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  • My can't you see? story

    As you should know from several of my past stories my best friend is blind. She folds her paper money differently so she knows what denomintion it is, has dark glasses and a guide dog. It's pretty obvious she's blind.
    We go to a fast food joint, we place out orders seperately, cause she's a big girl and can take care of herself with the guide dog for the most part.(It can't read building and suite numbers, but that's another story)
    So we get our cups as we order, I think nothing of it when I hear her ask where the straws are... until I look up and the guy at the regester is pointing and giving her a "Are you stupid? They're right in front of you!" look.
    Then I turn a little SC. "Are you an idiot? She's blind she can't see you point! They're by your left hand."
    Her responce? "Was he looking at me like I was stupid or something?"
    "Yes"
    "I think he won't do that to me again after your responce."

    This is the same restraunt that refused to change the restroom doors so they said which sex the bathrooms were, and got closed down due to fines from the ADA people. After a couple months and no change when another restraunt who's management got notified and changed it w/in 2 weeks, we reported them. Obviously they weren't doing too well to begin with.

  • #2
    I'd stop going there.
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    • #3
      No one can go there any more, they got closed down.

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      • #4
        Karma is busy these days.
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        • #5
          I'm trying to imagine what an "are you stupid it's right in front of you?" look is like. But that expression must've been blantantly obvious to trigger you by saying that line. I had situations where I felt like calling someone an idiot for giving me bad customer service and not greeting me when I walk in a place of business but it depends on experience I guess.
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          • #6
            Ya know, this guy needs a swift lesson in teh three blind spots of the Sighted- In Front of You Face, Under Your Nose, and If It Were A Snake It Would Have Bit Ya. Only be snarky to a loved one for things in the major blind spots.

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            • #7
              Your friend is going to have to charge you an entertainment tax soon!

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              • #8
                Quoth Crazeyal View Post
                Your friend is going to have to charge you an entertainment tax soon!
                She doesn't care, I told her I was sharing our stories of assholes in public and she told me to knock myself out. We haven't had many issues since moving to Hawaii, much to my relief.

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                • #9
                  I've read your posts about your blind friend before and they always leave me seething at the stupidity of people out there and this one is no different. In those situations I'd probably end up being awfully mean. :P

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                  • #10
                    I worked with a very lovely woman who was hearing impaired to the point she could not hear anything, She had been unable to hear since birth. She was hard working and sweet and most people understood, she could not hear. Our location is near a school for the blind and hearing impaired.

                    One night I hear from the next isle "fine ignore me b*tch" I, of course, RUN around the isle to see the SC about to kick my poor innocent coworker, who is kneeling on the floor to fold the bottom shelf of clothes, in the ribs. I scream at her, "you moron she is deaf she can't hear you." The customer stops mid-kick and my coworker notices me then notices the customer and just about faints. She quit shortly after that and started her own night time cleaning business. I think that was the straw that broke the camel's back.

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                    • #11
                      Actually, I did that once.

                      Before you abuse me, listen to my side:

                      It was near Christmas and we were very, very busy. I was at the register and so busy I couldn't pay attention to anyone but the customer in front of me. As soon as my previous customer left, a woman marched up to the register (because I was filling out some paperwork I did not see her come up), put a book down, and said she wanted to return it. She was wearing sunglasses, which is actually not that unusual. I see lots of people with their sunglasses on indoors, I guess they are only going to be in for a few minutes and don't bother taking them off.

                      I whipped out the form we use for returns and asked her to fill out the pertinent information.

                      She replies, "WHAT?! I AM BLIND THAT IS WHY I HAVE A CANE!" (note: she was seriously screaming, other customers and my co-workers were all staring).

                      Me: I'm sorry ma'am, the counter is at a height that I did not see your cane.

                      Her: THIS IS RIDICULOUS, I CAN'T SEE THE COUNTER, I AM BLIND! ARE YOU STUPID?

                      Me: Well ma'am, that's why I mentioned it. Now if I could just ask your name for the return form...

                      She was extremely rude throughout the rest of the transaction. I felt terrible and was embarrassed enough without her screaming about it. I can see why she would be startled that I didn't realize it, but I felt her behavior was over the top.

                      A guide dog would have tipped me off, but I seriously didn't see any indication she was blind except the cane, which was not visible to me.
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                      • #12
                        Quoth Aislin View Post
                        One night I hear from the next isle "fine ignore me b*tch" I, of course, RUN around the isle to see the SC about to kick my poor innocent coworker, who is kneeling on the floor to fold the bottom shelf of clothes, in the ribs.
                        That bitch was going to KICK YOUR COWORKER?! Please tell me she got banned by the management, at the very least!

                        Me, I would've had her arrested for "attempted battery". You just don't do that to people!
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                        • #13
                          Quoth AnaKhouri View Post
                          She replies, "WHAT?! I AM BLIND THAT IS WHY I HAVE A CANE!" (note: she was seriously screaming, other customers and my co-workers were all staring).

                          Me: I'm sorry ma'am, the counter is at a height that I did not see your cane.

                          Her: THIS IS RIDICULOUS, I CAN'T SEE THE COUNTER, I AM BLIND! ARE YOU STUPID?
                          How did she know YOU weren't blind? If she automatically assumes everyone else is sighted and all sighted people are automatically stupid for not knowing her needs immediately, that makes her guilty of discrimination. In other words, she's an entitled jerk who happens to be blind.

                          Two of my co-workers who do phone work are blind as are some of our customers. It's extremely amusing to both Carl and Darlene when a blind customer yells at them like that lady and calls them stupid for asking the SC to do something easy like find their serial number. That's when they can reply, "I'm also blind. The directions I just gave you worked for me."
                          The best karma is letting a jerk bash himself senseless on the wall of your polite indifference.

                          The stupid is strong with this one.

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                          • #14
                            Quoth XCashier View Post
                            That bitch was going to KICK YOUR COWORKER?! Please tell me she got banned by the management, at the very least!

                            Me, I would've had her arrested for "attempted battery". You just don't do that to people!
                            This was late at night so getting a manager is like pulling teeth. At the time I couldn't have cared if they fired me so I told the woman to GET OUT, and sent my co-worker on an extra break. I wrote her a note telling her I was sorry that I had not been quicker but she told me that it was not my fault. I just felt bad because she tried to do her job, help people all day and some people would just refuse to deal with her because you had to write down what you wanted.

                            It isn't hard, and it isn't her fault if the person could not read or write who wanted her help no more than it is someone's fault that they don't speak every lang. on the planet when you call a call center.

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Akasa View Post
                              I think nothing of it when I hear her ask where the straws are...
                              RW: Can you hold out your hand, please? *Places straw in Akasa's friend's hand* There ya go!


                              I haven't had any blind patrons, but I've had a couple deaf ones. One I didn't know was deaf, just thought she had a hole in the roof of her mouth (she has a very breathy voice) and there was a high-pitched sound going on that I couldn't figure out what it was....I finally figured out when she left that she was wearing a hearing aid and the battery was going, hence the high-pitch squealing, but she didn't hear it. If I see her again, I'll let her know.

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