Yep... that's your tax dollars at "work". For a device with the SOLE purpose for sighted people, there's not much need. I suppose maybe someone said, "But what if a person takes home this ticket stub to a spouse or accountant who keeps track of the bills and s/he is blind?" Yep... maybe someone decided that there was enough of a potential to need it on there. I guess a scanner/book reader wouldn't have been able to clearly transcribe the amount into speech for such a person. *sigh*.

And don't get me wrong... I get ULTRA-PISSED when I see some jerk illegally parking in a handicapped stall (I have family that actually requires it now, but I've always hated when people do that).

Actually, what probably happened is that there was a blanket policy for all receipts at government facilities to have braile on them... at least that's my guess. :-)