Today's Hmmmmm? Why is there a braille pad on the ATM at my banks drive up window....Hmmmmmm??

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Jul 4, 2018 15:52:13 #

Kuzano

Why is there a braille pad on the ATM at my banks drive up window....Hmmmmmm??

Jul 4, 2018 16:21:20 #

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Kuzano wrote:

Why is there a braille pad on the ATM at my banks drive up window....Hmmmmmm??

Americans With Disabilities Act - no one ever accused the staffers who write laws and the clerks who then write the regulations based on them of being overly bright or practical. Besides they are the same model ATM that are put in the Walk Up lines and it is too much trouble to keep track of which machines are going where.

And of course you have seen those posters, signs etc that say things like: "Blind/Deaf, call xxx-xxxx for help." or the ever popular "Don't speak, read or write English. Call xxx-xxxx for lessons."

Those who can't cut it in a regular working degree program or teaching program go into "broadcast journalism" and their drop outs go into advertising, and their failures go into politics, either elected or staffers.

Jul 4, 2018 19:09:15 #

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

Because it would cost more to make two different ATM machines and the banks would then have to charge you even more fees.

Jul 4, 2018 19:16:48 #

twinhearts Loc: Southwestern Michigan

Because they may ride with someone after banking hours. Maybe they don't want to give out their pin to anyone. They are blind, not helpless. Seeing impaired do have social lives just as everyone else.

Jul 5, 2018 07:49:34 #

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

Kuzano wrote:

Why is there a braille pad on the ATM at my banks drive up window....Hmmmmmm??

Walk up customers?

Jul 5, 2018 10:01:15 #

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

robertjerl wrote:

Americans With Disabilities Act - no one ever accu... (show quote)

Jul 5, 2018 11:07:51 #

Burtzy Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA

bobmcculloch wrote:

Walk up customers?

A walk-up customer at a drive-up ATM could soon become a disabled customer, especially if the drive-up customer is intending to use the Braille pad.

Jul 5, 2018 11:15:38 #

RichJ207 Loc: Sammamish, WA

That ATM would be great if your passenger needed to use it and you were driving a car with the steering wheel on the right hand side of the car.

Jul 5, 2018 15:50:09 #

johnnievegas

So a blind person, a passenger in a car or shuttle bus, can easily withdraw cash or deposit a check without the inconvenience of finding their way into the bank and locating a teller.

Jul 5, 2018 18:21:09 #

drucker Loc: Oregon

Simple explanation -- it's the same basic machine use for the walk-up locations -- why make two models.

But, on the same subject . . .

About a month ago my son and I were on a road trip to pick up a milling machine and we stopped at a fast food place to stretch our legs, use the accommodations, and get some dinner. I was studying the menu when he came out of the restroom laughing. It seems there was a baby changing station in the restroom and it had braille instructions. I'm sure they were just instructions for opening and an admonition about the safety features. But . . . the more we thought about it, the funnier the possible scenarios became. I've changed a lot of diapers in my lifetime and some of those were real disaster areas, but it had never occurred to us what challenges a major "blowout" would present to a person who was blind. Like, how do you know you've done a good job cleaning up? . . . smell your fingers?

Jul 5, 2018 18:36:48 #