
Posted: 12/12/2013 6:22:05 AM EST
So i just found out we had to replace a vending machine at work because the buttons are to high off the ground. There is not one person in this building in a wheelchair and we don't even have any little people.
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I hate the ADA with a passion.
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We have nearly a dozen handicap spots in my building's parking lot. I've never seen more than one in use at a time.
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ADA regs are a PITA.
There is a scumbag lawyer (redundant I know) that is disabled around this area. All he does is sends his "scouts" out to local hotels, restaurants, and businesses and have them find a non-ADA compliance issue. He will then roll his fat ass to the place and either try to extort money from them, or bring suit against them if they don't pay. I'm surprised that he is still alive actually. |
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The ADA started with the best of intentions then morphed into some absolute disaster of a law that does not make sense and costs huge $$$$
I am working at our new fire station, this is an outlying station not an administrative station with the civilian secretaries and such. We have a handicap accessible shower ![]() |
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At a former job I was involved in coordinating the ADA upgrade of putting braille signage on a drive up ATM. Y'know. in case a blind guy drives up to the ATM.
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Originally Posted By Disintegr8or:
ADA regs are a PITA. There is a scumbag lawyer (redundant I know) that is disabled around this area. All he does is sends his "scouts" out to local hotels, restaurants, and businesses and have them find a non-ADA compliance issue. He will then roll his fat ass to the place and either try to extort money from them, or bring suit against them if they don't pay. I'm surprised that he is still alive actually. View Quote There's a lawyer and "professional plaintiff" team up in the DC/MD area that does the same thing all over VA, MD and DC. They'll go to mom and pop restaurants and stores and find some ticky-tacky technical ADA violations ("your sidewalk is sloped 3 degrees to steep and I was unable to enter your business") and file suit. There's an attorney's fee provision in the statute, so basically they make these places settle by paying to "fix" the issue, plus several thousand in atty's fees. |
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There's a felon from Nevada who has opened +1000 court cases here with his lawyers sueing mom-n-pop places for having the bathroom mirror 3/4" too high or something stupid.
The guy dove off the second story of the prison and broke his neck ... he makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year sueing small stores. |
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Originally Posted By ContrarianIndicator:
Such a bullshit law. http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy34/jonousa223/d424c58f12075a3ee4507e9b257028ec_zpsc77db8bd.jpg That's the beginning of a 8 mile running/biking trail near me... These spots are never used. View Quote You must be in IL. That's your state law in action, not the ADA. |
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Originally Posted By Paul:
There's a felon from Nevada who has opened +1000 court cases here with his lawyers sueing mom-n-pop places for having the bathroom mirror 3/4" too high or something stupid. The guy dove off the second story of the prison and broke his neck ... he makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year sueing small stores. View Quote There seems to be one of those ADA shakedown squads in every state. I do think that businesses should make reasonable accomodations, and that the tort system when operated as intended is far superior in every way to hamfisted government regulation. But this kind of shit pisses me off. |
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Originally Posted By irishtech:
So i just found out we had to replace a vending machine at work because the buttons are to high off the ground. There is not one person in this building in a wheelchair and we don't even have any little people. ![]() I love government intervention. View Quote Have they never heard of a stick? |
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Originally Posted By Paul:
There's a felon from Nevada who has opened +1000 court cases here with his lawyers sueing mom-n-pop places for having the bathroom mirror 3/4" too high or something stupid. The guy dove off the second story of the prison and broke his neck ... he makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year sueing small stores. View Quote That's why the ADA gets most of the hate. Remember when Clint Eastwood got sued? There are some making a career out of this. |
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Originally Posted By DrFeelgood:
You must be in IL. That's your state law in action, not the ADA. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DrFeelgood:
Originally Posted By ContrarianIndicator:
Such a bullshit law. http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy34/jonousa223/d424c58f12075a3ee4507e9b257028ec_zpsc77db8bd.jpg That's the beginning of a 8 mile running/biking trail near me... These spots are never used. You must be in IL. That's your state law in action, not the ADA. Ga. Pretty sure this falls under Title 2 of the ADA. |
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Put a stick next to the machine with a label on it: "ADA compliance stick."
Problem solved. You're welcome. You can have that one for free. eta: Or just get rid of the machine. "There. Now no one can have a coke." |
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Originally Posted By dbrowne1:
There seems to be one of those ADA shakedown squads in every state. I do think that businesses should make reasonable accomodations, and that the tort system when operated as intended is far superior in every way to hamfisted government regulation. But this kind of shit pisses me off. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By dbrowne1:
Originally Posted By Paul:
There's a felon from Nevada who has opened +1000 court cases here with his lawyers sueing mom-n-pop places for having the bathroom mirror 3/4" too high or something stupid. The guy dove off the second story of the prison and broke his neck ... he makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year sueing small stores. There seems to be one of those ADA shakedown squads in every state. I do think that businesses should make reasonable accomodations, and that the tort system when operated as intended is far superior in every way to hamfisted government regulation. But this kind of shit pisses me off. You're missing the point. The ADA was written by sober, well-intentioned people. It was intended to be reasonable. Unintended consequences are no less real than intended ones, tho. Repeal the mandate of accommodation and businesses who want to continue getting business from those with disabilities will accommodate their needs. The rest, won't. Either way, the market will sort it out. |
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I remember what a PITA ADA regs were when I did my last plant layout. The contractors didn't think 1/2" here or there would make a difference to the building inspector. They ended up having to move all the dividers in the bathrooms before we were able to pass inspection - when the operating systems in the plant were GTG. Same story - no handicapped employees or short people, etc.
15 years later I find myself wheelchair bound - permanantly. That insignificant 1/2" actually can make the difference between turning around at the end of a dead end isle, or having to back out 100' to get to the main isle where there's room to do a 180 so you can go frontwards. Pain in the ass to some (builders) but they only have to get it right once - preferably the FIRST time they build. You can do it right the first time, or, you can do it over. Anybody who bitches about ADA regs should be forced to live in, and operate from a wheelchair for a week - no cheating either. NOT a rant, just a FYI from somebody who used to bitch about it that now understands from personal experience. Peace. -kid |
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Originally Posted By ContrarianIndicator:
Ga. Pretty sure this falls under Title 2 of the ADA. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By ContrarianIndicator:
Originally Posted By DrFeelgood:
Originally Posted By ContrarianIndicator:
Such a bullshit law. http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy34/jonousa223/d424c58f12075a3ee4507e9b257028ec_zpsc77db8bd.jpg That's the beginning of a 8 mile running/biking trail near me... These spots are never used. You must be in IL. That's your state law in action, not the ADA. Ga. Pretty sure this falls under Title 2 of the ADA. It does, but a handful of states have their own accessibility laws that are more stringent than the ADA. IL is one such, and I only guessed at it being yours since that parking configuration exceeds the minimum requirements of the ADA. |
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Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
You're missing the point. The ADA was written by sober, well-intentioned people. It was intended to be reasonable. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
Originally Posted By dbrowne1:
Originally Posted By Paul:
There's a felon from Nevada who has opened +1000 court cases here with his lawyers sueing mom-n-pop places for having the bathroom mirror 3/4" too high or something stupid. The guy dove off the second story of the prison and broke his neck ... he makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year sueing small stores. There seems to be one of those ADA shakedown squads in every state. I do think that businesses should make reasonable accomodations, and that the tort system when operated as intended is far superior in every way to hamfisted government regulation. But this kind of shit pisses me off. You're missing the point. The ADA was written by sober, well-intentioned people. It was intended to be reasonable. Not I'm not, no it wasn't, and no it wasn't. It was written by Congress and it deliberately included attorney's fees provisions to encourage people to file suit over small things. By the way, there are lots of these types of laws - it's not just the ADA. |
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What if you hurt your leg and end up in a wheel chair for a while and want a snack though?
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I saw a hilarious article a year or so ago, about a smart disabled man who made a folding stick to block off the handicapped space next to his van so he could keep people from parking next to him and keep him from getting in the car.
All I could think was, you have a powered wheel chair, maybe you should save the spaces for people who actually cant walk far. |
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Originally Posted By irishtech:
So i just found out we had to replace a vending machine at work because the buttons are to high off the ground. There is not one person in this building in a wheelchair and we don't even have any little people. ![]() I love government intervention. View Quote I have a bad back. I'll be sure to file a suit against you because bending over to push those low buttons will cause me great pain and suffering. ![]() |
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All this disability stuff is because of George Wallace, a Democrat that got himself shot while running for President. And I swear that those wheel chair ramps are a danger to people that walk over them.
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Originally Posted By a3kid:
I remember what a PITA ADA regs were when I did my last plant layout. The contractors didn't think 1/2" here or there would make a difference to the building inspector. They ended up having to move all the dividers in the bathrooms before we were able to pass inspection - when the operating systems in the plant were GTG. Same story - no handicapped employees or short people, etc. 15 years later I find myself wheelchair bound - permanantly. That insignificant 1/2" actually can make the difference between turning around at the end of a dead end isle, or having to back out 100' to get to the main isle where there's room to do a 180 so you can go frontwards. Pain in the ass to some (builders) but they only have to get it right once - preferably the FIRST time they build. You can do it right the first time, or, you can do it over. Anybody who bitches about ADA regs should be forced to live in, and operate from a wheelchair for a week - no cheating either. NOT a rant, just a FYI from somebody who used to bitch about it that now understands from personal experience. Peace. -kid View Quote fuck that noise. I want to bitch because there aren't enough cripples to justify all the parking spaces. Those extra 20 feet are killing me. ![]() |
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I always use the handicap stall to take a dump.
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Off to put some bricks under my coke machine
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Originally Posted By a3kid:
I remember what a PITA ADA regs were when I did my last plant layout. The contractors didn't think 1/2" here or there would make a difference to the building inspector. They ended up having to move all the dividers in the bathrooms before we were able to pass inspection - when the operating systems in the plant were GTG. Same story - no handicapped employees or short people, etc. 15 years later I find myself wheelchair bound - permanantly. That insignificant 1/2" actually can make the difference between turning around at the end of a dead end isle, or having to back out 100' to get to the main isle where there's room to do a 180 so you can go frontwards. Pain in the ass to some (builders) but they only have to get it right once - preferably the FIRST time they build. You can do it right the first time, or, you can do it over. Anybody who bitches about ADA regs should be forced to live in, and operate from a wheelchair for a week - no cheating either. NOT a rant, just a FYI from somebody who used to bitch about it that now understands from personal experience. Peace. -kid View Quote With respect, the only thing that changed was your perspective. The law is no more or less reasonable than it ever was. |
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ADA drives a large portion of my profession.
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Originally Posted By gunham:
All this disability stuff is because of George Wallace, a Democrat that got himself shot while running for President. And I swear that those wheel chair ramps are a danger to people that walk over them. ![]() View Quote What's that safety rule for traveling on foot in the woods? It works in civilization too. "Don't step on anything you can step over, and don't step over any thing you can walk around." You apparently have 2 legs, walk around the ramps if you can't safely negotiate such a hazardous obstacle. |
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Originally Posted By Kubota3430: The ADA started with the best of intentions then morphed into some absolute disaster of a law that does not make sense and costs huge $$$$ I am working at our new fire station, this is an outlying station not an administrative station with the civilian secretaries and such. We have a handicap accessible shower ![]() View Quote We have lower than normal kitchen counters at my fire station, since apparently it needed to be ADA compliant for some reason. It actually makes it uncomfortable to cook because its low, and we have to have a special, expensive, dishwasher because a normal one won't fit. ![]() |
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Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
With respect, the only thing that changed was your perspective. The law is no more or less reasonable than it ever was. View Quote Take me up on my "spend a week in a wheelchair challenge". I'll bet your perspective will change. Of course that suggestion will probably draw another "Fuck that shit" from you too. edited for grammer |
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Originally Posted By a3kid:
What's that safety rule for traveling on foot in the woods? It works in civilization too. "Don't step on anything you can step over, and don't step over any thing you can walk around." You apparently have 2 legs, walk around the ramps if you can't safely negotiate such a hazardous obstacle. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By a3kid:
Originally Posted By gunham:
All this disability stuff is because of George Wallace, a Democrat that got himself shot while running for President. And I swear that those wheel chair ramps are a danger to people that walk over them. ![]() What's that safety rule for traveling on foot in the woods? It works in civilization too. "Don't step on anything you can step over, and don't step over any thing you can walk around." You apparently have 2 legs, walk around the ramps if you can't safely negotiate such a hazardous obstacle. Nope. We need an Americans Without Disabilities Act. |
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Originally Posted By a3kid:
Take me up on my "spend a week in a wheelchair challenge". I'll bet your perspective will change. Of course that suggestion will probably draw another "Fuck that shit" from you too. edited for grammer View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By a3kid:
Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
With respect, the only thing that changed was your perspective. The law is no more or less reasonable than it ever was. Take me up on my "spend a week in a wheelchair challenge". I'll bet your perspective will change. Of course that suggestion will probably draw another "Fuck that shit" from you too. edited for grammer Reasonable arguments have nothing to do with perspective. Here's two separate arguments: Argument A: The ADA is bullshit because no one should be forced to accomodate anyone else's physical needs by law. The inherent reason in argument A stands whether the person making it is doing so from the perspective of a person with OR WITHOUT a disability. Argument B: The ADA is bullshit because it inconveniences me personally and for no other reason. The exact opposite argument can and is made for the exact same reason by people with disabilities. A dispassionate 3rd party must conclude that the argument is fallacious because it is completely subjective. That was my point. |
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Originally Posted By a3kid:
I concur. Get one passed so I can have my leg back. I'd appreciate it immensely. ::Taps left foot waiting:: TIA! -kid View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By a3kid:
Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
Nope. We need an Americans Without Disabilities Act. I concur. Get one passed so I can have my leg back. I'd appreciate it immensely. ::Taps left foot waiting:: TIA! -kid That isn't analogous at all, tho. The Aw/oDA would just force businesses to cater to the convenience of those without disabilities. Your analogy would hold truth if the ADA caused people without disabilities to gain a disability. Sorry about your leg. But it isn't the government's job to force everyone to make accommodations for you, either. |
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Originally Posted By dbrowne1:
There's a lawyer and "professional plaintiff" team up in the DC/MD area that does the same thing all over VA, MD and DC. They'll go to mom and pop restaurants and stores and find some ticky-tacky technical ADA violations ("your sidewalk is sloped 3 degrees to steep and I was unable to enter your business") and file suit. There's an attorney's fee provision in the statute, so basically they make these places settle by paying to "fix" the issue, plus several thousand in atty's fees. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By dbrowne1:
Originally Posted By Disintegr8or:
ADA regs are a PITA. There is a scumbag lawyer (redundant I know) that is disabled around this area. All he does is sends his "scouts" out to local hotels, restaurants, and businesses and have them find a non-ADA compliance issue. He will then roll his fat ass to the place and either try to extort money from them, or bring suit against them if they don't pay. I'm surprised that he is still alive actually. There's a lawyer and "professional plaintiff" team up in the DC/MD area that does the same thing all over VA, MD and DC. They'll go to mom and pop restaurants and stores and find some ticky-tacky technical ADA violations ("your sidewalk is sloped 3 degrees to steep and I was unable to enter your business") and file suit. There's an attorney's fee provision in the statute, so basically they make these places settle by paying to "fix" the issue, plus several thousand in atty's fees. Too bad they don't do that to the government owned buildings in DC. The gov exempted itself because they found it would be too expensive to upfit their buildings. I saw this when I went to the Smithsonian and other museums in DC a couple of years back. |
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Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
That isn't analogous at all, tho. The Aw/oDA would just force businesses to cater to the convenience of those without disabilities. Your analogy would hold truth if the ADA caused people without disabilities to gain a disability. Sorry about your leg. But it isn't the government's job to force everyone to make accommodations for you, either. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
Originally Posted By a3kid:
Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
Nope. We need an Americans Without Disabilities Act. I concur. Get one passed so I can have my leg back. I'd appreciate it immensely. ::Taps left foot waiting:: TIA! -kid That isn't analogous at all, tho. The Aw/oDA would just force businesses to cater to the convenience of those without disabilities. Your analogy would hold truth if the ADA caused people without disabilities to gain a disability. Sorry about your leg. But it isn't the government's job to force everyone to make accommodations for you, either. Geez, I wasn't aware they were doing it all for me. Now I feel extra special! ETA, Do you feel that way about all ex-servicemen, or is it just me? |
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Originally Posted By a3kid:
Geez, I wasn't aware they were doing it all for me. Now I feel extra special! ETA, Do you feel that way about all ex-servicemen, or is it just me? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By a3kid:
Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
Originally Posted By a3kid:
Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
Nope. We need an Americans Without Disabilities Act. I concur. Get one passed so I can have my leg back. I'd appreciate it immensely. ::Taps left foot waiting:: TIA! -kid That isn't analogous at all, tho. The Aw/oDA would just force businesses to cater to the convenience of those without disabilities. Your analogy would hold truth if the ADA caused people without disabilities to gain a disability. Sorry about your leg. But it isn't the government's job to force everyone to make accommodations for you, either. Geez, I wasn't aware they were doing it all for me. Now I feel extra special! ETA, Do you feel that way about all ex-servicemen, or is it just me? What way? |
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1Andy2,
You're right. Fuck all those guys who came back from the sandbox all shot/blown up. 'm starting to agree with you now. |
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I bet the coin return in the new machine is 8" off the ground, so you break your back getting change.
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I love how there is handicap parking spots close to the door of a Sams or Costco. They cant park far away but the can roam all over a couple acers of store. Our shooting range on base has a spot too. No its not open to Non duty shooting or the public. Only official duty.
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Great example of a well intended law with unintended consequences.
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Oh, Andy.... You're gonna be reaaaaaal popular in this thread.
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Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
Where did I say "fuck all those guys who came back from the sandbox all shot/blown up?" View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By 1Andy2:
Originally Posted By a3kid:
1Andy2, You're right. Fuck all those guys who came back from the sandbox all shot/blown up. 'm starting to agree with you now. Where did I say "fuck all those guys who came back from the sandbox all shot/blown up?" Where do we start ripping out the ADA ramps, etc. that inconveniance you so? At the VA? |
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You should put a long stick chained to the side of the machine so they can punch the buttons with that
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Originally Posted By Disintegr8or:
ADA regs are a PITA. There is a scumbag lawyer (redundant I know) that is disabled around this area. All he does is sends his "scouts" out to local hotels, restaurants, and businesses and have them find a non-ADA compliance issue. He will then roll his fat ass to the place and either try to extort money from them, or bring suit against them if they don't pay. I'm surprised that he is still alive actually. View Quote Surprised no one has put them in a wheel chair. |
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