[gps-talkusers] denied access in a Copenhagen restaurant
- From: Michael May <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:25:39 +0100
The GPS helped get us to Visuvio's restaurant in Copenhagen but the front door
is where the access ended. It is rare for me to run into a situation where I am
absolutely denied access to a restaurant because of my Seeing Eye dog. It is so
frustrating and humiliating when it happens.
The two previous restaurants we went to in the last day objected to the dog but
they didn't protest long. I know every angle in the book and Visuvio's wasn't
budging. We argued in the doorway for 20 minutes or so. I called a blind Danish
guy in the local blindness organization and he explained that there isn't any
specific legislation about dogs. It is hard to know how general descrimination
law applies in Denmark. We did pass one other dog guide user on the street so
it isn't the fact that there are no dogs here. Anyone know the actual law about
dog guides in Denmark?
I really hate backing down. I was prepared to stand in his doorway the whole
evening but then there was the matter of our business dinner to consider so
eventually we relented and used the GPS to see what other restaurants were
nearby. Wouldn't you know we ended up at an Australian restaurant. I will
definitely make good on filing a complaint about Visuvio's. I sure hope I don't
run into too much more discrimination on this trip through 5 European
countries. It isn't any fun.
Mike
Michael G. May
CEO Sendero Group
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tactile watch, and the ID Mate bar code reader
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