[Nfbmo] Have a business that decided to rip me off

[James Moynihan]

That was interesting especially the kiss.

jim moynihan



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder via Nfbmo" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Jordan Gallacher'" <jordanandseptember at gmail.com>; "'NFB of Missouri 
Mailing List'" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Have a business that decided to rip me off


> Hello, Jordan. I don't believe I've seen any responses to your question on
> the list, but it may be that I have not been diligent in my search.
>
> It is hard to know how you can do anything that will be economically
> significant to you. Filing a court case over fifteen dollars will be a 
> tough
> proposition financially. What proof can anyone bring to a court? When it
> gets to be my word against your word, how can a judge determine which of 
> us
> is telling the truth?
>
> I don't know what the experiences of other people on the list are, but I
> don't think this is ever happened to me. My father recently asked me how
> many times people have taken advantage of me because I cannot see the 
> bills
> that I give them. In truth I can't think of a time when I came up short 
> and
> thought it was thievery. I can, however, think of countless times when I
> have handed someone a bill, and they have saved me from myself by telling 
> me
> that I did not hand them a ten but a twenty. I can also think of humorous
> times when this is happened as when I asked a waitress to accompany me
> through a salad bar that cost six dollars, meant to give her a ten,
> accidentally gave her a twenty dollar bill, and didn't realize it until 
> she
> jumped over the bar, gave me a kiss, and told me that she had prayed to 
> God
> that very morning about how she was going to make her rent and that I had
> given her enough to do that. I liked the hug, enjoyed the kiss, and did 
> not
> tell her that I had made a mistake and only intended to give her four
> dollars for the trip to the salad bar. I was plenty content to, at least 
> for
> that moment, be the agent that God had promised.
>
> Warmly,
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jordan 
> Gallacher
> via Nfbmo
> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 9:36 PM
> To: Nfbmo at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbmo] Have a business that decided to rip me off
>
> I think we have all probably have had this happen at least once in our
> lives, but this seems to be the worst I have ever seen a business do to 
> me.
> Read on to find out what happened, and for any Blind person or sighted
> person stay away from The Bell in Liberty, MO
>
> I used to be a regular at The Bell until June 29th.  I went there at about
> 7:00 that night and ordered my usual, the French Dip.  At right about 8:00
> the waitress came by and asked if I was ready for my Bill, and I said Yes.
> She went away with it, came back, and just threw it on the table.  I never
> did locate it.  No big problem for me since I knew what the total was 
> going
> to be, $14.50.  I paid in Cash that night.  I had $8.00 of Bills and 
> $17.25
> in quarters, which is 69 quarters.  So, I pulled the $8.00 out and counted
> out, carefully, $6.50 in quarters, which is 26 quarters.  The waitress 
> comes
> back and tries to tell me that I only gave her $9.75.  I knew that not to 
> be
> correct, and I stood my ground.  A manager came out and tried the same
> stunt, and I finally just got up and left.  I really did not care that I 
> was
> told never to come back because I never would go back there after that
> anyway.  I arrived back at my apartment and decided to count the quarters 
> I
> had remaining in my pocket.  I had 43 quarters remaining.  I find it
> absolutely appaling that the owner of the business is not even realizing
> that there is a problem and tells me it's my fault.  How do I love it when
> businesses try to take advantage of me as a Blind person.  I want to know
> how best to proceed against this business at this point.
>
> Jordan
>
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