After all, I am deaf.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Being Deaf in the Real World
In this vlog entry, I make an attempt to demonstrate how a typical deaf person who is self-conscious about using its voice in public. A large number of people who were born deaf know how difficult it can be sometimes to make a simple request toward a clerk/employee in a store for paper/notepad and a pen to communicate. I hope everybody appreciate this video. You'll have to excuse me if my speech isn't fully understandable.
After all, I am deaf.
After all, I am deaf.
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Cracked me up!
ReplyDeleteYou got a hearing retard at a fast food place? ;)
ReplyDeleteYou really exaggerated it.
I usually bring my own paper and pen. Since I know the menu, I write my requests up on the pad before getting in line. It's a snap!
I've learned to never write "#3 meal combo", but "One #3 meal combo". One guy thought I meant three quantities. Same thing for postage stamps..."Ten 37 cent stamps", not "10 37 cent stamps".
Did you see Carl Schroder's lipreading vlog?
Heh. I would have pen and paper with me, but it's very true hearing people can be *really* dense. How hard it is to understand miming writing on a piece of paper anyway? It can always happen you don't have a pen/paper that one time.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part: they usually understand you can't talk, but will talk louder and louder and exaggerate their lips so you can "hear" them. I lipread pretty well, but not when they start to do this...gah.
By the way, I like how your vlogs are getting set up, with the little intro at the beginning before starting the vlog itself. Looks really nice, very polished & creative. And you're doing a different one each time. Nice!
Simple for me to use my blackberry pager to type up what do I want to order while in line waiting. I use it most of time as my "paper and pen".
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ReplyDeleteThat's suck for us do that! *Gasp* Starbucks do give the card that you can fill out your order then keep the card with you for next time! yay! yay!
Enjoy hot drinks during winter time!
JON
"You really exaggerated it."
ReplyDeleteActually, I've been in that situation at least twice in my lifetime. It once took place at a Dairy Queen location back in high school, it was somewhat embarrassing because the fella didn't understand ANYTHING at all. He ended up calling for his manager who understood my request immediately.
I'm just amplifying it a bit more with facial expression to set an example. I do try to carry paper and pen when I can but not always. In winter time, it's easier but when spring/summer come, it's not easy when you have a very limited numbers of pockets.
BEG,
"My favorite part: they usually understand you can't talk, but will talk louder and louder and exaggerate their lips so you can "hear" them. I lipread pretty well, but not when they start to do this...gah."
Oh yeah, I hate that part too. I've had my share of that.
"Simple for me to use my blackberry pager to type up what do I want to order while in line waiting. I use it most of time as my "paper and pen"
Only the problem with that is it costs money. In Canada, it's a waste of money as you cannot get a data-only plan for any mobile phones. It's not cheap when you get a data plan along with a talk plan. Believe it, it's expensive. Canadian cell phone providers charge way too much for their services in comparison to the US providers. Plus it use batteries. Mobile phones aren't my thing either. People depend on them a tad too much these days.
I'm not advocating for anything here. I just think some people can be really dense like BEG here said. I just wanted to deliver a non-captioned vlog and see how people react since it should be easily understood. At least I think it should be.
Thanks for all the responses! :-)
Yeah, one time when I was at wal-mart, I used my blackberry pager to ask for a specific item to the salesperson. Know what? This salesperson could not even read english. He then instead took my pager from my hand and proceeded to look for another person to help him understand what I wanted. It nearly gave me a heart attack so I had to run after him and get my pager back. I then gestured to him that I would stay put while he looked for another person. Whew!!!! A lesson to be learned from there. Banjo, thanks for opening up this issue about this kind of situation we usually face and the kinds of reaction we receive. Michele
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Loved the vlog! I usually just start signing when I order fast food. If they want to understand me, they need to figure it out. Sometimes they'll gesture with me, sometimes they bring me paper, sometimes they bring me a picture menu, sometimes they give me that retarded stare, and one time they brought me the braille menu. Ugh!
ReplyDeleteI've also used my pager to type a message, (without actually sending it, just typing something, then deleting it) but then it makes it harder for them to respond because most hearing people have never used my pager. My palm had a nifty "draw" feature that I could use to write up something simple, and other people could use it as well. I loved using that.
You crack me up! Thanks for the laugh!
ReplyDeleteI can read lips and can talk to make an order. But there are times when I don't feel like talking, so I use paper and pen. There are some stupid people who can't even read the order I wrote. One time at Wendys, I wanted #3, but with baked potato, not fries. Well, I got both. So I had to point it out. Argh!
Aha! This is a perfect example.
ReplyDeleteThis doesn't only apply to customers. I had faced a several of similar situations like this as an employee at a retail store.
Very frustrating. And sometimes, it's embarrassing.
Excellent vlog, Banjo! :)
-Lejon
Banjo, you forgot to add, "You just lost a customer".
ReplyDeleteMy speech and lipreading abilities are probably above average, but people can be soooo dense! I have noticed that if the clerks SEE ME SIGNING AT THE BEGINNING, they will understand absolutely nothing I say! If no signing, they do not have a problem!
Thanks y'all for the positive feedbacks on the subject. Lantana, that is so true about "signing" at first causing people to not understand you at all but will understand you if you speak at first.
ReplyDeleteJust bizarre how the human mind works.
Moxie, Lejon and Michele... thanks for letting me know you enjoyed the vlog. :-)
:) hehe.
ReplyDeleteIt was never that long with a dumb hearie...but I've had similar approach where they don't "get" it why I want a paper and a pen!!
Sometimes I run into people who would freeze like I'm asking for a pop quiz on an essay or something??
*person breaths slowly, eyes widened, looking around*
Papers and pens scare them, I guess... lol.
The one I like is at drive thrus, where you drive up, try and order at the microphone, get frustrated and drive up to the window. At the window they have a little note, "For the hearing impaired, please order here." Shouldn't this sign be at the microphone?
ReplyDeleteI thought your speech is fine, but that might be because I could understand your signs too. I wouldn't quite expect it to go on as long as it did in the video, but you did make a point!
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