Comments on: Think about things http://www.netsplit.com/2007/03/05/think-about-things/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:32:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lars http://www.netsplit.com/2007/03/05/think-about-things/#comment-149 Lars Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:18:45 +0000 #comment-149 It reminds me of some other signs I saw on a door. The sign said said "push" or "pull", also written in braille. Imagine you are blind and walk up to a door to open it, you are not sure whether to push or pull. What would you do, start to look for a braille sign or just grab the handle and open the door? It reminds me of some other signs I saw on a door. The sign said said “push” or “pull”, also written in braille. Imagine you are blind and walk up to a door to open it, you are not sure whether to push or pull. What would you do, start to look for a braille sign or just grab the handle and open the door?

]]> By: Jason http://www.netsplit.com/2007/03/05/think-about-things/#comment-148 Jason Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:21:35 +0000 #comment-148 That's nothing. I went to a drive through ATM and it had braille on it... for all the blind drivers that wanted to withdraw money from the bank in their car. With the sentence: "These instructions are provided in braille for our seeing impaired customers." The only possible reason for that message is to make me think my bank cares about the disabled. That’s nothing. I went to a drive through ATM and it had braille on it… for all the blind drivers that wanted to withdraw money from the bank in their car.

With the sentence:

“These instructions are provided in braille for our seeing impaired customers.”

The only possible reason for that message is to make me think my bank cares about the disabled.

]]> By: Sam http://www.netsplit.com/2007/03/05/think-about-things/#comment-147 Sam Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:28:55 +0000 #comment-147 That is the mother of hilarity. Thanks for a good morning laugh. Bureaucratic environments often simultaneously entertain and insult me. It could be that the person who made the rule meant well but their boss hired an idiot to implement the plan. That is the mother of hilarity. Thanks for a good morning laugh. Bureaucratic environments often simultaneously entertain and insult me. It could be that the person who made the rule meant well but their boss hired an idiot to implement the plan.

]]> By: alastair@scealnetworks.com http://www.netsplit.com/2007/03/05/think-about-things/#comment-146 alastair@scealnetworks.com Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:17:55 +0000 #comment-146 Hmm, I would think that an excellent case for a Braille sign: a blind person feeling along a wall, etc. without realising they are standing in front of a door. Unless there was a better way of informing them of this fact _before_ they stood in front of the door; but I'd have to see the layout of the area to decide that. - Alastair Hmm, I would think that an excellent
case for a Braille sign: a blind person
feeling along a wall, etc. without
realising they are standing in front
of a door.

Unless there was a better way of
informing them of this fact _before_ they
stood in front of the door; but I’d have
to see the layout of the area to
decide that.

- Alastair

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