article_snippet: A 28-year-old blind woman has had A 28-year-old blind woman confidence shattered after a bus driver laughed in A 28-year-old blind woman face and refused to believe A 28-year-old blind woman qualified for a disabled fare.
article_snippet: When a bus pulled up I went to get on after a few people and, like I usually do, I folded up my cane and showed a bus driver my card,A 28-year-old blind woman A 28-year-old blind woman told Daily Mail Australia.
article_snippet: Megan Johnston, from Wellington, in New Zealand, was shocked when a bus driver refused to believe A 28-year-old blind woman was blind despite showing a bus driver A 28-year-old blind woman concessions bus pass and cane .
article_snippet: The bus pass, issued by NZ Bus, clearly states ‘blind person’ on The bus pass, issued by NZ Bus.
article_snippet: As A 28-year-old blind woman handed over A 28-year-old blind woman $2 fare a bus driver refused to take A 28-year-old blind woman money as A 28-year-old blind woman explained the pass simply gets A 28-year-old blind woman a concession fare.
article_snippet: well how did you get on a bus, you can obviously see things”,’ A 28-year-old blind woman recalled.
article_snippet: Shocked by his assumption that A 28-year-old blind woman was lying about being blind, A 28-year-old blind woman told the bus driver A 28-year-old blind woman has ‘five per cent vision’ and He responded: ‘That’s not actually blind is it.’ A 28-year-old blind woman's bus pass, issued by NZ Bus, clearly states 'blind person' on it
article_snippet: but the bus driver simply laughed at A 28-year-old blind woman .
article_snippet: I should be able to get on a bus without being questioned,A 28-year-old blind woman A 28-year-old blind woman said.
article_snippet: Upset and in tears, A 28-year-old blind woman fired off a message on Twitter to the bus company and was told to call the bus company generic customer service line.
article_snippet: hey your bus driver just laughed at me and said I wasn’t blind despite having a cane and a card”.
article_snippet: When A 28-year-old blind woman rang the bus company in tears
article_snippet: A 28-year-old blind woman was told the bus company would get back to A 28-year-old blind woman in two to three weeks.
article_snippet: Since A 28-year-old blind woman story was first published in the Dominion Post, the bus company has been in touch to apologise.
highlights_snippet: Megan Johnston tried to board a bus with Megan Johnston blind concession pass on Wednesday .
  
highlights_snippet: Driver refused to take Megan Johnston fare and said 'you are not blind are you?'
  
highlights_snippet: When Megan Johnston explained Megan Johnston was indeed legally blind Driver accused Megan Johnston of lying .
  
highlights_snippet: Well how did you get on a bus, you can obviously see things,' Driver said .