fweep

[bluebeard]

After Wednesday, things went better. Work was just particularly annoying this week, and Jason being in the hospital didn't help.

As for work.. hrm. I went into the job thinking, "Hey, a needed service, this might be neat." Now I'm thinking, "Jesus fucking christ, the public treats deaf people like shit, for no reason at all" and end up leaving work pissed off every day. Before I started this job, with my limited previous contact with the deaf community, I knew it sucks for them at times; working at this place though, I come to a more full realisation.. it's sometimes impossible for them to even call a store and ask if they have a product, because the hearing person is so fucking afraid of the relay call process, and they're kind of put off simply by the fact that it's a deaf person. The ones who aren't afraid of it and give it a try, most often seem to be doing it out of pity, which is just as shitty. It's just a goddamn phone call, but I guess it's too complicated for most people to understand, or else they think they have to at least pretend to understand, or be thought to be an asshole.

now I'm just bitching, so I'll stop.

Comments

[ex-synapse787.livejournal.com]

I think we get entirely different deaf experiences, being on two different shifts and all. We get few business calls and what not, it's usually phone sex and people bugging strangers about where their family members or signifigant others may be.