MsGubbiGubbi
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I started a new job a couple weeks ago and have been teaching 1 or 2 signs to the 2 people I work with each day. Most times they write to me what they want to say, but sometimes they forget I am Deaf. Today (I don't know why I did it) I thought I would convey to them what their actions are conveying to me.
My boss talked to me behind her mask, so I wiggled my mask silently back at her. Her 2nd in charge started flapping her arms about and both looked like they were about to explode, so I calmly said verbally "The plane is about to crash. It exploded. Stop"
Both of them immediately stopped their miming at me and then both burst into fits of laughter. My boss wrote on paper, she was sorry, and she finally understands how crazy it must look to see them trying to talk to me with improvisation.
I am really enjoying the new job (filling bags at the food bank) and am relieved to finally be working with people who have a sense of humour and who truly make an effort with me. I hope it continues
- Rosie
My boss talked to me behind her mask, so I wiggled my mask silently back at her. Her 2nd in charge started flapping her arms about and both looked like they were about to explode, so I calmly said verbally "The plane is about to crash. It exploded. Stop"
Both of them immediately stopped their miming at me and then both burst into fits of laughter. My boss wrote on paper, she was sorry, and she finally understands how crazy it must look to see them trying to talk to me with improvisation.
I am really enjoying the new job (filling bags at the food bank) and am relieved to finally be working with people who have a sense of humour and who truly make an effort with me. I hope it continues
- Rosie