Jan 222009
A word of advice for proprietors of bars, taverns, pubs, and other drinking establishments. If a potential customer calls to inquire whether your business is accessible, take a good look around. If one entrance has three steps and the other entrance is behind a foot-high curb, you are not, by any stretch of the word, accessible and you should answer accordingly. You should not answer with a chipper “Sure!” because said caller will incorrectly assume he can enter your establishment without the assistance of a small crane or a squad of bodybuilders, neither of which he has on hand.
Um, LOVE the title. Genius.
Hey, I’ll meet you in an accessible establishment anytime. Name the time and place.I’ll scout it out first so that you can leave your body builders at home. Don’t worry, I won’t get you too drunk. (“Yeah Mark, that’s just water I’m dumping in your feeding tube. Water with fumes.”)
That is why my follow-up question is always, “No steps whatsoever?”. Replies have ranged from “Six, but you can get out and we’ll carry the chair in!” to “No, but we have an elevator! Well, it’s a… pulley.”