"People like that shouldn't work here..."

[Jester]

At the risk of being unpopular, I'm afraid I'm going to have to side with the elderly customer here.

I mean, she really shouldn't have to put up with having to deal with a deaf person while she is shopping. We need to get rid of all of them. Sorry, but if you can't hear, you gotta go.

Blind people too. If you can't see, what use are you?

Handicapped? Missing a limb? Can't walk or talk as well as most people? Have some birth defect that makes you appear different? Off you go.

Short people, too. Not to mention overly fat or skinny. And ugly. Man, if you are ugly, we can't be looking at you. Not fair to the rest of us.

While we're at it, let's get rid of the rest of the undesireables. Jews, of course. Can't have them. Blacks, Hispanics, Orientals. They don't belong in this country. Arabs, Indians, Muslims, Buddhists, pagans, atheists, so long. Time to go.

And of course we have to finish the job of getting rid of the Native Americans. They just don't fit in with with America is supposed to be.

And we all know what America is supposed to be, right?

A bastion of good, honest, hardworking, Christian, white, physically fit people with bad attitudes and God complexes, just like this old lady.

Hitler would have been so proud.





(For those who missed it, the above was written with my tongue 100% in my cheek, as I obviously don't agree with this lady or people like her. It's sad that I have to make this disclaimer, but it seems some people need these things spelled out for them. In any case, if you still think I am serious about any of this, please remember that I am short, of Jewish descent, somewhat pagan, slightly colorblind, and due to a birth defect my eyes are permanently at half mast, making me looked stoned all the time, even though I'm not stoned. I'm drunk. There's a difference, you know.)

[Slow-Jo]

you and your daughter rule!!
i have many cousins that have mental, and/or physical problems. one of my closest and most favored cousins has fetal alcohol syndrome. they should NEVER be treated any different from any other person!

kinda off topic:
when me and my fav cousin go out she has to wear a medical alert bracelet.
we were at a deli and while waiting for an order this lady comes up beside us. she looks like a very nice lady, but dear god don't ever judge a book by the cover!

m-me
c-cousin
B-biggest nosy bitch in the whole wide world.


*lady turns to us*
B- oh you have a medical bracelet, do you have any allergies to penicillin, because if you do you better tell them now, or they might give you moldy bread.

C-er, no, i just have to be careful of what kind of meds i am given if in a accident.
B- why is that?
C- uh, um, I have fetal alcohol syndrome, so i take some meds that can react badly to other medications.
*this lady suddenly got this look on her face like she just tasted cat butt, and i felt really sorry for my cousin, she has a really had time telling people about her problem.*
B-well then! maybe your mom shouldn't have been so stupid!
M- excuse me?! she was actually adopted, so its not actually my aunts fault.
*nice lady behind the counter brings food*
B-of course it is! she fed you booze when you were a baby!
*omg did she just say what i thought she did?!*
M-fetal alcohol syndrome happens when the person is a fetas! not after when they are born! (though it probably would screw the baby up too)
B-Oh what do you know? *grabs her food and storms out*

nice lady behind the counter starts to apologizes for the lady, and im waiting for the tears to start rolling so i can go out there and relocate that bitches ribcage, but when i look over my cousin is bent over laughing her ass off!
C- what a fucking idiot!!

ive never seen my cousin laugh that hard ever!

[MystyGlyttyr]

I actually spent a bit of time hanging out with the special ed kids when I was in school. They annoyed me a hell of a lot less than the "able" members of the class. Yes, they drove me a little crazy once in a while with some of their behaviors, but at the very least, if you asked them to calm down and stop, they freaking would listen to you!

I was in class with a girl who's younger sister was in special ed and this girl was such a bitch to her little sister. I spent so much time putting her into the wall for mistreating her sister and thinking that by all rights, our roles really should have been reversed.

I usually would have more to say on this subject, but it would be a discussion for Fratching and not here. I'll just say that if I had been born five years ago instead of 25, I'd have wound up in the "special" group, too, instead of graduating third in my class. BECAUSE DIFFERENT IS BAD MMKAY?

[ArenaBoy]

I have a friend who's older sister has cerebral palsy. I've seen some nasty things said and done to her. She will be referred to as E.
In high school, a well known boy asked her to homecoming. Later on, he up and said that he was joking (BIG mistake). She was upset. Big time. Her brother was extremely pissed and beat the living crap out of him. WKB deserved it. He literally hurt her feelings. Heck, I even went up to my friend and said that he did right. Even his parents agreed with him.

People like the fuckstick in the op make me sick.

[Alpha Strike]

I would imagine that most people look at store employees with physical or mental handicaps (?) the same way: can you help me do what I need to do? If the answer is "Yes" then nothing else matters.

I do have to admit that I'm rather surprised then some folks have such strong feelings towars the deaf though. Why a person would equate deaf with "retard" is beyond me. Obviously stupidity knows no boundaries but still...

[daleduke17]

When I worked at the second grocery store, my (now) wife was cashiering one day and one of the mentally handicapped baggers was bagging for her. Well, some dipshit regular customer comes to my wife's lane and for some reason said something insulting about the bagger (I think something along the lines of "those people"). That was a mistake. My wife let him have it. He walked out and never said a word to management.

[JustADude]

To quote myself here:

"The only people I hate universally are bigots. Other than a mild case of self-loathing, things are working out great."

[Jacen]

I would have thrown her out ifI could. There is nothing wrong with being deaf (my girlfriend is half deaf, may be fully deaf one day)... Doesn't mean their any less human and can't help you.

[greensinestro]

That's terrible of someone to say things like that about a hearing impaired employee. I myself have worked with these type of people, and many are wonderful to work with. Okay, they won't be able to perform certain job functions, like talk on the phone, but these people can perform other job functions. Plus, this country has lots of Hispanic people who work every day, put food on the table, and pull their weight, plus speak English because they learned the language in order to live here.

I might have ejected that lady for that type of rudeness. And, as someone else said, it makes you wonder if her daughter has the same values.

[greensinestro]

When I worked at the second grocery store, my (now) wife was cashiering one day and one of the mentally handicapped baggers was bagging for her. Well, some dipshit regular customer comes to my wife's lane and for some reason said something insulting about the bagger (I think something along the lines of "those people"). That was a mistake. My wife let him have it. He walked out and never said a word to management.

Like I've said, I worked with my share of people with mental handicaps, or physical ones. You should be proud of them that they are getting out there and making some kind of living instead of relying on other people, if they are able to do it.

I have a friend whose daughter has a mild case of Down's Syndrome. This guy at one time was never actually comfortable around people with disabilities, but learned later on that these people are human beings as well as someone without these problems.

[GingerBiscuit]

See, maybe it's my upbringing, but I never saw any 'disability' as a problem- unless it means someone cannot actually do their job effectively. I do, unfortunately, understand why people react badly- on a psychological level at least- but it doesn't make it any better.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

There was a deaf woman working in the butcher at the Chopper where I use to bag groceries. She listened better than most of my coworkers with perfect hearing.

We have a male bagger who is also deaf and does quite well.

I wish I could say the same for customers though . . . had one guy just this past Saturday trying to get his attention as he (coworker) was walking up the HBA aisle (he was heading toward the backroom, I suspect.)

I turned around and the customer looked at me. "That guy didn't even answer me."

To which I directly informed him "Sir, he can't answer you because he's deaf."

"He is?"

"Yes Sir, he IS deaf." (like you aren't for not paying attention to what I'm telling you?) "What can I help you with?"

"Where's *I can't recall what the item was now*?"

"That would be over on Aisle *whatever aisle corresponded with the item he wanted.*"

No dumbass . . .my coworker was just ignoring you for fun.

Sheesh

[iLOVEcustomerservice]

I still think retail workers should be allowed to have some sort of attitude adjustment tool available, like a big bat. (both types)

hahaha i'd pay money to see a couple choice sc's at my store either get their heads bashed in or theit blood sucked out... if they get their blood sucked out are they still 'sucky' customers?

but seriously, i've had to deal with bigotry towards races and handicapped co-workers, people have no sense of decency

[qaxons]

I have a cousin who's deaf. She can read lips and sign, and I, woefully, can only communicate by letting her read my lips I never could find enough time with that side of the family to learn A(merican)SL.

Kinda OT and definitely as a joke, does Australian Sign Language have a motion for Crikey?

I've known a few deaf people, one blind person, and several people with some disability. It disgusts me to know end when people act bigoted toward them. I also was working a register with one of the local AARP/AWDA/Whatever they call themselves now... (The people who deal with the homes for the mentally disabled....) house members bagging, and he was great to chat to between customers. He was pretty on the ball, but he had short-term memory problems, like, you had to tell him something every 5 minutes for about a day before he'd truly pick up on it, but that just meant we could reuse the same tired joke and he'd laugh like he'd just heard it.

I miss him... His name was Eddward, yes with two Ds, and I called him Sock-head and Double-D regularly. He took to calling me Ed because I'm about that tall, and, after 6 hours of register, only a weeeee bit brighter...

Turns out he loved the show just as much as I did. Watched it whenever it was on.

[daleduke17]

Like I've said, I worked with my share of people with mental handicaps, or physical ones. You should be proud of them that they are getting out there and making some kind of living instead of relying on other people, if they are able to do it.

I have a friend whose daughter has a mild case of Down's Syndrome. This guy at one time was never actually comfortable around people with disabilities, but learned later on that these people are human beings as well as someone without these problems.

When my wife and I got married, we only invited a handful of people from that store, and we made sure that girl's name was #1 from that store (the rest were people who one or both of us had worked with on a regular basis*). Unfortunately she wasn't able to go.

She (Linda, the bagger) would probably freak out if I told her my wife and I are expecting.

*-I barely worked with Linda due to her working 10a-1p and me working 230p-11p