Political Correctness Gone Awry

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005

One requirement of the AODA is that anyone working in a customer service aspect must take training in how to provide customer service to people with disabilities.

My training consisted watching an online video about providing customer service to people with disabilities. Can I please have that one hour of my life back?

Yet another common sense thing has to be turned into a mandated issue. Hey, my kid has a disability. My wife worked with families that have children with disabilities. So, I probably have a little more experience dealing with people with disabilities then most of my fellow workers.

Have we become so tame, so whipped, that we need the government telling us how to deal people, disability or no disability? Whatever happened to personal responsibility?

Intimidation

What kind of message do you send to the public when you hold an individual for three hours at the exit of a facility?

Yes, CUPE Locals 82 and 543 were holding people for up to three hours at the Central Avenue waste and recycling transfer facility on their way out. You see, the City has an injunction that limits pickets to five minutes. Now, in the wacky world of unions, that means each person that arrives at the entrance or exit will be held for five minutes. Well, if you are the 12th vehicle waiting to leave, you may have spent 60 minutes waiting.

How CUPE does not see this as intimidation is beyond me? Holding an elderly diabetic man for three hours is not going to win over people. You are angering the wrong people.