There’s a trend that really burns my goddamn toast, and it’s these fucking High Tops. You know them:
They’re ubiquitous in restaurants and bars now. I’m thinking of the bars we have downtown–at least 6 or 7 of them have these exclusively.
Now, in truth, the restaurant owners should be changing them just because I personally hate them and feel like a four year old child in them. Also, hello, drunk people are going to fall off, what the hell.
But I SUPPOSE, I can live with that.
However.
My buddy Del uses a wheelchair. And while I am, on most evenings, more than happy to sit above her and throw popcorn, because generally she fucking deserves it, the fact remains that I cannot BELIEVE that it’s not a violation of the ADA to only have high tops in a bar or restaurant. I cannot BELIEVE that it’s this difficult in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Fifteen to find a place where we can sit together and all have a drink. There’s not a lot of accommodation that needs to go on here! This is not rocket science! Just! Don’t buy tall furniture!!
So anyway this has been my drum to bang on for the past 6 or so years I’ve known Del, because, shittily, before we hung out I never thought about it, because such is the human condition. So I’ve sent letters to the local bars and restaurants from time to time, because, as my wife put it, “I have nothing better to do than write angry letters under a bare light bulb” (She’s joking. Mostly.) And a couple have since swapped in at least FEW normal tables.
But now Pushliving is trying to make it a THING to stop with the fucking high top tables, and I want to challenge tumblr to embrace this COST FREE WAY to help out with this
It’s called #DropTheHighTops and while the link has ways you can help, I am going to push my favorite below:
Write an angry letter under a bare light bulb
If you go to a bar or restaurant that only or mostly has high tops, send them a letter (best) or email (okay) outlining why they should make the switch. They have a letter HERE, but it’s written from the perspective of someone who uses a chair. But it’s not hard to tweak it if you, like me, are walking yet pissy about this horseshit. OR FUNNEL THOSE CREATIVE JUICES AND GET WILD.
SO here’s me hoping that the fact that I get excited about precious little gives the things I DO get wild about have a little more weight.
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