[Blindtlk] AT the Intersection of Money Identification and Human behavior

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi all. I think it would be interesting to do a study and see how
often blind people have been deliberately short-changed by cashiers,
bartenders etc. It hasn't happened to me yet as far as I know, and I
haven't heard many stories of it happening to other blind people. It's
the sort of thing that gets a lot of hype but I guess I'm a little
skeptical of how much of a risk it actually is.
Dave, How did you figure out when you were short-changed? Do you have
enough vision to read bills, or did you use a bill reader?
Arielle

On 3/5/15, Hyde, David W. (ESC) via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I had it happen once. I gave a bar tender a $20, and got bills back. I
> carried the bills and drinks to the table. I sorted the bills, and found I
> was ten short. When I went back, I gave him another $20, and got change
> back. I took the bills out of sight, and pulled a $1 out of my pocket, and
> asked him if that was the $10. When he said yes, I told him what I had done,
> and gave him back both sets of bills. I told him he got away with it,
> almost. I told him I was sure he inadvertently made the same mistake twice.
> If he ever made it again, I would be discussing his continued employment
> with his boss. He was always exactly correct after that, and I never
> mentioned to him again.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly
> Mihalakis via blindtlk
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 3:13 PM
> To: Bob Hachey; Blind Talk Mailing List; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] AT the Intersection of Money Identification and
> Human behavior
>
> Afternoon, Bobb and everyone,,
>
> Mostly I've found, generally, that people are really cool, not taking
> advantage of the blind. I think that's like a cardinal sin, on par with
> child mollestation and the like.
>   Car
> Maybe show people that you are trusting people won't take advantage of you,
> unless they're real shits! Yes, you might encounter the world's shits, but
> by and large, people want to help us. 07:49 AM 3/5/2015, Bob Hachey via
> blindtlk wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Below my name, please find a link to a truly fascinating YouTube video.
>>Note that the blind people and clerks depicted here are actors and that
>>this is an experiment in human behavior. How will bystanders react when
>>a blind person is shortchanged because he or she cannot identify US
>>currency? While it is nice that we can get free money identifiers from
>>the BEP, how likely are we to use them when we are handed change and
>>people are waiting behind us in line?
>>
>>Bob Hachey
>>
>>
>>
>>  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myyyqH4j634>
>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myyyqH4j634
>>
>>
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