Wokamuka

A crossing guard is asked to leave with the flippant excuse of losing her hearing.

I sense an ulterior motive/agenda. That much is clear.

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IslandBreeze07

Very observant of you! Long story, with the same cargo airline.....due to a mgmt shuffle and a MASSIVE workforce layoff, I could not longer "run" two departments so I was back in the gatehouse reading Miami Herald (no more Mgmt hassles over regulations at airport) .......until a female VP got so frustrated with the phone not being picked up. Hola! Did you think I could suddenly use the phone? Anyway, she kept trying to get me fired out of the gatehouse but couldn't. Too many good things about me.

Until the feds came. Just my luck to be the lone employee rounding everyone up! So I got fired two days later. So I was free to sing like a canary the very next morning. Cargo Airline outta business forever! Don't get mad, get even.

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CrzyMeg

True but it also depend on your college education as well, right? I am going for master degree in teaching.

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Buffalo

What do you mean by "depend on your college education"? Suppose a deaf person did very good at college and got a master degree, the employer might not look past that person's hearing loss and decided not to hire him/her just because s/he is deaf. That could happen to any deaf person even though if he/she can speak clearly. It has happened before so it is nothing new.

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NickCameron1031

I have a masters and its gotten me work in a warehouse because of my hearing or lack of rather. Education doesnt mean anything. They dont look past the hearing loss, its just hard to prove that its only because of the hearing loss. I get very frustrated with the whole situation.

jillio

Exactly.

Buffalo

You and I are in the same boat. I got my job as a computer programmer but down my 10 years with that company, the original boss got fired (or forced to retire ?) the 4th or 5th boss decided to let me go.

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NickCameron1031

I think I put in an earlier post in here my last job was actually re-written so answering the phone was required meaning I had to go. It was pathetic.

web730

Oh yeah, so unfortunately and unfair to the deaf victims! I personally experienced like that a few times in the job world... so did many others, too.

Even it's still going on in some cases nowadays despite more and more hearing people learning about the deaf. It's something we still need to educate and impress more about the deafness and what we can do in the job world and life by using media or such that are rather more effective way, due that since the deafness is still the least known handicap amongst the hearing people.

So this is a part of the problem that we need a real solution to fight against. ADA may be helpful at times but sometimes not. One example: Any boss could get by choosing another over you so how could you know or prove that you're more qualified than the guy he/she hired. It's not that easy sometime depending on the situation.

web730

Another interesting notice... deaf-friendly places it usually gets much easier to find jobs... that part we do indeed notice so far.

Big cities are often known more deaf-friendly regarding to applying for jobs rather than small cities. Even cities/towns where the deaf schools reside in it does help, too. (not all do same but very noticeable)

So I wonder as if the deaf411 could be helpful a sort of. It's quite new so it should be interesting how it fares in the near future.

RedFox

It's nice that they're friendly in this small town and at my work. Maybe it's because of the Deaf community down in Brattleboro about 1/2 an hour away where there is also a deaf school.

frogsign

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The more people complain, the more likely things are to be fixed.

CrzyMeg

Well. Then they very stupid people being hateful.

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