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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