a thank you to all

[TWOLF]

To the mods I apologize if this is in the wrong area. To everyone here I would like to say thank you, thank you for giving me the ability to feel like part of a group.
You see I'm 50% deaf and wear hearing aids which are great on the job,but going so long without them I never have been a social person, even with them now. Because of this I don't really associate with alot of my coworkers because there is always an embarresment factor with being deaf(and I hate hearing impaired.).
To be able to talk about my calls to someone other then my girlfriend and reading about the issues that other people have in and out of call centers has been a big help for me.
I look forward to reading many more posts and hopefully in the next couple of weeks I'll have a little more time to do more reading and hopefully give some posts to get some good chuckles.
Thank you all

[TNT]

I look forward to reading many more posts and hopefully in the next couple of weeks I'll have a little more time to do more reading and hopefully give some posts to get some good chuckles.

Welcome, and I'm looking forward to reading those posts.

I think this forum is at least a small part of why I've done as well at my current job as I have. Outside of my co-workers, I don't know anybody who's ever worked in a call center.... so, when I talk about work in real life, nobody really gets what I'm talking about.

That's why I came to this forum... I stay because the people here are great. And, Raps and the moderators do a remarkable job of keeping it free from flamefests, trolls, Drama Kings and Queens and metadiscussions. It's actually fun to come here.

[lordlundar]

to the boards. and as one freak to another (we work in situations where we have to put up with this garbage, so we must be freaks. ) let me say that asl long they do not offend, your stories are always welcome.

[Rapscallion]

http://www.customerssuck.com/board/showthread.php?t=198 for a truly horrific tale of a lack of respect towards disabilities.

Rapscallion

[Kara]

Hey, no problem. Us phone jockeys gotta stick together, right?

[Pagan]

I spent three l-o-o-o-o-n-g years in a call center so I understand your pain as well. It was Victoria's Secret and now I know more about bras than I ever wanted to.

Twolf, please, don't be embarrasaed. After all, nobody's perfect. You're fine just the way you are.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

to the boards. and as one freak to another (we work in situations where we have to put up with this garbage, so we must be freaks. ) let me say that asl long they do not offend, your stories are always welcome.

And lets not forget that it takes a lot to offend us on this board...unless it comes from a Sucktard, then we get very offended at the SC and start dreaming of ways we can make an eternity in hell with Satan and all his little minions jabbing pitchforks up their asses seem like a wonderful vacation in the Bahamas.

Welcome to the group, pull up a chair, Beer and Sodas are in the cooler

M

[Imogene]

Welcome to the group, pull up a chair, Beer and Sodas are in the cooler

My goodness, I read that as 'Beef and Soda', and almost asked if we'd opened a porn shop while I wasn't looking...

[Andara Bledin]

My goodness, I read that as 'Beef and Soda', and almost asked if we'd opened a porn shop while I wasn't looking...

Heh... that made me giggle.

^-.-^

[LostMyMind]

Welcome, you'll find a few other hearing impaired folks here (myself included).

My ex-co-workers hated the fact that my headphones were loud enough to hear in the next room. But it was the only way for me to hear it.

[Kara]

We have a rep who's not totally blind but is "legally" blind. I was really impressed with what they've done to accommodate him so he can still do his job. They set him up with like a 21 inch monitor and tweaked his resolution so that his mouse pointer is about the size of a baseball. It only displays like, what we would see as a corner of the screen and he has to scroll all around, but it makes it so he can see the informatoin on the screen. He's bee with us for a very long time. They also gave him one of those gigantic calculators from a gag shop so he doesn't have to try and pull up the windows calculator.

[TwoScoopsSciath]

Welcome home, Twolf! As someone who has lost hearing on and off frequently, I salute you!

Look on the bright side, though. You can tune out the real monsters easier.

*zen hugs and goodie bag*

[Cia]

No one's mentioned the cookie bar over yonder and the ice cream's in the freezer next to the beer and pop.