Make the World a Better Place Pt.3

(courtesy of Sunspots "The Cornell Daily" Thank you for the picture)

Accessibility Offender of the Day Award 

Monday, September 9th, 2019

You can be angry about my blog if you like that's your right. The events portrayed in this blog are the opinion and observations of the blogger. Personally, I've tried every government avenue, every social avenue I can construe at this point; I'm sick and tired of people with disabilities being ignored.

Well here I thought I had gotten the word out about accessibility but surprise surprise *sigh* society throws us another curve ball and today we present the first in our AOD Awards (AODA for short)...

St. Vincent de Pull Thrift Store

Your Parents must be so proud

So here's the story folks... Miss N. (we'll keep her name out of this because we're good like that) needed a new dresser and by new I mean a gently used piece of furniture. 

Miss N. is visually impaired and she goes into this boutique of bustling beauty to pick out her dream dresser. She informs the clerk on the onset that she needs help making sure that when the store delivers her furniture that they can take it up to her bedroom. Prior to payment they agree to these terms in front of Miss. N. and Her friend Miss. A who just so happens to be a PSW. Great We'll deliver the furniture in a few days time.. Fantastic we're off to the races. The delivery is $50 extra but hey it's worth it... isn't it? 

The delivery driver arrives in the morning. The first attempt is a miss. They contact Miss N. on the telephone and she promises that someone will be there to get the dresser. They place the dresser in the middle of the living room. "Hey are you going to bring that upstairs?" Mr. D asks. The delivery driver who looks like a truck stop patron says "ground floor only." He laughs, yep he actually laughs. When I was made aware of these circumstances I decided that I would advocate for Miss N. The store then says: "We can't contact the delivery drivers until they get back to the store."

So here it is people. This is more commonplace then most people would like to realize. It happens every single day. It happens because we let it. 

I'm a long way with done with these people. Raise the flags and tell everyone you can about this blog because awareness is key. The more we bring these sketchy figures into the light of social justice the better off we'll be as a society.