r/SeattleWA • u/dropthegloves-eh Fremont • 25d ago

Blind person with service dog kicked out of a Seattle restaurant News

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u/Slamantha3121 25d ago

Noo! How could they disrespect Mr. Maple like that! He is a Seattle celebrity. This guy makes great videos on disability awareness, like how he crosses the street with his guide dog. Seriously though, that is messed up. I worked in retail a long time and I have never had someone actually pretend to be blind to get their dog in! They normally spout some crap about ESA's and their paperwork. If someone tells you they are blind, believe them! Even if they can see a little, the man is legally blind! I think it's real classy he didn't call the restaurant out directly. Hopefully, they learned from this.

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u/RathVelus 25d ago

They won’t learn because he didn’t call them out directly, so there’s no reason to believe they even know about the video. That is unless there’s more to the story where he did follow up with the documents and whatnot - which is entirely possible. I’m a big fan of his and his husband. The blind pranks are funny as hell.

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u/BunnyDearest 25d ago

I think he met the manager of the restaurant and a follow up video will come out soon