[blindlaw] FW: NY blind woman's suit over menus

[Mark BurningHawk]

Good point! given the rise of ESL (English as a second language) front end 
help, I can't tell you the times I have had to struggle to get my order 
through to the person even when I knew what I wanted--just this morning, for 
example, I had to patiently and slowly repeat my order until she got it 
right.  This is a pet peeve of mine; that people who are here should learn 
and use English to a fair amount of fluency.  I know this will get me 
attacked from many quarters, and I"m sorry about that, and while I"m hardly 
a "patriot," if I were to go live in another country, I would immediately 
immerse myself in the language of that country.  However, in the case of 
Alice and her desire for large print menus, I think it's a valid concern 
that just any old crew person at a fast food chain might not be able to read 
her the menu.  Also, in a "rush hour," type of situation, it makes more 
sense for her to read a menu while others are served than to pull a crew 
person away from flipping burgers and taking cash to read her a menu; it 
doesn't strike me that this accommodation is "reasonable," at all, except 
perhaps on paper.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Locke Milholland" <lmilholland at hotmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: NY blind woman's suit over menus


>> Given the little we can learn about this case from the story, did the
>> New York Judge error in dismissing this case?
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> I'm not familiar with precedent, however, Camarillo's request to have the
> menu read was premised on a rather bold assumption that the person taking
> orders could in fact read.
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> Locke
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