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

[Locke Milholland]

Just to clarify, I was making a burger flippers are stupid joke rather than 
a burger flippers are immigrants joke.  Considering I am still seeking 
employment, I shall knock on wood and refrain from making either in the 
future.

Locke


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark BurningHawk" <stone_troll at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: NY blind woman's suit over menus


> 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
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>
>>> Given the little we can learn about this case from the story, did the
>>> New York Judge error in dismissing this case?
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> Locke
>>
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