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Originally Posted by rubicon
Sandtrap:
thanks for that reminder. As in many issues there are always exception to the rules. My focus was on another type of person.
As to exceptions I had a employee Marilyn who was blind and trained to type word process, etc. She was an exceptional employee. a very proud and independent individual. She had a service animal and when I first arrived it took me three weeks to discover that her dog would lay beneath her desk for her entire day.
When it was time for her to get a new dog she required time off work to travel and train with the new dog. When she returned the dog's training continued. Marilyn took the bus to work. Our office was in a business complex Opus that was designed to resemble the Olympic circles and street names as Red, Blue, etc. since they were circles they were all one way which created a nightmare for drivers. Anyway Marilyn had to train that dog to cross our street Blue Circle Drive. I had been outside and happened to watch her train. She had to dog lead her across the street when i noticed a fast moving car approaching and out of concern yelled to Marilyn.
Marilyn came into my office and strongly admonished me for interfering and of course she was right. This was a daily event for her and she had to trust the dog's judgment. It was an over reaction by me and one unwarranted
Its my way of saying there are bona fide reasons for animal/emotional support dogs and then there are all the other
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Thank you for sharing that story. it reinforces what I believe about people. Rarely do the truly needy ask for anything. Or the people who have real disabilities try to draw attention to themselves. There are so many strong and wonderful people who are struggling who try their best and make us love them and want badly to help them.
I have never met you Rubicon, but I know so many good things about you.