When people are on their phones and don't see you to move away, they don't like being touched by a cane. Most people will realise that they caused the problem.

Your vision impairment will be much more obvious when you have a cane, so you'll learn to expect people saying things like "Can I pray for you?" or "You're so inspirational."

Some people don't understand that there's a gradient between too-blind-to-use-glasses and completely blind, and if you appear to be using your vision as well as a cane (like if you're looking around or staring at your phone), expect people to say, "You're not blind enough for a cane." or "You're just using a cane to get sympathy."

Some people will try to grab you and take you where they think you want to go without asking you.

However, most people try to be understanding and genuinely helpful.

I saw you using your phone, are you faking?

Many people will either ignore you or talk loud and slow. I've also had a lot of people react to me by immediately turning to whoever I'm next to and talking to them instead of me.

People also tend to modulate their word choice, ie say "Have you see-- uhh, have you heard the news?" or "do ... uhh... uh... do you listen to sports?"

There's also a lot of people who will choose not to offer help because they assume you'll hurt yourself. Or, they'll take your hands like you're a toddler and shuffle like you weren't just walking normal a second before.

Someone tried to grab my partner's cane to redirect them today. 🤦🏼‍♀️

My grandma has always called it a walking stick... Like..... no it is most definitely not that.

"So how does that stick work?"

Also people who attempt to guide you by holding the tip of your cane are really something else.