The Sacramento location in tiny, hence the name.
It only has room for about 3 or 4 people at a counter in front The rest of the building is the kitchen.
I think the ADA is BS.
The disabilities act of 1990 was signed in by G. H Bush. This only goes to show that any government power grab, even by republicans is bad because it always ends up crushing freedom in the end. Just shows what happens once we stray from constitutional limits.
What’s the going court rate on “embarrassment and humiliation”? And will a little cash ease that emotional trauma?
I’ll bet that this Kimberly Block person has a lawyer with a long record of ADA lawsuits. Hell, I’ll be that she is a professional plaintiff.
Let me tell ya something about the squeeze inn. You can walk to the back of the little shack and there is a area with tables. She could go out to the back and easily find a table and one of the lovely waitresses would come out and take her order.. This is BS.. I hate to see people I know put up with this garbage.
I disagree with you, my cousin was paralyzed in a hunting accident and I see no reason why a business should not be made to adhere to the American’s with Disabilities Act...just because you are confined to a wheelchair shouldn’t mean you can’t enjoy a burger.
Seems to me a carry out window will solve the problem.
Aother favorite is the modification of intersections in exurbia to make them wheel chair accessable when the only pedestrians are long distance runners.
ML/NJ
This money-hungry tyrant could have easily wheeled herself up the back patio, or found a convenient place to sit outside. Instead, she sees her opportunity and she’s going for it. May she fail miserably. (And I say this as a permanently disabled individual, with Cerebral Palsy that severely limits MY mobility)
I seem to recall a number of years ago that a popular deli in San Francisco was forced by the ADA Nazis to rebuild their entrance because the “back door” entry, which WAS wheelchair accessible, was “humiliating”. The deli’s answer to the lawsuit? THEY CLOSED THE RESTAURANT!!!!
This women is looking for FREE MONEY! She should be ASHAMED to show her face any where now. So what! there are a few places she can’t go. Me too, so send someone else in for a burger to bring out or how about GOING SOME PLACE ELSE. She should use the common sense she was born with. There are plenty of places I can’t use even with some what working legs. I don’t fault society with my handicap. I embrace what I can do and where I can go even with my struggles.
Went to a supermarket the other day, and there had to be 20 damn handicap spots, all completely unoccupied except one, while the rest of the parking lot was jammed..We had to circle the parking lot 3 times just to find a spot to park.
The guy in the one handicap spot, had the placard, and simply exited his vehicle, and walked normally into the store.
This is pure BS.
More details from a Sacramento Bee article. Surprise, surprise, there’s a serial wheelchair-chaser involved:
“Block is represented by Jason K. Singleton, a Eureka-based attorney who has filed other ADA suits in the state.”
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/2009/07/suit-alleges-ad.html
Why couldn’t they have called ahead told them what they wanted and that they needed to send someone to the door with the order if there wasn’t a drive thought avaliable?
and I want an elevator for me to ride to the top of the Statue of Liberty...
and some free cheeze.
You'd go to a crowded supermarket and they'd have 1 parking spot for handicapped.
A couple of years later, there were 8 spots where there used to be one or two...
Fast forward to present day.
Went to a shopping center a week or so ago, and I kid you not, every single parking bay in front of that shopping center, were restricted for handicap parking only.
There had to be 30 or so parking bays for handicapped, with only one or two being occupied.
And as usual, the rest of the parking lot had few if any parking available for normal parking.
I find this absurd...
Next time your in a parking lot, watch those that actually use the handicap spot. 99 percent of the time, they won't be in wheel chairs, and not even using a cane....They simply exit their vehicles, and walk in a normal manner, into the store.
It's laughable.