this is frustrating, and nettlesome... a building designed so that the disabled have to have help getting food and drink, how demeaning is that?

then, they gets all PRISSY about it, telling the disabled to be "polite" or bring a helper when they want to EAT... ARGH !!!

Employees with disabilities have been frustrated by the cafeteria in the new Department of Transportation, which has fixtures that are inaccessible to people in wheelchairs.

As a remedy, Assistant Secretary Linda Washington issued a memo on April 22 with guidance, including telling employees needing assistance to "politely" ask a cashier: "Could I hold your elbow for sighted guide assistance?" "Could you assist me with getting a salad or hot entree?" She also told employees to "consider visiting the cafeteria with a co-worker." Naturally, many employees found the memo patronizing, and Washington was forced to apologize.

The DOT Cafeteria, Not So Accommodating

By Al Kamen - Washington Post Staff Writer - Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Disabled employees at Department of Transportation headquarters are most unhappy these days with their new digs down by the Navy Yard in Southeast Washington.

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