Which is Worse?

[inuvik]

doppelganger said:

I also visited an exhibition called "Dialog im Dunkeln" (dialogue in the dark), where you are in some kind of parcours with a small group of people. There is no light at all, you get a cane and you have a blind/ visually impared guide telling you what to do and where to go. That was most interesting for me. For the first time I realized how quickly the other 4 senses adjust (the most common sensation was another one's cane being whacked into your ankles...)

That sounds really interesting. Even more interesting than dining in the dark, because you are walking into the unknown. Movement for me would be more terrifying than simply eating a meal (as hard as that is, I'm sure!)

[doppelganger]

It was not that terrifying because you knew nothing would happen to you as long as you do what you're told, which I didn't. I tried to explore the room myself. When I heard the guide giving instructions to the others a few meters away, I started heading off. Suddenly the guide stood infront of me asking "What are you up to?" How did he do that? How would he know?? Feeling caught I said I just wanted to get a feel for the room and not only walk along the wall. He let me pass. I was sweeping the cane, walking in rectangles hoping to end up where I had started.
But I was stopped abruptly by a mailbox sitting on the wall with no connection to the ground. No way for me to know it was there. The guide with his incredible hearing certainly had a good laugh. But I don't mind. My heart goes out at all the blind people dealing with hazards like that every day.