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

[Mark BurningHawk]

Heh. join the club of underqualified blind people seeking work.  Now let's 
all gout and purchase special hard and software for twice the cost of the 
computer we just bought so we can use the computer we just bought.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Locke Milholland" <lmilholland at hotmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: NY blind woman's suit over menus


> 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>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> 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
>>
>>
>>>> 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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