[access-uk] Re: lakelands catalogue
- From: "kevin and emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:59:28 +0100
*yawn* this topics been discussed to death more times than i care to
remember. you asked folks for their *opinion* and you choose to argue the
point afterwards. personally, i've got better things to do than go round in
circles with you derek. as someone else has already said, if you have a
grievance take it up officially, griping about it on here isn't going to
change anything. actually just as a final point, tesco and the like don't
have their products brailled, in fact just about every product on the
market, isn't provided with braille labelling on the packaging, so what are
you going to do about that? like everyone else, you'll have to make-do with
an imperfect solution, called sighted assistance. everyone store in the
country could provide their catalogues in braille, that still doesn't make
us equal to our sighted counterparts.
and that's my final comment on the topic!
Kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list
contact me via email/msn:
kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:31 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: lakelands catalogue
> Hi kevin
>
> >derek, who said anything about costs.
>
> Why do you think Braille isn't generally on offer?
> It's down to costs.
> Why do you think not so many books get produced in Braille?
> It's down to costs.
>
> > the tesco etc analogy is also
> >>irrelevant as the staff who provide the assistance in-store, are already
> >employed by the store, they are not brought in specially to assist the
> >disabled.
>
> Sorry Kevin but that's not quite true.
> If there was a policy not to give assistance, the stores wouldn't
> need as many staff!
> So what i am saying is, a store could cut its operating costs
> by insisting that the blind and disabled go and use internet shopping.
> But they offer a choice, come to our store, or use internet.
>
> We are then treated same as any sighted customer, we are given
> same choice as sighted customers.
>
> >nor do tesco, asda, sainsburys etc provide their catalogues in
> Braille!
>
> Nor do they offer their catalogue s in print, but Lakeland does!
> Regards,
> Derek
>
> e-mail: derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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