Ever called someone on being rude to you?

[rockdrummer]

Is your ass frosted yet?

j/k!

You wanna see it?

 

[ExR]

Sometimes people shout at me in an aggressive tone if I mishear them and on some occasions, they assume that I didn't understand them as opposed to being unable to hear what they said. Hearies often say "sorry?" if they're simply confused, even if they heard the speaker perfectly well! Because of this, many assume that if you say "sorry?", it's because you didn't understand them! Therefore, they may reiterate what they said in more detail as though they're talking to a kid. I personally find that insulting. If they do that, I usually explain to them that I have a hearing impairment and that's why I didn't hear what they said. In some cases, I also tell them that there's no need to shout or use an aggressive tone. The idea is to make them feel as guilty as possible, so that they don't do it again!

Let's not talk about the audists anymore.

But since she wants to have us tell her stories of our experiences, I feel compelled to post this.

http://www.alldeaf.com/introduce-yo...iews-questions-surveys-please-read-first.html

I don't think that really applies. Even though it doesn't explicitly say so, I think that topic is aimed more so at those who come here for the sole purpose of conducting research. (typically college/uni students)

In this case, we have an individual who is clearly in the same boat as us. I don't see any harm in her asking for info on our own experiences. Personally, I find that this can be beneficial because when you realise you're not alone, it can help. Also, people become more aware of what other people do to combat or overcome certain issues/problems. In some cases, people may find that of great help as it may influence them to do things differently. I know I have found that to be the case on more than one occasion, all thanks to AD and its community.

 

[BecLak]

Sometimes people shout at me in an aggressive tone if I mishear them and on some occasions, they assume that I didn't understand them as opposed to not actually hearing them. Hearies often say "sorry?" if they're simply confused, even if they heard the speaker perfectly well! Because of this, many assume that if you say "sorry?", it's because you didn't understand them! Therefore, they may reiterate what they said in more detail and I personally find that insulting. If they do that, I usually explain to them that I have a hearing impairment and that's why I didn't hear what they said. In some cases, I also tell them that there's no need to shout or use an aggressive tone. The idea is to make them feel as guilty as possible, so that they won't do it again!



I don't think that really applies. I think that topic is aimed at college/uni students who are asked to conduct research and come here for the sole purpose of doing that.

Here, we have someone who is in the same boat as us and is asking for our own experiences. Personally, I find that this can be beneficial because when you realise you're not alone, it can help. Also, people become more aware of what other people do to combat or overcome certain issues/problems. In some cases, people may find that of great help as it may influence them to do things differently. I know I have found that to be the case on more than one occasion, all thanks to AD and its community.

Same for me.

 

[eternity]

so many times.. even I thought it's funny.

 

[Mudkipz]

My 7th grade math teacher gave instructions to the entire class the first day of school (see how vividly I remember these experiences?). I didn't hear the instructions.

The second day of school, I raised my hand and asked to use the pencil sharpener. She went through the roof and got hopping mad at me. "Are you some kind of deaf weirdo?!! I told the entire class yesterday to sharpen your pencils BEFORE CLASS!!!"

Then she saw me cry (hey, I was in the 7th grade and ..... fragile). I was embarrassed, now the whole class knew I was a deaf weirdo. I thought I could hide it.

Of course she apologized when she found out I was HoH. Still hurts like a bitch though. Its been .... 34 years .... I think .... not very good with numbers. Never liked numbers since.

Everyone has to reveal their true identity in the end anyways. A few years ago, I remembered asking my teacher that I didn't really get what I was supposed to be doing on my classwork (I think) and my teacher talked out loud in my class and by the time she said, "Now I know you are deaf and...", I putted my head down on my desk and tried not to cry, ignoring her and the students in my class for a good amount of minutes.

*sigh* Whatever. Most of the classmates I know already knew I was deaf, but still... :roll:

 

[Mudkipz]

Once in a local Walmart I had left through the doors but came right back through and I had a bag with my purchase and receipt in it. The woman that was the store greeter (who was disabled, she had only one leg and was in a wheelchair) was trying to stop me and ask me for my receipt even though she saw me walk out and right back in, I hadn't even gone outside. She kept following me in her wheelchair apparently until she finally yelled at me "hello?? are you deaf or something??"

It was then that I realized she was speaking to me because she was right behind me and I stooped down to her level and I told her "No, I am not Deaf, but I am HOH and I don't appreciate being talked to like that. I also don't appreciate being treated like a criminal. I didn't hear you because you were behind me, and I didn't expect you to be stopping me because you just watched me walk out and back in. How would you like it if I was a co-worker of yours and asked you to "run" something over to customer service for me???"

I reported her to the management even though I am sure it didn't do any good. I am a really nice person and I treat people like they treat me, and if you treat me like crap, you are gonna get crap handed back to you. Oh well. LOL.

COMBO'D LOL! Bet she tried to interrupt and talk back, but died a little inside 6 times... according to the bolded.