I applaud the Washington Metro’s film Metro Madness: Riding the Metro through a Service Dog’s Perspective – a 3.5 minute film narrated by a service dog riding the Metro.

I particularly enjoy the closing scene where a courteous and enlightened traveler steps aside to let the visually impaired Barbara walk through a fare gate, making the universal “you go ahead” gesture.  Which she can’t see.  Because she’s blind.

(Okay, she’s not completely blind.  As the film points out at the opening, “Many people don’t know that you don’t need to be completely blind to use a leader dog.”)