“Can you drive?”
“I don’t see why that would matter when I’m applying for a banking position.”
“You need reliable transportation.”
“I get around,” Rick replied as he patted his guide dog’s head.
“We’ll be in touch.”
After twenty interviews just like this one, Rick knew that they were lying.
Rebecca Holland is a visually impaired writer from Pennsylvania. She is the author of the chapbook “Through My Good Eye: A Memoir in Verse” and her work has appeared in The Drabble, Bold Blind Beauty, and CAPTIVATING, among others. She blogs about faith, books, and disability awareness at BeckieWrites.com.
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Also to let you know that I read your story. Not enough people leave a short message. Good fortune and many blessings for all you undertake.
I love the story and I totally understand what you mean about this one.I get the discriminatory why don’t you drive but yet they don’t concentrate on work history that I was at my last job 9 years and the HR people are usually a good at not hiring visually impaired.