most ridiculous thing I've seen in a LONG time

[gravitas]

was riding the tram from the airport to the rental car depot tonight with the usual 1000 foot gaze and not really paying attention to anything in particular when I happened to take a look at the emergency exit/fire extinguisher sign......there was the normal "in case of emergency pull this, point that, blah blah blah" and then they repeated the message in braille

WHAT THE FUCK?

I realize that it makes perfect sense to have braille messages on all sorts of things like elevator buttons, hotel room signs, etc but instructions for a fire extinguisher??? Whats a blind person supposed to do, feel around for the fire?

Craziness

 

[Randy Whorewald]

They must be feeling the heat!!

 

[sushiman]

Even more ridiculous

Even more ridiculous, in my opinion is...

Braille on the keypad of the drive-through bank machine.

sushi

 

[gravitas]

Braille on the keypad of the drive-through bank machine.

nicely played and you're right, why?

maybe its for those pylons who go through the drive through but then when at the machine get out of the car to make their withdrawl/deposit/payment

 

[OTBn]

hardly reeediculous at all - the examples mentioned, obviously, aren't intended for totally blind persons... they are intended for the (legally) blind who have difficulty with depth perception, contrast sensitivity and glare - termed "Low Partial" blindness... and yes, in some cases, you can drive with this condition.

 

[westwoody]

The ATM's are all made with the Braille on the keypad, so why make special keypads for drive throughs? As for stopping and getting out at the drive through, I had to do that once because my Corvette was so low I couldn't reach the keys.

 

[Randy Whorewald]

I'm in a similar situation, except my truck is too high to reach the keys.

 

[hitrack]

me too, except my dick is to long to reach the keys!!

 

[Maury Beniowski]

hardly reeediculous at all - the examples mentioned, obviously, aren't intended for totally blind persons... they are intended for the (legally) blind who have difficulty with depth perception, contrast sensitivity and glare - termed "Low Partial" blindness... and yes, in some cases, you can drive with this condition.

At least half the drivers in Vancouver are driving with that condition...

 

[gravitas]

I had to do that once because my Corvette was so low

except my truck is too high to reach the keys.

then why use the drive through?

me too, except my dick is to long to reach the keys!!

so thats why the buttons on the lowtrack ATM's are sticky