Squeeze Inn Owner Says Lawsuit Could Sink Him (Access Issues Violate Civil Rights, Woman Says)

MSNBC ^ | 7/8/2009 | KCRA.com

[rivercat]

The owner of a tiny but famous Sacramento burger joint said a lawsuit about handicapped access could shut him down.

The Squeeze Inn, known for huge mounds of melted cheese on its burgers, violates the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the lawsuit alleges.

Kimberly Block, who says she has severly limited use of her legs, argues she suffered "embarrassment and humiliation" and that her civil rights were violated because of inadequate access inside the Fruitridge Road restaurant.

[AppyPappy]

You can enjoy the burger. You can’t eat it whereever you want.

[AnAmericanMother]

LOVE the "Squirrs!" I'm going to adopt that for alert purposes.

Have you seen Up yet? I understand squirrels (or at least the cry of "SQUIRREL!") figures largely in that movie.

[saminfl]

....until I had to drag my grandmothers wheel-chair up two levels (steps) to get into her Optometrists’ office.

Was that the only optometrist in town?

[mom4melody]

No - see post 66

[SubmarineNuke]

He can enjoy one at a hundred other joints, just not this one. Better yet, maybe he has a kind Aunt or Uncle that can walk in, buy it, and put it in his mitts elsewhere.

If he cant use his arms and needs to be hand fed, it can be done anywhere.

Sorry if that seems harsh, but I had to see and smell a para’s colostomy bag at a table next to me whilst his parents fed him at a local restaurant. Frankly, life isnt fair and my business shouldnt suffer, nor should my customers, to accomodate this type of client. It’s not owned by the damn US Gov.

I do feel for him though, really.

[Miss Behave]

No, I haven't seen that going around the internet—the difference between Labs and Goldens. I'll have to look for it. And YES...unfortunately I know every sound imaginable that squirrs make—I had baby ones in my ceiling and got schooled in how to capture them (and reunite them all with their trollop mommy,) and one fell down inside the walls. Another fell to the ground from the ingress hole and was trapped trying to climb back up, and the other one was a lazy couch-potato-ne'er-do-well that didn't want to leave the nest.... It's a funny, long story full of valuable squirr hands-on learning experiences that's pretty unbelievable. I have a TIGHT relationship with the Squirr Community and am fluent in "Squirr." LOL.

[MarkL]

An excellent point. I have a cousin who’s blind, and I see no reason why movie studios shouldn’t have to produce movies that she can enjoy. It’s just not fair, is it?

I hate to say it, but there have been repeated calls to require web sites to design their sites to accomodate blind web surfers...

Mark

[Miss Behave]

LOL, I love the way you write. Super SWEET Labs you have there, AAM.

[AnAmericanMother]

OK! Let me consult with you then.

I have squirrel-sized Hav-a-Hart traps that I have been using to trap chipmunks in the yard. Caught four chipmunks and a baby possum . . . and relocated them to an industrial area on the other side of the railroad tracks.

But now something is getting into the trap, eating the bait, and springing the trap but somehow getting out (or never going in in the first place). Trap door is down, bait is gone, trap is empty.

What do you think I've got going on? A chipmunk with long, skinny arms? Something smaller like a mole or mouse?

[Ann Archy]

Go ahead lady...put those people OUT OF WORK, just because you were a little embarrassed.......sleep well, lady.

[Ann Archy]

Good freaking grief.....do you think a wheelchair would fit in that little place???

Your cousin, sadly, can't go into EVERY STALL in a BATHROOM either.....should every one be handicapped???

[Miss Behave]

No, I haven't seen "Up" yet--sounds like I need to put it on my list right behing "Public Enemies." And I'm trying to think back on our origin of "squirr" and I think it had as much to do with my kids not being able to wrap their little mouths quickly enough to finish the word, as they wanted to be "first" in pointing and ratting them out. LOL. So it was always "squirr." Fast and easy. Even for kids. There's a "winner," quicker.

Side: You DO know that squirrs "fake bury" from time to time, don't you?

[CSM]

Those are a couple of beauties.

[Miss Behave]

Dear Lord it’s something not from this world. Proceed cautiously and ALWAYS use the buddy system. Are you armed?

[MHGinTN]

Smart Raccoon. Try negotiating.

[AnAmericanMother]

You need to write down your Squirr Lore for the rest of us!

Here's the difference between Labs and Goldens:

Subject: Goldens vs Labs

Goldens: NEED attention
Labs: WANT attention

Goldens: MUST be touching you at all times
Labs: WANT to touch you all the time

Goldens: They must be Catholics (They understand the need to confess their guilt)
Labs: They must be Protestants (What guilt?)

Goldens: If they had a job they would be Social Workers
Labs: If they had a job they would be standup comedians

Goldens: If they could speak, they’d constantly say “I love you” And if you come home to find that the lamp is broken they’d say “broken lamp? I must have done it. I know I was outside the whole time, but I must have done it, oh no. Someone’s unhappy”
Labs: If they could speak, they’d say “love me” And if you come home to find that the lamp is broken they’d say “broken lamp? I did it. I was having tons of fun. Want to see me break the other one?”

Goldens: hang on you
Labs: body slam you

Goldens: Long hair in your food, on your clothes, on your couch.
Labs: Shorter hair in your food, on your clothes, on your couch.

Goldens: Brush daily
Labs: Wash and wear!

- Karen & Dick Kennedy
Pleasant Pine Labrador Retrievers

[Miss Behave]

Does your home have a security system?

[AnAmericanMother]

Not necessarily armed in my own back yard, but I CAN be without too much trouble (we do Hunting Retriever tests, after all).

I'm going to try attaching small pieces of sheet metal to the sides and back of the traps to prevent access to the bait from the outside.

If that doesn't work I suspect levitation or teleporting.

[AnAmericanMother]

If two large nosy Labs are a security system, YES!

[AnAmericanMother]

Haven’t seen any rackety-coons around here (my parents are infested with them). Dad gives them dog food as a bribe to keep them out of the garbage cans.