-=> Quoting Alan & Ruth Anne Wheeler--da2ofus to All <=- 
 
 A&RA> From: Alan & Ruth Anne Wheeler--da2ofus 
 A&RA>  Subject: Another JEWEL in the crown of 
 A&RA> discrimination  
 
 
 
 A&RA> Dear Federationists and friends,  
 
 A&RA> I realize that this incident took place on a local scale, but I am so 
 A&RA> mad  that I think that I need to share it with all of you.   
 
 A&RA> Today my wife and I went shopping for groceries at a 
 A&RA> chain in the Chicago area named Jewel-Osco.  Just as we were getting a 
 A&RA> cart and proceeding to start shopping, a cart-boy physically stopped 
 A&RA> us and said to my wife (who is sighted) that if I would prefer I could 
 A&RA> sit on a bench at the front of the store and wait.  (as if I didn't 
 A&RA> have a  tongue to speak for myself or could hear) Well, my wife, being 
 A&RA> stunned  and rather shocked by such a comment said, "No.  My husband 
 A&RA> would prefer  to be with me," in a most indignant tone of voice. The 
 A&RA> cart-boy responded,  indigantly, "Well, I'm sorry, I just thought he'd 
 A&RA> be more comfortable."   
 A&RA> The only reason we didn't turn on our heels and leave the store is 
 A&RA> that we needed to make this particular shopping trip and had a limited 
 A&RA> window in  which to do so.  This incident, obviously, 
 A&RA> was all we could talk about during the whole shooping trip.  By the 
 A&RA> time we left the store, we were pretty angry.  However, our anger 
 A&RA> increased when we discovered that this bench where I would be "more 
 A&RA> comfortable" was outside, in an area where the outdoor temperature 
was, 
 A&RA> at that time, in the low 40's.   
 
I certainly understand your anger and hurt at this incident.  It has happened 
to
all of us in one form or another, unfortunately.  
We must educate people one person at a time.
It sounds like the act of an individual, not an institutional act on the part 
of
the store.  
What would you have the store manager do, fire the guy, give you a $100 etc.? 
 
His response and action seems appropriate to me.
David Andrews
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