Category: Let's talk
I saw the cuttest blind man in DC today on the metro. And he was fine. And I wanted to say hi and I did but he didn't know I was talking to him so, he didn't answer. So my question is... How do you get a blind persons attention if you don't know there name?
Ooh, good question!! Well, maybe just come nearer and tip him on the sholder or something like that. Or, if there's a seat beside him which is empty, just ask him if it's free and start a conversation then. That's all I can say. Good luck!
Good question Heather. And good suggestion there Ines. I often do that when I don't think people are talking to me. One day last week I was sitting outside on my benches reading my book and this little kid sits near me and just says hi out of the blue. I didn't know if he was directing that at me or someone else passing by. But anywys I didn't respond, I just turned my head toward him for a sec and turned around and kept reading. Lol I hope he didn't think I was being rude by ignoring him but I just didn't know. Usually I respond when I'm alone but if there's several people around and someone says hi like that, I'm like hmm, ok?
Thanks ines and christina. Thoes are good suggestions. Lol I was just thinking... It would be funny if who I saw was someone on the zone.... Hehe. Any guys rideing the metro in DC on april 24? Lol
excellent question heather. i agree with what ines said, just tap him/her on the shoulder or something. if im in a crowed room, and someone says something, and im not sure if its directed at me or not, i say, "me", lol.
I stick with my suggestion of a well-place little kick to the shin... just kidding.
Lol, nice.
you just go up and say hello can I sit here after all why is it so hard to ask that question.. fear of rejection maybe?...if that's your only fear in this world, your laughing...
umm he wasn't sitting down. He was walking down the metro tunnel thing.
Oh, I see! Well, thene my first suggestion might be better than my second one, lol.
Perhaps a "Do you need help" would do? I've begun many pleasant conversations on the Tee (Boston's "metro") that way. Warning! Warning! Offer to help, do not insist on helping! To me, that kind of arogance is a complete turn-off; you're likely to feel the sting of a white stick, wielded by an annoyed traveler:).
-Dave
eww, im not gona offer help. that would be like insulting him.
i AGREE; hEATHER: i WOULDN#T DO THAT EITHER:
yey, good. hehe im smart......
I like the tap on the shoulder thing, when I'm with my sighted fiends and a guy approaches me and talks to me they either subtly elbow me or I do get a nice kick in the shin, so I know the comment's directed towards me. lol otherwise when I'm by myself I usually don't say anything either. So yeah a nice lil tap would do the trick, and honestly if he's offended by the "would you like any help" then he's probably one of those uptight blind guys anyway. I don't see anything offensive about ppl offering assistance.
Well kicked in the shin is a bit too hard for someone you don't know, but a tap on the shoulder - yeah, finally a board post of mine which is good, hehehe.