woman with hearing disability sues McDonald’s

I’m so naive. I keep thinking that people want to accommodate differences, but usually don’t understand or otherwise ‘get it’ for some reason. Nothing a little blunt force enlightenment won’t clear up… that is, a learning opportunity that just hasn’t come by before. When it happens at the level of implementation of corporate policy I just have to wonder what people are thinking.
Neb. woman with hearing disability sues McDonald’s — chicagotribune.com

A hearing-impaired woman has filed a federal lawsuit against a local McDonald’s, saying workers there refused to let her order food at the drive-thru window.

Karen Tumeh of Lincoln says they insisted she either order at the electronic speaker along the drive-thru lane or come inside to order.

Tumeh wears a hearing aid but still cannot hear while using the drive-thru ordering box at fast-food restaurants, according to the lawsuit.

At least three times since September 2007 workers at a Lincoln McDonald’s refused to let her place her order at the drive-thru window, Tumeh said. In denying her service, McDonald’s violated the federal Americans With Disabilities Act, she said.

Slashdot | Logged In or Out, Facebook Is Watching You

Slashdot | Logged In or Out, Facebook Is Watching You

“Researchers at software vendor CA have discovered that social networking site Facebook is able to track the buying habits of its users on affiliated third-party sites even when they are logged out of their account or have opted out of its controversial ‘Beacon’ tracking service. Responding to privacy concerns, Facebook has since moved to reassure users that it only tracks and publishes data about their purchases if they are both logged in to Facebook and have opted-in to having this information listed on their profile. But in ‘extremely disconcerting’ findings that directly contradict these assurances, researchers at CA’s Security Advisory service have found that data about these transactions are sent to Facebook regardless of a user’s actions.”

There’s more on this in the Zdnet article.

I remember when I noticed what Skype was doing to my computer when I’d disconnected Skype, and everyone says… “oh, no. it doesn’t do that. they said so…” hee hee.