[nfb-talk] Cash

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

John Heim;
Do you sourt your money.  That issue about the hotdog and ski cap you
could have solved by carrying smaller bills.  When going on a trip you
need to plan for things like that.  I limit my bills and use 1,5,10 and
20.  I use different sections for each kind of bill.  I usually fold
them also.  When going on a trip like that you need some ones, some
fives and what ever else you want to use.  This way you will not have to
pull out a large bill for a small purchase and will not get a lump of
cash that you can not identify.
Also, in some cases, you can request specific bills as your change.

Terry Powers


-----Original Message-----
From: John Heim [mailto:jheim at math.wisc.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:28 AM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Cash


> On the other hand, with respect to cash transactions, the blind handle

> their
> currency and have always done so with very little difficulty. So we of
NFB

That is simply not true. Or at least it's no more true than it is for
the 
web.  I browse the web every single day. I make my living using the web.

In fact, I need help handling money far, far more often than I need help

with web pages. EVERY single transaction requires me to get help with my

cash. Every single one.  I almost never need help with the web. In fact,
I 
am more often helping people than the other way around .

Also, there is an apparent conflict of interest here. The NFB is now
selling 
the very gismos that they claim blind people can use to sort their
money. 
That may not be the reason they took their stance but it looks bad.

Another thing that makes no sense is the aargument that changing the
money 
will make it harder for blind people to get jobs because it gives people
the 
idea that blind people can't handle money. But you can't give people an
idea 
they already have. It's ridiculous to say that it will be harder for
blind 
people to get jobs if the money is changed. Try getting a job handling
money 
today. What do you think your odds are. About zero. Changing the money
might 
not improve the odds much but it sure ain't gonna hurt.

Changing the money will make it far, far easier for blind people to do
their 
jobs. Any job involving travel will be made far easier. I was in
Brooklyn 
once. I was running late so I bought a hotdog from a street vendor,
jumped 
in a cab to the airport, tipped a skycap  who helped me get to the gate.
All 
those transactions were conducted in cash. I want to be able to reach
into 
my pocket and pull out the $5 that the cabbie gave me and hand it to the

skycap. You want to talk about making a bad impression, try asking a
skycap 
to sort your money so you can figure out his tip. That looks pathetic.

When I'm handed a wad of bills after  buying a beer at a football game,
I 
want to be able to count it MYSELF and say, "Um, pardon me, I think you
made 
a mistake here." How in the world can the NFB stand in the way of that?

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