An embarrassing experience: At the wrong meeting

Nothing could be more embarrassing than realizing that you are at the wrong meeting and especially so when you are seated in the middle of the room and you need to find a way to exit without being noticed. It does not matter

whether or not you are vision impaired; the embarrassment is the same!

This is what happened to me in late September 2019. I thought that I was in the right place at the right time but when I realized that I was not, I had to depend on Stephanie to guide me out of the room.

I am not sure if anyone noticed or moreover if anyone really cared. I did and as I walked swiftly out of the room with Stephanie and her young son Tyler, I could only bow my head in embarrassment.  What if Stephanie was not with me?

That would have been even more difficult for me, as a vision impaired person.

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No fun! When notifications are not in electronic format

There used to be a time when the property management office would often forget to provide me with notifications in electronic format. But ever since I complained robustly with a mild threat that I would take them to court if this continued, everything has changed.

It is usually not my style to threaten anyone but when the lack of electronic notifications could easily lead to some interesting situations and potential danger, then here is where I draw the line.

Here is an example.
I could be sitting around in my condo in a state of undress and workers enter my condo to carry out some work.  Of course we have been notified beforehand but I never got the notice so this is what has happened and now everyone, especially me, is totally embarrassed.

Another example would be if a notice is circulated giving out new numbers for the superintendents and an emergency arises and I do not have their numbers because I never received the notice in a readable format.  I am in difficulty and who do I call?

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Overcoming embarrassment

For me, there is somewhat of a fine line between overcoming embarrassment and allowing myself to shrink into the background. What am I talking about today? It’ is all about overcoming my embarrassment enough to ask for help.

When I was growing up, it was a very acute problem with me. Rather than ask for help as a blind child, I preferred to suffer through it all. I would bump into things, lose my way at times, and spend so much time trying to figure how things worked. All because I was too shy and too embarrassed to ask for help.

This changed somewhat as I grew older and left home. I learned to ask for help and I also learned that people were only too willing to help me out. When I gained some functional vision, I continued my efforts to be more outgoing and not be afraid to ask for help. If I bumped into something I took it with a grain of salt, and if I lost my way then that was okay.

Now that I have precious little vision, I continue to work on overcoming my embarrassment. People are only too willing to help if you give them the chance. Of course, there will be times when someone may not be too willing to help either because they are busy or preoccupied or whatever else. All in the life of a blind person.

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