Some time ago I've organised two courses for international students about accessibility and universal design (You guessed right, with my student organisation). Since then I've become a little more aware of problems/bad solutions in everyday life.
Now, last weekend i was at a cafe at Kahlenberg. It's quite a new building, you sit in there with a wonderful view of Vienna. A bit fancy, but ok, was a special occasion. Anyways. When i went to the toilet i was surprised to find this sign on top of the stairs leading down:
Ever tried the stairs with a wheelchair? First i was guessing that just the sign was messed up, and that there would be an elevator somewhere. But there wasn't. At least i couldn't find any looking around several rooms near the stairs, upstairs and downstairs. Bad. Really.
Considering that there was no way to get down to the toilets in a wheelchair, i guess it was less bad that the toilets weren't accessible for wheelchairs either :-P
ps: if you're not familiar with the term FAIL, have a look at failblog.
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