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By Anonymous - 05/10/2013 06:56 - United States - Seattle

Today, I pretended to be deaf to a door to door salesman. He knew sign language. FML

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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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By human lava lamp - 10/03/2013 19:54 - United States - New Britain

Today, I was at the airport, when a lady came up and loudly asked if she could sit next to me. I have serious social issues, so to avoid having to talk to her, I pretended I was deaf and couldn't hear her. She immediately broke out her sign language skills. FML

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By lonelynessinCA - 14/03/2011 18:31 - United States

Today, I was so lonely that I pretended I wanted to buy something from a telemarketer so that they would keep talking to me. FML

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By Jackie - 14/09/2010 20:00 - United States

Today, I realized the guy I like is not deaf. This would normally be good news. However, for the past two weeks I assumed he was deaf after seeing him use sign language. I've been openly talking about him within earshot. FML

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Desperate times, desperate, dumb measures

By WTFiswrongwithme - 03/03/2020 00:01

Today, I was so desperate for human interaction that I asked a deaf girl in my class if she liked music. I actually signed it to her. FML

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By Cob - 03/02/2009 13:03 - United States

Today, I tried helping an old lady with her groceries. When I asked if she needed help she smiled. When I took one of her bags she yelled. I didn't know she was deaf. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/07/2009 17:01 - United States

Today, I was sitting on the train when some crazy man started talking to me. I ignored him, and he tapped on my shoulder. He started blabbing and I just pointed to my ears and mouthed, "I'm deaf." He stopped talking. A minute later my phone rang and I answered it without thinking. FML

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**** off!

By my back hurts - 04/09/2013 05:25 - Australia - Campbelltown

Today, I spent a large portion of the afternoon playing hide and seek with the door-to-door salesman who saw me sneak in the back door and won't stop knocking. No amount of hiding behind the couch will make him go away. FML

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By oopsie - 24/05/2009 14:50 - Canada

Today, I got a phone call from a number I didn't recognize. It was a man with a speech impediment, and I began imitating him. He was the manager of a store I applied at. He wanted to arrange an interview. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/10/2010 08:19 - United States

Today, I found out that the blind man I've been helping for months at the grocery store by carrying his shopping around and stuff was actually faking his blindness. FML

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adam3650 12

Saturday 5 October 2013 12:09

Good God. They're evolving.

yukumariooo 11

Saturday 5 October 2013 12:09

Pretended to be deaf, end up looking dumb... Sounds about fair.

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thatgirl1299 11

Saturday 5 October 2013 19:12

Some people are actually deaf

jblumz 15

Saturday 5 October 2013 20:07

Let me get this straight. You pretended to be deaf, but answered the door when you "heard" a knock/bell?

gladlily 16

Saturday 5 October 2013 20:25

You shouldn't play deaf or pretend you're not home to avoid interruptions. You're not required to open your door just because someone knocks. If you don't answer they should assume you aren't home OR are occupied with something that prevents you from answering. In this day and age, no one should be offended that people don't answer their doors all the time. The days of calling on people out of the blue are gone.

Sweetpea22 14

Saturday 5 October 2013 21:18

How hard is it to say "Not interested" OP?

snowbunnie408 11

Saturday 5 October 2013 22:03

I saw this on whisper!

worldclassrager 39

Saturday 5 October 2013 23:13

Show up at the door naked they will never come back...

CrazyMelvin 14

Saturday 5 October 2013 23:49

YDI: that is just mean and insensitive.

sades03 1

Sunday 6 October 2013 0:11

do you have whisper because this is the top whisper on there?

uglyluckgirl 8

Sunday 6 October 2013 3:06

I'm deaf! :D

CHUBBYninja 18

Sunday 6 October 2013 6:04

then how did you know he was at the door? Gotchya there am I right?

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