I had the day off of Racodac today, as Fridays this term is an extra day of software training for those who feel they need it. I’m sure that I can manage without, so hopefully this means that I can have Fridays off every week (except for next, when I’ve got a lecture).

Running around Brommers today with my mother - sorting out legal documents for passports - was not how I expected to spend the day. But getting a different bus, I noticed something a bit pointless…

This different bus had what I presume to be the word “stop” written in Braille on the stop/bell buttons. Why? Surely blind people will have to feel up the pole to find the button - is that not indication enough? It’s not as if there are any other buttons, after all.

I’ve always wondered, you see, why they have the word printed on the buttons of buses that don’t bother with Braille. So to me, today’s inclusion is just rubbing it in (for blind people) that they can’t see.

Or am I being stupid?

This here entry was posted on Friday, April 22nd, 2005 at 6:39 pm and is filed under the following categories: events, curiosities.