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Is this a great country, or what?

All he has to do is claim that he’s in this country illegally, and then the entire corporate world will bend over and grab their ankles for him (serving him coffee all the while).

Clint

He is going to be one rich man. The American Disabilities act will probably back him up.

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Oh that if funny Clint.

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My question is, if he can drive a motorized wheelchair, why can’t he drive a car?  It is my understanding that a wheelchair is the equivalent of walking for a diabled person.  That means that if a disabled person is allowed to pull up in a wheelchair, I should be able to walk up, or rid a bicycle up to the window.

I think that DD’s position makes sense.  If a 15 year old or other non-driver wants served at that location, perhaps they should hire a cab or get a friend to drive them.

If this guy is being descriminated against, then so are all underage and poor folk who don’t have cars, but that’s just silly, now isn’t it?

Oh it gets even better he uses public transportation to get to the Dunkin Donuts (I think it is called assist ride). The bus pulls up and drops him off to get his coffee because the public transportation rules say that they can not go through drive thru’s. He then gets out of the bus gets into the drive thru line, purchases his coffee and gets back into the bus.

The public transportation people said they would take him to any Dunkin Doughnuts and that there were ones within the same distance that were wheel chair accessible.

This guy is no better than your average slip and fall artist.

As a former resident of this area, I can tell you that you can’t drive a minute without running into another Dunkin Donuts.  They are everywhere.  This guy is just looking to get some attention and some money.  DD should stick to their decision and give this guy nothing.

Just curious, but aren’t all business supposed to be wheelchair accessible these days?

If this particular place isn’t I’m sure that some of the many donut shops in town are, and the transport would take him to any of them. So....why didn’t he select one where he could just go inside and get his coffee? Just askin’.

I smell a rat.

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I missed the part in the article where it said there was no inside seating at this particular one. That being said, I’m sure that there is one somewhere on the transport route that has inside seating that a wheelchair can get to.

The point about a lawsuit is a good one, too. If they allowed him to go through the drive thru and he gets hit by a car their liability would be endless.

This is a case of damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

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I smell a rat.

So do I; a litigious one.

If you don’t know by now, don’t mess with it.

Pilgrim, there’s an handicap accessible dd’s across the street from this one.

The crucial point IMO is do they allow walk-up traffic through the drive-thru.  I’d bet Rob’s last dollar that they don’t.

What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.

I don’t know that driving is an option for this guy.  Put gently, equipping a car for the handicapped depends on the disability.  For someone with a working upper body, the controls are a few hundred bucks.  For someone without, you’re talking tens of thousands.  Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid might or might not pay for it like they do a wheelchair.

(I used to know a paraplegic lawyer who fell into the first category--great guy who was strong enough to go up steps--yes I saw it--in his wheelchair)

Whistler,

MOST places with drive-thrus don’t allow foot traffic for the above mentioned liability reasons. I’d be surprised if this place were any different.

Policies like that come from up the corporate chain on the advice of corporate lawyers.

Pilgrim, there’s an handicap accessible dd’s across the street from this one.

Based on that I’d have to wonder if this guy is picking a fight.

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