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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh Rats! I forgot my money identifier
again.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let me see witch of my 10 devices is my money
identifier on. is it on my cell phone, digicam, color identifier. Oh
*!#^ where did I put that thing. smile
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<A title=mblier@cox.net href="mailto:mblier@cox.net">Mark Blier</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Tektalkdiscussion] Fw: ABC
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I still say that the answer here is a portable
programmable talking money identifier. This way, the currency-handling
infrastructure would not need re-engineering at considerable
expense.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark Blier</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:23
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Tektalkdiscussion] Fw: ABC
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<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Ardis Bazyn"
<<A
href="mailto:abazyn@bazyncommunications.com">abazyn@bazyncommunications.com</A>><BR>To:
<<A href="mailto:CCB-L@googlegroups.com">CCB-L@googlegroups.com</A>>;
"blind students of California" <BR><<A
href="mailto:California-BlindStudents@googlegroups.com">California-BlindStudents@googlegroups.com</A>>;
<<A href="mailto:rsva-l@acb.org">rsva-l@acb.org</A>>; <BR><<A
href="mailto:rsva-board@acb.org">rsva-board@acb.org</A>>; <<A
href="mailto:ivie@acb.org">ivie@acb.org</A>><BR>Sent: Tuesday, January
27, 2009 1:56 PM<BR>Subject: ABC SHOW Conducts Social Experiment by Having
Store Clerk <BR>Shortchange Blind Person<BR><BR><BR>> Tonight on ABC's
long running show "What Would You Do?" a segment has been<BR>> devoted to
how people react to a cashier in a bakery shortchanging people<BR>> who
are blind.<BR>><BR>> This show engineers a variety of different
situations with actors in order<BR>> to reveal how or if general
bystanders will react.<BR>><BR>> ACB has consulted on this segment as
we were contacted by a producer of <BR>> the<BR>> show shortly after
the Federal Court of Appeals decision in May of last<BR>> year. While we
have not viewed the segment and therefore can't endorse it,<BR>> it is
our understanding that the court case and the need for accessible<BR>>
currency are mentioned during the peace. Below is a description of
the<BR>> segment that is available at abc.com. It is important to note
that these<BR>> individuals are blind actors and not sighted individuals
pretending to be<BR>> blind. .<BR>><BR>> One of the other segments
on this evening's show deals with individuals<BR>> steeling while at an
open house to see if people will speak up or look the<BR>> other
way.<BR>><BR>> The show will run this evening at 10:00 Eastern on
ABC.<BR>><BR>> Eric<BR>><BR>> Store Clerk Shortchanges Blind
Person<BR>><BR>> ABC News Customers Speak Up When Clerk Shortchanges
Blind Person<BR>><BR>> When a Person Who Can't See Is Handed Incorrect
Change, What Do You Do?<BR>><BR>> By AUSTIN MILLS and ANN
SORKOWITZ<BR>><BR>> Jan. 27, 2009-<BR>><BR>> It's easy to tell
the difference between a $1, $5, $10 or even $50 bill --<BR>> that is, if
you can see. But, if you're blind like more than 1 million<BR>>
Americans,<BR>><BR>> a simple shopping trip becomes a game of blind
trust.<BR>><BR>> Because U.S. bills are not distinguishable by size,
shape or texture,<BR>><BR>> visually impaired people can't distinguish
dollar amounts<BR>><BR>> without assistance.<BR>><BR>> They
frequently have to rely on salesclerks or nearby strangers.<BR>><BR>>
But what if the clerk or stranger is dishonest? ABC News wanted to find
<BR>> out<BR>> how people would respond if they noticed a cashier
shortchanging a blind<BR>> customer.<BR>><BR>> Watch the story
tonight on ABC's "<BR>><BR>> What Would You Do?"<BR>><BR>> With
the cooperation of Gencarelli's, a bakery in Bloomfield, N.J., ABC <BR>>
News<BR>> rigged the store with hidden cameras and hired two blind actors
to pose as<BR>><BR>> customers and another actor to portray the
unscrupulous salesclerk.<BR>><BR>> 'What Am I, the Heritage for the
Blind?'<BR>><BR>> It began as Pamela, the blind actress, waited in
line and other patrons<BR>> started to overhear some demeaning dialogue
from the salesclerk.<BR>><BR>> "Would Helen Keller step up to the
front, please?"<BR>><BR>> Pamela brushed the comment aside and
proceeded to order a cheesecake. She<BR>> paid for the $16 cake with a
$50 bill. After receiving her change, she <BR>> asked<BR>>
for<BR>><BR>> assistance in deciphering the bills and was met with
even more harsh <BR>> words.<BR>><BR>> "What? I have to count this.
What am I, the heritage for the blind or<BR>> something?"<BR>><BR>>
If this wasn't bad enough, the clerk also cheated her. He handed her what
<BR>> he<BR>> said were a $20 and a $10, but they were actually
singles. Would anyone <BR>> step<BR>><BR>> up to help the blind
woman?<BR>><BR>> The first group of customers to walk into the bakery
sat back and listened<BR>> as the clerk's tirade went on for several
minutes. Other customers clearly<BR>> noticed<BR>><BR>> the
cheating but seemed hesitant to take on the clerk. But not Beth<BR>>
Carnicella, who stepped forward in defiance and told him, "I don't
think<BR>> it's nice<BR>><BR>> what you're doing."<BR>><BR>>
The clerk protested, saying that Pamela had received correct change
but<BR>> Carnicella didn't buy it. Almost immediately, she changed
tactics and <BR>> looked<BR>> for<BR>><BR>> someone else to
clear this up.<BR>><BR>> "Where's your boss? Where's your boss?" she
demanded.<BR>><BR>> After a minute of arguing, she was about to give
up and take her business<BR>> elsewhere but couldn't bear to leave.
That's when ABC News let Carnicella <BR>> in<BR>> on<BR>><BR>>
the experiment and asked why she'd stepped up. Her answer: "I guess that
<BR>> is<BR>> how I was brought up."<BR>><BR>> Group Rallies to
Defend Pamela<BR>><BR>> Later in the day, Jessica Gonzales stepped up
to help the blind actor. <BR>> From<BR>> the back of the line, she
rushed to Pamela's aid, calling out, "They're <BR>> all<BR>><BR>>
singles, these are all singles. What are you doing?"<BR>><BR>> Other
people, who had been passively watching the action unfold, began<BR>>
chiming in that she had in fact paid with a $50, not a $20, as the clerk
<BR>> was<BR>> now<BR>><BR>> claiming.<BR>><BR>> Gonzales
persisted. "You're acting like a total idiot in front of her, <BR>>
she's<BR>> not a handicap," she said in a loud, firm voice. "Just give
her change."<BR>><BR>> Now an angry mob of people formed behind
Pamela, standing with their arms<BR>> crossed, glaring at the clerk. Just
like Carnicella, they refused to leave<BR>> without<BR>><BR>>
talking to the manager.<BR>><BR>> Later, another group defended
Pamela. After they succeeded in getting her<BR>> money back, they
continued to hold what appeared to be a group therapy<BR>>
session.<BR>><BR>> Store patron Debra Lichter told the clerk, "I used
to work with people <BR>> about<BR>> how to deal with people with
disabilities, and I know you thought you were<BR>><BR>> being cheerful
but you were very condescending to this woman."<BR>><BR>> Bystander
Matthew Lichten added, "And I have to say, I am a <BR>>
psychotherapist<BR>> and you are the one with the
disability."<BR>><BR>> When the Actor Is a Blind Man<BR>><BR>>
But ABC News wondered what would happen if the blind woman was swapped for
<BR>> a<BR>> blind man named Adam? During half of Adam's shopping
trips, no one<BR>> intervened<BR>><BR>> on his
behalf.<BR>><BR>> Most people didn't explain why, although customer
Yvette McNeil said she<BR>> didn't get involved because the "the guy
behind the counter looked mean."<BR>><BR>> When people did come
forward for the blind man, it seemed that they were <BR>> not<BR>>
only infuriated by the cheating but by their inability to stop
it.<BR>><BR>> Marcia Errar, having witnessed the scene unfold, angrily
yelled at the<BR>> clerk, "You don't need to work in here. Let me tell
you that. You don't <BR>> know<BR>> how<BR>><BR>> to treat
customers."<BR>><BR>> When the clerk denied having cheated the
customer, Fran Rosamilia was so<BR>> frustrated she asked, "Can you talk?
You said that was a $20 and that was <BR>> a<BR>> $10,<BR>><BR>>
and in his hand those were two ones." In fact, she was so frustrated,
she<BR>> left without buying her cake.<BR>><BR>> 'You're Really
Being Rude'<BR>><BR>> Throughout the course of the experiment people
never said a word until <BR>> they<BR>> actually saw the clerk
shortchange the blind actors. They often <BR>>
disregarded<BR>><BR>> the clerk's initial snide remarks. That is,
except for one man named Nick<BR>> Mitola.<BR>><BR>> The clerk
began in his usual manner, insulting the blind actress about her<BR>>
disability. Mitola spoke up immediately. "You're really being rude,
just<BR>> stop<BR>><BR>> talking, you're getting deeper and
deeper," he said firmly.<BR>><BR>> The clerk asked the actor, "Are you
deaf too? I told you three times."<BR>><BR>> Mitola had finally had
enough and could no longer contain his disgust. <BR>> "Wow.<BR>> Shut
up, Shut up! Enough's enough! Just shut up!" he yelled.<BR>><BR>>
Later, Mitola explained that he owns a steak house down the street and
<BR>> that<BR>> "if one of my people ever ... I'd have pulled him out
of the counter and<BR>> killed<BR>><BR>> him in front of the
customers. I swear to God I would have."<BR>><BR>> While Pamela and
Adam take great pride in their independence, they<BR>> appreciated the
strangers who stood up for them on their behalf. But even<BR>> more
empowering,<BR>><BR>> they said, would be to have a currency that
would allow them to <BR>> distinguish<BR>> the different bills, so
that they wouldn't have to rely on the honesty of<BR>>
strangers<BR>><BR>> every time they shopped.<BR>><BR>> Indeed, a
federal appeals court recently ruled in favor of the American<BR>>
Council of the Blind, concluding that the Treasury Department was
being<BR>> discriminatory<BR>><BR>> by failing to provide such a
currency, paving the way for a future<BR>> redesign.<BR>><BR>>
Copyright C 2009 ABC News Internet Ventures<BR>><BR>> Eric
Bridges<BR>><BR>> Director of Advocacy and Governmental
Affairs<BR>><BR>> American Council of the Blind<BR>><BR>> 2200
Wilson Blvd. Suite 650<BR>><BR>> Arlington, VA 22201<BR>><BR>>
Phone: (202) 467-5081<BR>><BR>> Fax: (703)
465-5085<BR>><BR>><BR>> Ardis Bazyn<BR>> For inspirational
speaking, business coaching, or writing: <BR>> <A
href="http://www.bazyncommunications.com">www.bazyncommunications.com</A><BR>>
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