> and I wrote a =20
> letter to the manager explaining why they lost a
> customer.
>=20
> Kat
>=20
> On 21 Mar 2006, at 02:37, Magenta Raine wrote:
>=20
> > ken that hurts, it's sad. I would have said you
> know, you just lost a
> > customer! bye bye.
> >
> >> At 08:11 PM 3/19/2006, you wrote:
> >>> a few weeks ago i went into a fast foof place
> and was
> >>> standing at the counter and a "lady?" in back
> putting
> >>> together orders and with a headset for drive
> through
> >>> said "what yougoing to have shaky?" i looked at
> her a
> >>> second or two and she said "what you want, i'll
> get it
> >>> for you." i was so taken back by this that i
> just gave
> >>> her my order. judy was incensed when i told her
> about
> >>> this.
>=20


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