I have checked into many a hotel in my day, especially when I was a corporate meeting manager. I know the drill and always approach the front desk with my photo ID in hand.
During a recent hotel stay, leaving our luggage with my husband, I said I would go check in. In scenarios such as this, I don’t use my cane. I was only walking across the lobby and had a clear path to do so.
Welcomed by the gentleman at the front desk, I gave him my name and my ID, as we made small talk. When he wanted me to put my credit card in the machine, I asked if he would help me, adding that I am legally blind. He came around to my side of the the desk. “You wouldn’t know it. You walked up here like you owned the place.”
I sometimes think in these situations that were once so comfortable to me but since my vision loss have become uneasy, that I feel less than I was with sight. I am unable to see the front desk associate’s face, I cannot pick up any visual cues I may need. So I was both surprised and delighted to hear this stranger’s assessment of me, especially given the number of people he sees in his profession.
I am still me. And I have the ID to prove it.
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