Hi all,
Sarah Cranston writes: > Why do you think you got 6.1 instead of 6.11?
If it's because of the Braille label on the card case, that doesn't
mean anything.
Sarah, there are some people in this world, unlike you and me, who,
when they read something, assume that what they read is correct. The
label says 6.1. Lisa assumed that the label was correct.
This would *never* have happened if it were a printed label. People
who read printed labels expect them to be accurate, if they aren't,
they make noise about it. Imagine what would happen if you bought a
can of low salt chicken noodle soup at the market. When you got it
home, you discovered that it was a can of chicken and stars and it was
the normal kind, not low salt. What would you do, Sarah? What would
your mother do? Why, she'd call up the store and start either yelling
in crisp, no nonsense tones, or she would simply report in a gentle,
but firm voice that she had received a mislabeled can of soup, and
would the store please repair the error? People can get killed if
their medicine bottles are mislabeled!
Should Lisa now assume that since the label is in Braille it " doesn't
mean anything"? If it means naught, then why have it? This is a
matter of courtesy and common sense, Sarah. If the label is in
French, you expect it to mean something. If the label is in Chinese,
you expect it to mean something. If the label is in Braille, you
would, naturally enough, expect it to be worth reading, or they
wouldn't have pasted it on the case in the first place!!
I'm surprised you would have such an attitude toward such an error.
Is it because it's Braille? Is it because you expect that since we're
blind we should just be content with getting slipshod service? What?
<smile> Look, folks, I know that this error has probably occurred
because all the card cases were ordered ahead of time, and they can't
be switched. However, a note explaining the error may be in order.
If there were a note in the Braille instructions that clearly
explained that the Braille label may say 6.1 but that the card
actually has 6.1.1 on it would be extremely helpful. It's a glitch,
I'm sure it will be corrected, but letting it slide just because the
Braille "doesn't mean anything" is wrong, IMO.
Ann P.
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