A lady on a list serve I'm part of once sent out an email asking for us to let her know about braille mistakes found in the community. I wish I knew what she ended up finding out.
I've seen some crazy stuff before. Most of the time it's just that people weren't thinking about it. Other times, I don't know what to make of it.
Several places I've gone into large buildings and have often seen the braille posted above or in out of reach places in regards to doors. I think people are just not thinking about it in that case.
Another time, I was at the movie theater. I noticed that the men's braille sign was upside down. It would have been an easy fix. I found the manager and explained to him what the problem was. I was back a week later and it hadn't changed. Off I went on a hunt for the manager again. He wasn't available so I left a message. I tried my best to be polite about it. I know it wasn't intentional: I don't think they were trying to write "eing". The following week I came back (yes, I watched a lot of movies at the time as it was a good break from school work and what else are you going to do when its 110 degrees outside?) and the braille sign was gone completely. It never showed back up. I suppose I didn't have to say anything because I'm sure most braille readers would have figured it out, but with such an easy fix I didn't think it would be a problem.
Just goes to show you, you never know what might happen.
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