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Originally Posted by GntlmnBndt
There is a very interesting autobiography of a blind musician named Tom Sullivan which describes this and other adaptations. It is probably a bit dated since I think it was written in the late 70s or so. It is called "If You Could See What I Hear."
Actually the money issue is rather related to the drive-in braille issue in my mind. My dad, a cab driver, had a few regular fares who were blind. For them it was easier to do many of their errands through drive-in windows rather than get out of the cab to find their way to the braille-equipped ATM, for instance. With an ATM, they also felt fairly confident they were getting the money/denomination they expected and any mistakes were in fact honest ones, rather than depending on the honesty of a random teller. Finally, when they did deal with people at a drive-in, rather than a machine, they had someone they did regular business with (my dad) to verify the money or other goods they received.
The Bandit
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A friend of mine, blind since birth, said he made it a practice to only do business in a 'populated' location. The only time he'd been cheated was when the only people in the store were him & the clerk. It wasn't that the others watched the transactions & spoke up when the clerk 'made a mistake', it was that when there were others around the clerk never did make a mistake.