Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper
No one is forcing people to be entrepreneurs. There are other ways that people can make a living. If a "barely-profitable business" is unable to afford the costs of conducting business then why should it be afforded special treatment? It's not like these regulations we're discussing are recent developments.
|
Your missing my point.
I just don't believe every structure needs to be fit for the disabled. As i have said, I just feel your at a loss when you have a disability and the entire world cannot function to your liking nor should "building codes" include every which business. Society does it's best to make life easier, but you cannot expect every building and store you enter to be fit your your needs.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp
well, why does it matter how much profit the company makes or if it's a big corporation? why should the small business be exempt from the law?
if they can't afford to legally setup their business, they should not have a business.
|
I was challenging the law in practice.
I just don't think it's reasonable to hold small time operations up to the same standards as corportations such as Wal-mart it just is not reasonable. (saftey guidelines aside).
Basically the best example i can come up with was when i was in San Francisco. Lots of small businesses are operated there and when i went on a boat tour of the bay and around Alcatraz island. There was a disabled lady who was confined to a wheelchair and the boat that was taking about 15 of us on the tour said they did not have the facilities to accomodate the wheelchair but the captain gave the family a name of a company which did (which was on the next piere over) and instead of going off in a huff expecting everything to be catered to their needs, they accepted the fact everything on every corner can't cater to them and where very polite in thanking the captain for the information for someone who could.
Basically the moral of the story is, if you can't buy goods from one store, count your losses, move on and find one which can everything can't suit you.