Weird Things I Noticed
I was withdrawing some cash at the drive-thru automatic teller of my bank and noticed something kinda funky. All the labels and instructions are in braille. That's right. Those little bumps that make no sense to you and I but enable the visually impaired to read. Now that's okay, but as it happens, these braille labels don't have any alphabetic labels for those of us who can see. Nothing. Nada. Yep, just the bumps. I had to guess the function of each little hole, button and slot by it's size, the amount of wear (obviously more in the withdrawal areas than the deposit ones,) and other such things. My question is: What the hell are blind people doing rding around in cars making withdrawals and deposits? It's not like these buttons are on the passenger side. Anyone who can answer this for me will be a god I will worship for eternity.
Next, and perhaps a simpler question: Why do I duck every time I drive my car through those parking garages with the lower ceilings? Like that's going to help when the top half of my Suburban is scraped off like burnt off toast? Like it's going to make me feel any better when the car roof is sledding in a sea of sparks behind me? Hmm. Just wondering.
Comments
You should try driving with your eyes closed more often. It's really fun.
The Braille is there for the people that probably walk to the drive through and hold everyone up that is there waiting in line in cars, because either their seeing eye dog is taking a leak or because there are typos in the braille.
It's also probably there so that the bank looks better, and doesn't get sued or something.
And about the ducking in cars, I used to do that too, but now I have a convertible (after one of the parking garages got ahold of my car roof) so it isn't as much of an issue anymore, because I can just look up and see how close I am. You should try that.
So...am I a god for eternity or what?
Nice blog by the way.
Posted by: peat | December 23, 2003 04:12 AM