I used to work for a really busy retail store and never could understand why the customers would demand they page "That deaf assoiste that helped me yesterday"[ !?!?!?!!? Worse part is not only did they know already that hes deaf but were relentless in paging him so they wouldnt have to go to his station to find him!
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Seriously, iviles? I think I can see that as a momentary stupid from one or two idiots, but you really had multiple customers make this request? I know I shouldn't be surprised, but that's some remarkable stupidity there.
Still, it made for an interesting imaginary conversation in my head...
SC: Will you page the deaf associate for me?
Employee: I could, but it won't do any good.
SC: Why not?
Employee: Because he's deaf. He wouldn't hear it.
SC: Well, then, page him in braille or something!
(Yes, I know braille is for the blind, but my brother-in-law is deaf and is often relating stories about people asking him if he can read braille.)I suspect that... inside every adult (sometimes not very far inside) is a bratty kid who wants everything his own way.
- Bill Watterson
My co-workers: They're there when they need me.
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Quoth iviles View PostI used to work for a really busy retail store and never could understand why the customers would demand they page "That deaf assoiste that helped me yesterday"[ !?!?!?!!? Worse part is not only did they know already that hes deaf but were relentless in paging him so they wouldnt have to go to his station to find him!
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We have a few deaf customers, so I'm learnign ASL(american sign language) from a group of deaf and hard of hearing ppl in my area.Check out my cosplay social group!
http://customerssuck.com/board/group.php?groupid=18
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Quoth JessEm View Post...I shouldn't have laughed at that...
We used to have a couple maintenance guys who were hearing-impaired. Problem is, anytime there was a spill or the bathrooms needed seen to or the bottle machines needed emptied, we would always PAGE for maintenance to take care of things. Not sure how things ever got done, whether someone heard the page and would flag the guys down or what. They also carried around walkie talkies, which served the same purpose as paging. Again, what was the point if they couldn't hear it? Irony at work, I guess. Sometimes work policies are just silly.A lion however, will only devour your corpse, whereas an SC is not sated until they have destroyed your soul. (Quote per infinitemonkies)
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Quoth bainsidhe View PostThey also carried around walkie talkies, which served the same purpose as paging. Again, what was the point if they couldn't hear it? Irony at work, I guess. Sometimes work policies are just silly.
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By hearing impaired, I meant deaf. And the walkies weren't anything special, so they didn't vibrate or anything. I think they just kept them because they stayed with maintenance cart. Just seemed kind of pointless.
I really felt for the guys though. They did their jobs and worked hard, but people would have a tantrum every time a bathroom was closed for cleaning. The guys would try to use motions to explain they were deaf and didn't understand what was being said/yelled, but that would start a whole new tantrum. I've heard SCs going off about those "non-English speaking immigrants" because they assumed that non-speaking meant non-English instead of deaf. Some people are clueless. I had more than one person tell me (I'm a cashier) how that maintenance guy was so rude. He wasn't rude, HE COULDN'T HEAR YOU. Blech.A lion however, will only devour your corpse, whereas an SC is not sated until they have destroyed your soul. (Quote per infinitemonkies)
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