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These 2 great stories were contributed by Susanne Burke, country Holland, thanks Susanne for being brave and letting us all have a laugh, while sharing your moments.
My first guide dog Jane, who is still living with me, though retired for 3 years, was with me in her first week, when I had an appointment with my insurance man. I was living alone in a small apartment, and when he came in he coughed, coughed again and asked me if I had been having a sex orgie or something because my underwear and bras were lying all over the place.
I must have left my wardrobe open and Jane had spred everything nicely over the apartment. Well I can't remember what I told him but I really felt imbarrassed.
Well Jane and I went down town on a Saturday morning, we went in to a store like Marks and Spencers. It smelled lovely, all these cakes and pastries they baked. So I walked in, as you might know, everything is hectic on a Saturday morning, I leaned against the counter of what I thought was the bakery, and asked for 4 cakes, because I was going to have visitors that night.
From behind the counter came a whispering voice, from a young girl that probably never had seen a blind person before and she said, "Miss, Miss. we only sell men's underwear here." So I leaned against the counter and started laughing. Couldn't stop. When I finally made my way to the bakery, I wanted to reassure myself that I was at the right counter, so I asked, "where about am I?" And this man said, "you are in Marks and Spencers."
Susanne.