Posted on 10/05/2007 6:07:30 AM PDT by tuffydoodle
Yeah, my wife often does the same thing you do when that happens to me. Sometimes I leave the store and look back to see her explaining to the clerk or cashier that I’m deaf. Most of the time they are apologetic if they made a rude comment to me that I didn’t hear. Sometimes they continue to be rude. When that happens my wife and I go to the store manager and let them know what happened. If that doesn't work I get my crowbar out and hit them over the head with it. (Just kidding.) ;^).
Hope all is well with you. Been a while since we crossed paths.
I’d sue the hell out of family dollar!
“A dear friend of mine who was blind once remarked to me that she would rather have been blind than deaf. Surprised at the notion, I asked her why. She said that being blind, she can at least communicate with the world through her ears; she felt that deafness is a terribly isolating disability.”
Helen Keller once said that she would rather be blind than deaf. She explained that “blindness cuts you off from things while deafness cuts you off from people”. Very true.
From the story, the victim dislikes speaking with strangers because they routinely make fun of the way he talks.
No, actually you brought it up in your first post. Here’s what you said:
“A little comon sense is needed on both sides.”
Then you went on to say:
“Suppose the clerk had greeted you instead of your wife, and it was you who was rude to the cleck by ignoring her.................”
Yes, suppose that was the case, how would you have suggested the guy with the crowbar deal with this incident?
Then you said:
“Unless the deaf hang a sign around their neck, some awkward moments are sure to occur.”
So that’s it? Deaf people will just have to expect getting their head bashed in occasionally by idiots who have a chip on their shoulder and don’t want to be dissed?
What’s your common sense suggestion for deaf people who might be put into situations like this? I’d really like to know.
Hate crime?
The more I read this story, the madder I get.
“The cashier tried to speak to him but got angry when Goodnight didn’t respond, Goodnight told police. The cashier threw Goodnight’s change at him, scattering it on the floor.
As Goodnight picked it up, the cashier hit him in the side of the head with the crowbar, Goodnight said.”
So not only did Goodnight suffer the indignity of having his money thrown in his face and having to pick it up off the floor, he also gets creamed in the head with a crowbar. This poor fella must have thought the whole world had gone crazy.
The guy in post 24 infered that he wanted to do a whole lot more than just inform the cleck of her error. "she turned all shades of red and apologized. Wanting to display more dignity than that little tart ever could, I walked away"
She had already shown her embarassment at her mistake by 'turning all shades of red'. What more should she have done? Go over and apologize? Maybe, but doing that would have called even more attendtion to what was already a mistake in the eyes of #24. I can just hear it now "For Petes sake, that $^%*(*& clerk not only treated my wife rudely, but THEN, in front of the whole store blew it up into a big deal"
If anyone needed to be concerned about a crowbar to the head, based on the account, it would be the clerk, not the deaf lady.
What’s your common sense suggestion for deaf people who might be put into situations like this? I’d really like to know.
Based on the account of #24, nothing different. #24 might want to re-evaluate HIS reaction though.
BTWYou still haven't even acknowledged that the clerks reaction might be quite normal in the case of a hearing, but rude customer.
We aren’t even talking about the same clerk. I’m talking about the stupid clerk who hit the deaf guy with a crow bar and you’re talking about the guy in post 24 and his wife. Geez, who really is the deaf one here? LOL!
I’ve ONLY talked about post #24 in every one of my posts on this thread.
Check it out.
That’s why I mentioned that you needed reading comprehension in my earlier response to you.
dmw, all is good with me and my daughter. I didn’t realize you were a strictly ASL user. We had a great summer started off at Florida School for the Deaf and Blind and it just got better from there! Glad you are around, good to see you here!.
I have the double whammy. I'm deaf on one side, nearly deaf on the other, and was born with a face that appears to be always looking for a fight.
I will turn in a crowd to find someone giving me "the look" for not responding to them (I know it well by now) and try my best to look mentally challenged so they aren't tempted to take a swing.
“My father is almost completely deaf (old age). When I’m out with him, I’ve noticed that some people just don’t comprehend.
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When I was a kid my friends called my dad “radar ears” because he didn’t like the noise of our constant ruckus in the backyard and would get quite testy.
Now in his old age he’s lost some hearing and is quite enjoyable to be around.
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