trouble: Poll of Passive Aggressive Complaining

trouble (

trouble) wrote,
@ 2010-06-10 02:47 pm UTC

Current location:	the coffee shop that used to be a tea shop
Current mood:	annoyed
Entry tags:	disability: disabled people don't exist, halifax isn't accessible, ticky boxes are love

Poll of Passive Aggressive Complaining

So, a coffee shop moved in to my beloved tea shop. I miss my tea shop, deeply, but I also like having a place to drink hot drinks that's air conditioned and has tables and stuff, and thus, here I am.

And I got used to being around people who though "Accessibility matters!". I'm really missing that especially right now.

Noting that I've already asked people to stop putting the table out front so it blocks the only way for a wheelchair to get into this building (both this store and the one next door) twice, and both times people have said "Oh, yeah, that's important" and then not moved it until I've said "Look, my husband will be here soon, and he'd like to get in your shop, kk?", I ask this question:

Poll #3406 Wheelchair Accessibility: Is it optional?

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 60

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How many times will I need to ask the coffee shop to stop putting a table in front of the accessible entrance?

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3
1 (1.7%)

4
1 (1.7%)

5
2 (3.3%)

6-10
1 (1.7%)

11-15
7 (11.7%)

You will stop going before they stop doing that
48 (80.0%)

*sigh*

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	no subject littlemousling 2010-06-10 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	Is it wrong that my first thought is "get your husband or someone else to come along and intentionally ram right into said table"? That probably wouldn't help, but it might feel reeeeally good. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject trouble 2010-06-10 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps right before we get the foot pedals replaced on the chair. :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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telophase
2010-06-10 06:25 pm UTC (link)

If you want vicarious feel-good: my boyfriend had a college friend who was in a wheelchair. When on campus, every time the friend would find someone without the proper tag parking in a handicapped spot, he'd park his chair right behind them and call the campus cops. More than once the car owner would come out of the building and yell at him, but he'd hold his ground and give them what-for right back until the cop got there and ticketed them.

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	no subject haddayr 2010-06-10 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	1. You are not being passive agressive. 2. I always get better results when I ask about accessibility myself; Jan they give lip service to. Me, sitting there, unable to get in? They can't just say: "oh, la la la la we'll get to it," because I am sitting RIGHT THERE. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 9 comments) (Show 9 comments)

	no subject trouble 2010-06-10 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	Certainly this has been our experience too. I just hate for Don to have to ask and signal and stuff, with his voice still being so growly and his general levels of exhaustion. sigh (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 8 comments) (Show 8 comments)

	no subject staranise 2010-06-10 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	A month after you stop going there, some bored assistant manager will decide that the current interior looks stuffy and re-arrange it, making it marginally more accessible than it is right now. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject trouble 2010-06-11 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	Don read this comment and laughed a bitter bitter laugh. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject ginny_t 2010-06-10 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	I would love it if that worked for me. I don't have the necessary attitude (or size, but maybe I make too much of that difference). :/ (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject via_ostiense 2010-06-10 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry that you have to keep asking them, that's frustrating. Is it the same employees that you have to ask every time? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject chaosinabox 2010-06-10 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	The coffee shop isn't a Starbucks, is it? BOO, STARBUCKS. If it's not, still, boo them for crappy accessibility. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject trouble 2010-06-10 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	No, it's a local chain. Although the Starbucks tend to be better in terms of accessibility because their head office is in the US and they follow the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject ginny_t 2010-06-10 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	Also, your poll is flawed: I don't believe you'll give up, but I think you're probably going to have to keep demanding it. Oh, Cargo & James, why?! (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject trouble 2010-06-11 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	I'm so sad they closed. :( :( :( (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject jesse_the_k 2010-06-11 03:50 am UTC (link)
	I think a midnight stencil run would be helpful. We turn away disabled customers with a hot-pink spray paint on the sidewalk just outside. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 10 comments) (Show 10 comments)

	no subject lauredhel 2010-06-11 05:16 am UTC (link)
	There were stickers with a disability logo on them and "INACCESSIBLE? UNACCEPTABLE!" in large letters, designed for slapping on places that weren't ok. Saves needing the spray paint. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject trouble 2010-06-11 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	TSK! Inciting people to public mischief! .... It would be wrong to do that, right? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 7 comments) (Show 7 comments)

	no subject firynze.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	Awww, your poor tea shop! A good tea shop is hard to find! And ARGH, it's one thing to not notice or know, and another entirely to have something pointed out, SAY you're going to fix it, and then do nothing. That's just badbadwrong. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject troubleinchina.livejournal.com 2010-06-11 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	My poor tea shop. I miss my tea shop. It made me happy. :( (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject sabotabby.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	WHY THEY DO THAT? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject troubleinchina.livejournal.com 2010-06-11 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	Because evil. :( (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	Poll of Passive Aggressive Complaining basking-lizard.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	oh ffs. That reallly sucks. :[ (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	Re: Poll of Passive Aggressive Complaining troubleinchina.livejournal.com 2010-06-11 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	I MISS MY TEA SHOP OF AWESOME. Also, none of the staff are as cute as you & Zoe. SEE MY WOE. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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