If they put those systems lower, they will have a very hard time with maintenance. Children will have a field day with them. They will be unusable more than functional.
Why not just hand the debit card to the cashier and have her run it as a charge. Then they do not have to speak their pin. Or they can writed it down fold it and hand it to the cashier. There are reasons Wal-mart will not make them lower. Folks do not watch their kids closely enough.
This is just folks looking to win the sue happy lottery.
The Americans With Disabilities Act just turned 20 this year.
Or, as I like to call it, The Full Lawyer Employment Act.
Good intentions made into shitty law, and this law has been abused beyond belief.
And if they are so disabled they are unable to stretch to reach the keypad, then how can they transport themselves to a WalMart store?
Just maybe they need someone to drive them to a Walmart store.
publicity?
they want $$ and the lawyers will get 50% of it and the 100,000 clients will get a few bucks each
ya because there is NEVER a walmart employee there at the register to provide help if you ask..........
As someone who works on (does not design) the cash wraps at various retailers I can tell you, no matter where you put the terminal for customer use. Someone won’t be happy with it’s placement.
Walmart will move them down (hey, thanks for the work!) and then someone who is 6’5” will come and complain that they have to get down on their knees to use it.
I can also tell you walmart’s cash wraps are as accessible or more so than many other retailers.
So why not post a sign that says “These Payment machines are installed to service our normal-abled customers. Disabled access can be found at #####.”
OK, how about this, militant cripples? Wait your turn in line and be served by a real person.
Gee did they consider shopping elsewhere? There is no requirement that they shop at Wal-Mart - that is a choice.
Or are the advocates retarded?
“However, with other lawsuits I suspect they are suing WalMart because they HAVE large BANK ACCOUNT that will generate a lot of MONEY for them.”
Fixed it.
Doesn’t surprise me. ATM makers put braille on their machines and some are used in drive thru only. Go figure! lol