Somebody must be really hungry
If he’s in Chicago and he’s blind, how does he get to a McDonald’s in the middle of the night? Walking? He’d never make it.
It’s not an unreasonable lawsuit, imo.
You can’t walk thru the drive-thru, which is a pain in the butt if you’re walking by a McDonalds. It’s easy enough to put an outside debit machine and a slit for cash, so it’s not a case of not able to accommodate customers.
Maybe the judge should allow the guy to implead God as a co-defendant for making him blind and worse still allowing the world to get dark at night. The judge should be removed from the bench for this stupidity.
I've known a couple of blind people very well. They both apparently grew up in an age where it was indoctrinated in them that they should let nobody take advantage of them. They are quick to blame every perceived slight or offense as a slam against their blindness. They talk of powerful organizations and lobbies for the blind that are going to "make" those companies and organizations that discriminate against blind pay for it. They are constantly looking at nearly every situation they encounter to find this perceived discrimination.
The sad thing is they find it everywhere because the normal setup of the world is based upon the ability to see. To them though that's the equivalent of "whites only".
Who’s paying for the lawyer?
And is McD supposed to be liable if he gets run over?
Who’s paying for the lawyer?
And is McD supposed to be liable if he gets run over?
He can’t walk to the window? Eat earlier? Take a cab, catch a ride? Figure out that the world doesn’t revolve around him?
Stupid..... I would close down.
Let the blind man pay for armed guards so McDonalds can safely stay open. Either that or stfu. (Btw I am cognizant and sympathetic of all people with disabilities. Especially vets. Put lets not lawyer up people)
If this is approved, his lawyer will reap hundreds of millions of dollars, and Magee will get a certificate for a free Happy Meal.
The easiest solution is to simply close the drive through.
This way, NO ONE gets food. Then the riots will commence.
Shared misery all around. It’s what liberals do.
No Uber available to blind people?
This makes as much sense as suing the Earth for spinning the country into sun-free side.
They have turned themselves into a new entitled victim group.
I entirely sympathize.
I used to walk from the barracks in Fort Hood into Killeen and walk through the Wendy’s drive-through...
So, braille at the drive-up ATM wasn’t enough to show the lunacy? It’s called a drive-up window for a reason. Take a frigging cab! Call a friend, if you have one, which even if you do they will abandon you after a couple of midnight calls for munchies!
OK-—I am a bookkeeper for a very long time.
The first question I would ask McDonald’s is:
What EXACTLY are the PROFITS from the sales you do after the doors are closed & ONLY drive thru sales can be made?
I Said PROFITS for a reason-—
The cost of this lawsuit may well EXCEED the PROFITS from such sales by a large margin.
If I am correct, then CLOSE the doors when you want & don’t serve anyone. Offering drive thru only for a very limited number of customers means keeping the heat/lights/burners/fryers/payroll going for not much reason.
Close the doors, and only have personnel in there to clean & set up for the morning crew. END of argument.
I sympathize with a blind person, but there are limits. I remember a guy who was declared blind who sued UPS a few years back because they wouldn’t hire him to drive one of their trucks.
The judge threw it out of court—with prejudice, meaning he couldn’t do it anywhere again.
Also- recently a blind person(s) sued Broadway theaters because they “don’t accommodate the blind”. There were no details about what their exact complaint was, and I cannot figure out what accommodation they thought they didn’t have which they were entitled to.
Even the lawyers in such cases should be sanctioned, IMO.
The Three Fastest Growing American Industries:
1) Computer Technology
2) Shale Fracking
3) Suing McDonalds
What I see happening if this guy wins is operators closing their drive-thrus at the same hour as their counter, avoiding the liability and safety issue altogether, besides most late night operations are net losses anyway. As a matter of fact operators will probably have a net savings in labor and utilities. The losers will be those who have cars and use drive thrus late night and, oh yeah, the employees cut from late night shifts.