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

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This has never happened to me either

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> On Mar 5, 2015, at 7:11 PM, Arielle Silverman via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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