Blind Man and His Service Dog Kicked Out of Restaurant: 'You Don't Look Blind'

[OnlinePoker]

A legally blind man and his service dog were threatened with arrest when they tried to go into a Seattle restaurant

A legally blind TikToker has shared that he and his guide dog were kicked out of a Seattle restaurant when a staff member didn’t believe he was blind.

“I walked in with my guide dog, Mr. Maple, and immediately somebody rushed up to me and said, ‘No pets allowed, only service dogs,'” said Paul, who chronicles his adventures with his partner on the popular TikTok account MatthewandPaul, which has more than 2.1 million followers.

In his TikTok, posted yesterday, Paul said he explained, “‘It's OK, he's a service dog.’ He looked at me, he looked at Maple, he said, ‘Emotional support dog?’ ‘No, like a guide dog for the blind.’”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/blind-man-dog-kicked-restaurant-184426844.html

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Grounds for a lawsuit under the ADA?

[Zeitghost]

1. The staff member is to blame

But I can't help but feel that the "fake service dog community" contributed.

[Think. Again.]

2. Yes, a lot of people do try to get away with...

..."fake" service animals (hint: it's more than just a printed harness)

Luckily, having a properly registered service animal will win any lawsuit in this situation.

[Scrivener7]

5. I think they contributed a lot. They're hurting people in a lot of ways.

[Retrograde]

13. When I've seen guide dogs

they've had a distinctive harness, unlike the "service dogs" who wear those bibs or similar order off the net with no supporting documentation. And it is illegal to deny entry to people with actual guide dogs in the US.

Real service animals are amazing! I was on a crowded bus in San Francisco once when the driver told a person with a white cane that they were at his stop. The guide dog, who had been lying quietly under the seat, immediately jumped up and went back to its work, leading the man down the steps and out onto the sidewalk and then across a busy street. These dogs know that when the harness is off they're free to be dogs, but when it's on they're focused on their person and their job.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. How does a blind man know: "He looked at me, he looked at Maple,"?

[LisaL]

7. He is legally blind, which isn't the same as completely unable to see.

NT

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. Thank you.

[Sympthsical]

8. He has some very, very limited vision

It's explained in the article.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. Thank you.

[malaise]

4. The ignorant and cruel are our new overlords.

[Sympthsical]

6. They kicked out Mr. Maple?!

How dare they.

Matthew!!!!!

(I'm subscribed to their channel. They're so much fun. And Paul does a lot of educating about disabilities)

[GenThePerservering]

11. Man, I'm curious as to this restaurant

most people in Seattle are pretty mellow and understanding about these kinds of things.

[sakabatou]

12. That certainly sounds like grounds for a lawsuit