By WOWBear - 05/06/2013 09:46 - United States - Mesa

Today, a deaf customer came to my work. In an attempt to connect with him I introduced myself in sign language. He just rolled his eyes and pointed at my name tag. FML
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Nicole1225 14

can't he see you were trying to be nice?

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MrsPegg 45

And thats when Id show him another bit of sign language... With my middle finger. Yea, yea. Customer service...

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IvyPalin 7

Don't take it to heart, some Deaf people are very enthusiastic about talking to a hearing person and some aren't, don't let that discourage you from continuing your signing and learning ASL

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Sharknado 5

At least you made the effort thats all that counts.

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mageepaigeee44 15

Everyone's acting like the customer did some horrible Injustice but really it's not that big a deal. Deaf people are just like other people. They don't necessarily jump up and down for joy every time someone reaches out to them. It wasn't even that rude. If people are really butthurt about it well welcome to planet earth. There are worse things than a deaf guy rolling his eyes at you.

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Omniprism 14

Wow he's kind of a jerk. I mean I understand he's use to doing things a certain way but he should have been happy at your attempt to connect. I'm sure he doesn't get that much.

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derptitude 4

**** that guy.. obviously has a chip on his shoulder. I would have then made fun of him for talking funny after him being a dick like that

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aquariusangel093 5

It's actually considered to be rude in parts of deaf culture for a hearing person to introduce themselves before the deaf person initiates it. Don't be offended though, a lot of hearing people wouldn't know that.

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Quiet_one 22

Why is that? I may be getting the wrong impression, but from the way you've explained it that seems like a really snobbish "How dare you try to speak to me without my permission?!" kind of thing. Is that really what it's supposed to be? I'm genuinely curious- I've never encountered that before.

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aquariusangel093 5

Yea actually that is how it is sometimes. If a hearing person runs up to a deaf person and is like "I know sign!!" And they only know their alphabet, it's pretty offensive to deaf people. I'm an interpreter and I can say that a lot of deaf people don't want or need help unless they ask for it. In this case, signing their name was stupid and unnecessary.

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ladytigerhunts 20

It's not necessarily rude. In this situation it was not right for the deaf guy to snort and roll his eyes and mock OP.

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Kitiara521 24

You put that name tag on every day, and still felt the need to introduce yourself? YDI. Maybe next time you'll skip directly to the much more useful "Can I help you with anything today?" portion of the conversation.

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Quiet_one 22

That guy sounds like he was just looking for any excuse to put someone down. Even when I'm wearing a nametag, I still introduce myself when I meet someone. It's polite.

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