I set up my profiles on LinkedIn and Xing. I’d heard about LinkedIn, but Xing was new for me. It seems that they’re basically the same thing, but Xing is for Europe. I’d seen Xing posters in the London tube stations, but I never really figured out what it was until today.
I figure that if just one big company sends a message to its employees about eyewear donation and eyeglass recycling, then I’ve done my job.
Every time I mention the group, nobody ever has a clue what I’m talking about.
How can the world’s largest membership organization remain so unknown to so many educated and travelled people? I guess this means that it’s all the more important that we succeed with our message and outreach program.
Today I saw two “blind†girls walking through downtown. What was unusual to me was that they were wearing sleeping masks, like the ones they put on long-haul airplane flights (I’d never seen a blind person wear such a thing).
I was in no hurry, and slowly ambled along behind them. They had the walking sticks, and somewhat irregularly walked along, entirely different than the amazing straight-line vectors experienced blind folks take.
After watching them walk across the street at a red light, when there was fortunately no traffic whizzing by, I realized something was really up. They kept bumping into each other, too. I ran to catch up with them.
Hailing the girls, I did my best to tentatively question whether they were actually blind. Lifting their masks and looking at me, they explained that they were studying to become special education teachers, and that this was a lesson to help understand the potential students they might have. I thought it was interesting – I’d never heard of such an exercise, and after trying it myself, I highly recommend that everyone give it a try to experience, if just for a moment, what it’s like to be sincerely vision-impaired.
I wanted to let everyone know that we’ve established the first presence for the Lens Lady UK. Be sure to check us out!