That's really great that you got some unintended action! But you know what gets me about this story? It shows how easily they could have complied with your earlier requests, but you we're taken seriously and no one really cared about the disabled. When they thought they could get sued they did an over-kill and brought TWO. Somewhere in the city there is probably someone begging for a handicapped port-a-potty.

Glad the fish were biting that day.

Jean

I've never been one to threaten suits. (And I didn't, he might have taken it that way.) This guy didn't know me from Adam, but I'll bet he got on the phone and they moved. Too bad it's got to be that way. However, I learned a new trick! There is a place that I've been writing to for about 2 years to provide handicapped access to a boat ramp, with no success. Maybe, with the same smart*beep* comment, they'll get the hint. I hate to do it, but if it works, C'EST LA VIE!!

Yumm! Fresh trout. Makes me want to load up the motorhome and go fishing.

Glad you got some action from the park.

Sometimes it takes a smart comment like that to get people to "see the light." I should have done the same when we made our trip to Vegas last May and they put us in a handicapped room on the 11th floor. I asked how we were supposed to get out in case the fire alarms went off and elevators shut down and they tried to tell me that two security guards would come up and get us...................I couldn't see that happening if 15 floors full of other guests were all headed down the stairs. Bottom line, they didn't care!!

Sarah

Reminds me of when I was coordinating conferences. One of our conference centers had outlying cabins in which the guests slept. The closest one was maybe an eighth or quarter mile away. They had a ramp access to the building made of wood. The problems were: 1) the wood ramp would get algae on it and be slippery. Our staff even slipped on the slippery stuff. 2) We had trails to connect between the cabins and the conference center and the dining room. However, the trails were pebble. Even I could figure out how hard it would be for someone to push a wheelchair through. Their answer to the distance was, the handicapped person could get in their car and drive around. Its an answer, but I thought we were in the business of "customer service." My philosophy was when a guest arrived at our property, I didn't want them to have to think about their needs because everything they needed was at hand.

My suggestion was that we make a handicapped accessible room on the "boardwalk." The conference center was at one end of the "boardwalk" and the dining room was at the other end of the "boardwalk." Any handicapped guest who was placed on the "boardwalk" would not have to worry about different levels or distance as everything was on one level, the room, the conference center meeting rooms and the dining room.

It took me years of arguing to get this done. Handicapped guests would complain on their evaluations about the inconvenience. Finally, I suppose they were tired of listening to me and the guests and it was done. Funny thing was, when I first started, they did have a handicapped guestroom on the "boardwalk." They took it away to make an office.

Good for you for getting handicapped accessible port-a-pots. Do they come w/ piped in music?? :roflmao: Take Care. LK