[nabs-l] Braille Menu

[Rania]

When I went to Ruby Tuesday for my birthday a braille menu was just given to 
me after I sat down. I liked that.
Rania,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Corbb O'Connor" <corbbo at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Menu


> Ben,
>
> Those experiences are certainly are different and fun. Something that
> I always do when that happens is I ask my server to speak to his/her
> manager about the outstanding services they have for blind customers.
> (I usually phrase it that way so they don't think I'm going to
> complain about the service!) I do this for a couple of reasons: first
> being that in reinforces to the manager that people are using the
> menus, and the next time a menu is printed, they hopefully remember to
> print a Braille one. Secondly, I do this to show (not tell!)
> independence to the manager -- I make a point of showing how when I
> have a Braille menu, I don't have to rely on somebody reading the menu
> to me.
>
> Glad you had a good experience!
> Corbb
>
> -----
> Corbb O'Connor
> studying at the National University of Ireland, Galway
> Blog: http://corbbingalway.blogspot.com
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>
> On 20 Oct 2008, at 22:13, Ben J. Bloomgren wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I went out to Red Robin with my mom on Saturday night, and something
> really
> cool happened. We walked into the restaurant, and as we were being
> seated,
> the host/usher asked us if quote anyone needs a Braille menu unquote.
> I was
> amazed. I said yes, and I gave it up before checking page 30 for the
> desserts. Point is, they actually asked us!
>
> ben
>
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