[Nfbf-l] FW: [fcb-l] Fw: [leadership] Blind Louisiana Man Sues McDonald's for Refusing Him Drive-Thru Service

Fri Jun 3 18:57:54 UTC 2016

Right on Joeanne.  Some like to push the envelope using their visual
impairment to get something they want butg are not actually deserving of.  

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First of all they don't serve walk ups.  Secondly, a friend of mine who is
sighted went up to the drive through window  and she wasn't served either.
So, he wasn't served just because he is blind.  
I hope McDonalds don't pay.  The blind doesn't need special services like
that.  If he found the window, why didn't he find the door.  

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Interesting 

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Date: Thursday, June 2, 2016 5:28 am
Subject: [leadership] Blind Louisiana Man Sues McDonald's for Refusing Him
Drive-Thru Service

Blind Louisiana Man Sues McDonald's for Refusing Him Drive-Thru Service

 byALEX JOHNSON

 McDonald's has until mid-June to respond to a federal lawsuit accusing it
of discrimination for refusing to serve blind customers who walk up during
late-night  hours when only the drive-thru window is open.

 The plaintiff, Scott Magee of Metairie, Louisiana, said in court documents
filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago that he was laughed at and turned
away  from the drive-thru window at a McDonald's in the New Orleans suburb
late at night last August. It wasn't the first time that had happened, Magee
alleged.

 Many McDonald's restaurants nationwide continue service through their
drive-thru windows late at night after the main restaurant entrance has
closed.

 group start The drive-thru window at a McDonald's restaurant in
Springfield, Illinois. AP -- file
 IMAGE: McDonald's drive-thru The drive-thru window at a McDonald's
restaurant in Springfield, Illinois.AP -- file  group end

 But the company's policy is not to serve pedestrians at the drive-thru, and
blind customers can't drive, so they're effectively barred from patronizing
the world's largest fast food chain by revenue, according to the suit, which
seeks class-action status for all blind Americans who may have had
difficulty  ordering at McDonald's.

 "While McDonald's sighted customers can independently browse, select, and
pay for products at Defendant's drive-thrus without the assistance of
others,  blind people must hope for a companion with a car or paid taxi
services to assist them in selecting and purchasing McDonald's food,"
according to the suit.

 The suit says it wouldn't take much for the company to make its drive-thru
windows work for blind people, "given the sophistication and size of
McDonald's  Corporation as well as the advanced technological society in
which we live today."

 After all, the chain recently managed to start providing all-day breakfast,
"to the awe of McDonald's aficionados everywhere," it says.

 The suit seeks a jury trial on its demands for "modest accommodations" to
make its services available to the blind at all times, a formal declaration
that  McDonald's violated the Americans With Disabilities Act and
unspecified court costs and attorneys' fees.

 Senior U.S. District Judge Joan B. Gottschall gave McDonald's until June 17
to respond.

 The company's corporate office in Oak Brook, Illinois, said that as a
matter of policy, "we do not comment on pending litigation."

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