[Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] getting yourdrinks at fastfoodplaces

Tue Jun 30 19:15:04 UTC 2015

And I bet it's not just blind people who have said that.  Not everybody is 
into tech gadgets, or knows how to use them, whether they can see or not. 
So you are probably not alone.  Pam.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Drew Hunthausen via Electronics-talk
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 10:01 PM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Cc: Drew Hunthausen
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] getting yourdrinks at 
fastfoodplaces

There are a couple restaurants near me that I frequent including California
pizza kitchen that use these digital pay machines at each table. I find it
no problem to let the waitor or waitress know that I am blind and would like
to pay the old way whether I'm doing it by credit card or cash. I've never
gotten any response other than okay. I don't think these new pay methods are
a problem or will be in the future as long as you communicate with the wait
staff.

-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Baracco, Andrew W via Electronics-talk
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 12:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] getting yourdrinks at
fastfoodplaces

You can still order the old fashioned way at Applebee's but the change comes
when it is time to pay the bill.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
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fastfoodplaces

At least with Appleby's , you can check out their menu online in advance so
that you have some idea what you want to order before you eat there.  I ate
lunch at a nearby Appleby's in the Bronx about a month ago, and they still
took orders the old-fashioned way: by waiter.  Before my visit, I checked
the menu first online and decided what I wanted to order so that I would not
have to ask the waiter for help reading off the various menu choices.
Apparently, no touchscreen tablets at this location yet.

Gerald

----- Original Message -----
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fastfoodplaces

>I haven't seen them here, yet.  But I guess that's how long I haven't
been
>to Applebys.  Pam.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Annette Carr via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 1:08 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
> Cc: Annette Carr
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] getting your drinks at
> fastfoodplaces
>
> I've resorted to asking for a manager for assistance with those
tablets at
> the table where you have to pay your bill.
>
> Annette
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Baracco, Andrew W via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 12:53 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Cc: Baracco, Andrew W
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] getting your drinks at
fastfood
> places
>
> McDonald's has a similar screen that allows you to build your own
burger.
> The staff have been great about helping me with it, but I would prefer
to
> do
> it myself. Also, Applebee's has a touch screen tablet at each table
that
> allows you to make menu selections, play games, and to pay your bill
by
> swiping your card. It is also inaccessible, and now you have to use it
to
> pay your bill. Again, the wait staff have been helpful, but I do not
like
> telling the waiter how much I plan to tip.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Brett Boyer via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 3:00 PM
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> Cc: Brett Boyer
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Electronics-talk] getting your drinks at fastfood
> places
>
> Hey guys. I don't know how many of you have seen these new
touch-screen
> drink machines.
>
> These are the machines that are completely flat screen, and have pages
and
> pages of drinks and/or flavors to make your own combinations.
>
> They are very cool but I haven not been able to find a way for blind
peple
> to access them independently. I am pretty pissed that I can't get up
and
> get
> my own drink anymore without having a sighted person or an employee
waste
> time by helping me scroll through pages of flavors just to get a
drink!
>
> Anyone have any ideas about this or anything we could do to get these
> machines accessible?
>
> I hope this isn't off topic
>
> bb
>
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