[nfb-talk] Cash

[John Heim]

How can I not need help with every single transaction? I can't see what 
bills are handed back to me.

The only time I don't need help is when it happens that the change I get is 
all coinage. If
less than $5. Then, the clerk has to hand me singles or coins. Otherwise, he 
could be handing me a single and telling me it's a five.

Now, I could trust him or her and, of course, I usually do. But that's 
getting help. That trust is a form of assistance I'm getting from every 
single clerk. Sighted people don't have to trust clerks.

It's not so much that I think people are stealing from me. But clerks make 
mistakes all the time.  I ought to be able to validate the transaction 
myself.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425 at verizon.net>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Cash


>I really don't understand how you need help with "every single transaction"
> with your money.  If this is the case, maybe you need a better system of
> folding and/or storing your bills.  People are really stretching the issue
> to make it *look* necessary to have different bills.  This issue has 
> really
> blown all out of proportion.  By the way, what device are you referring 
> to,
> which the NFB sells, making our position a conflict of interest?
>
> Cindy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:27 AM
> 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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