Posted by Harlan Messinger on 10/03/07 21:14

Relayer wrote:
> On Oct 3, 3:36?pm, Harlan Messinger
> <hmessinger.removet...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Relayer wrote:
>>> On Oct 3, 11:43?am, "Jim" <j...@home.con> wrote:
>>>> "Relayer" <relayer...@aol.com> wrote> What job in a retail toy store would a blind person be remotely
>>>>> qualified for?
>>>>> Come on..this is bullshit.
>>>> That's why the rest of us are over here in the corner throwing a
>>>> plonking party!!!
>>> Well, Harlan said something to the effect that they have to hire under
>>> the same criteria as a normal person if reasonable accomidations can
>>> be made.
>>> Retail sales people at Toys R Us HAVE to be able to see.
>> I'm going to pass over to you the question that Feelgood keeps
>> misguidedly throwing at me: Where did you get the idea that the OP can't
>> *see*?
>
> It was thrown out to the "crowd" here 1 or 2 posts in and thats what
> set this train wreck on it's current course. In addition, why about
> the TRU website is not accessible to anyone else

I already wrote a message covering that.

> and if it was by
> chance, how would THAT person even vaugley qualify for a job?

A person can't have a job at Toys R Us because he can't read a web page
when the font is too small?

You can't supervise the floor staff just because you don't have the
manual dexterity needed to use a mouse?

Why don't you *ask* if you don't understand the issues, rather than
assuming you already know everything there is to know?

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