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perhaps you're right sfbtw, I'm not sure . It's something that doesn't suit my way of thinking , because I can't imagine I would be comfortable if I was deaf and there was signage
I'd prefer there not to be , but everyone is different |
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I went to the pub on Sunday to watch the rugby , and didn't see very much of it
That was good , I enjoyed it |
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Saddo, I think you should sue any venue which charges you £60 to enter, but won't let you in until half way through the gig.
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This ‘story’ just makes me think it lawyer lead, maybe thinking of branching into new markets?
So what about nightclubs then, are they expected to have one? What about cinemas etc? This could be the new growth sector where everywhere has to employ signers. The talk of the mother needing to read the signing to be available to answer questions to the daughter who’s no doubt heard the songs a thousand times before makes it sound as though they are the words of Aristotle ffs.....it’s little mix, apparently some forgettable group among countless who make throwaway songs for youths. What these acts tend to be is choreographed to the hilt, having some signer who is enforced on the routine giving approximations to arbitrary lyrics I suspect wasn’t part of the act. Well not yet, perhaps all future acts need a signer in the group? I’m sure being deaf is horrible and deaf people have my sympathy, but there doesn’t have to be a legal angle of inclusivity for the sublime surely? |
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The worlds gone mad, why not just ask for a refund?
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If she just asked for a refund, she'd be acknowledging that the promoters DON'T have a legal duty to provide a signer.
I'm sure the case is lawyer-led. Hard to take the decision to sue otherwise. She's not suing a cinema or a nightclub, because neither event would be taking enough revenue from its customers to enable the provision of such a service. If anyone sought that, they'd get short shrift in court, which is why no deaf person ever expects it or demands it. But an event on the scale of Little Mix's gigs, with ticket prices at that sort of level, ought to be a different matter according to the law; or at least in this woman's opinion. We'll find out. If you want evidence that deaf people are reasonable over this, and aren't going to start suing cinemas, for instance, there's a petition doing the rounds, asking for cinemas to show more than the very few subtitled films they do at the moment. There's no intention or desire to go down a frivolous legal route, or to demand signing. Just a reasonable request for a compromise via a petition, without involving the law: https://www.change.org/p/petition-uk-multiplex-cinemas-to-dedicate-one-screen-to-subtitled-screenings-for-deaf-people/d?source_location=combo_psf This woman's case, where the promoters acknowledged they ought to be providing a signer, and then tried to save money by only booking one for half the gig, is a different matter. |