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| Deaf woman breaks down in tears after being 'REFUSED service at Dunkin' because server wouldn't remove her mask so she could lipread' |
| 2021-09-17 |
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #41 On the 365 Day Murphy's Law Calendar, there's a page that says "In any piece of technical writing, if you come upon a word you don't know, just read on, the article will come out the same regardless." In retrospect, I see a huge insight there..,. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 14:44 |
| #40 And, I might add, I try to be a cultured barbarian, my own self... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 12:51 |
| #39 Maybe I'll print "My Dictionary Is A Picture Book" bumper stickers. They will sell to the exact opposite crowd that buys the "Eschew Obfuscation" bumper stickers. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 12:26 |
| #38 ^ Thank you TW for explaining that pretty much every word in the dictionary has several numbered (ow) definitions. Some so wildly different from the others that only a "literate' person might appreciate the beauty of the written and spoken word. We could deep dive into the whole issue of translation. And then the verbal nuances that even written text can't capture. But that's all for an uncultured barbarian subset of the human race, eh? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 12:12 |
| #37 Gaijin doesn't mean outsider, it means uncultured barbarian. Every word for outsider means uncultured barbarian at bottom. As I recall, the word barbarian derives from the Greek idea that foreigners speaking their own language were not speaking a proper language at all, just making mouth sounds like bar-bar-bar. Given the level of unthinking prejudice the insular Japanese have against outsiders, their disapprobation ought to be a mark for the outsiders rather than against them. Trailing daughter #2 came back from a 9-month internship in Tokyo vowing never, ever to live in Japan again, even though she was offered a job by the company, was watched over like a little sister by the instructors of the Tokyo police Kendo club as they trained her for the equivalent of a black belt, made dear friends, and had all sorts of adventures. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-09-17 12:06 |
| #36 Vir and Morden |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 12:06 |
| #35 I have a friend who sends me tiktok links all the time. I don't watch most of them. I would have to admit that some I have watched were pretty good. Still, I go with Vir Kotto's dictum: "Some bargains come at too high a price." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 12:04 |
| #34 The general rule is to not trust a self-described tiktoker, especially if you agree with them. They are more insufferable than the foodie review people. tiktoker...I think the spelling is appropriate. What used to be called attention whores are going to attention whore, whether it was the roller rink or dumb phone. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-09-17 12:02 |
| #33 ^ She has people encouraging her to do this. It's sad that a) people are willing to use a disabled person. b) it's sad she's allowing herself to be used. Maybe the sorts of platforms that make such a thing possible need to be reigned in? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 11:56 |
| #32 It’s California. So everyone is more rigid than they need to be. She’s 32, a TikToker. and an Uber driver. She must be able to read and write in order to read her passenger info; most assuredly she can communicate by text because that’s how Uber drivers communicate. And she has a cause: getting the rules changed so that others will remove their masks so she, and others like her, can lip read — a group that includes only about half the deaf population. She’s white, so isn’t encountering anti-black prejudice, but among both blacks and Hispanics there is also anti-white prejudice — are the workers and managers in Encino likely to be either black or Hispanic and willing to cause easy problems for a white woman? Not that they were necessarily trying to cause problems — California rules on masking are even probably stricter now that Governor Newsom won his recall, and by definition she has no idea what, if anything, the staff were saying to her while she had her meltdown. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-09-17 11:53 |
| #31 He cherry-picked the definition that suited him. How sweet. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 11:48 |
| #30 I rarely re-read even books I really love because I feel I'm cheating myself, as I only have time to read so many books. If I ever get a terminal diagnosis measured in weeks or months, I do have a set of books I'll try to re-read. I guarantee you Gravity's Rainbow and Infinite Jest could not be done as picture books. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 11:46 |
| #29 Gaijin doesn't mean outsider, it means uncultured barbarian. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-17 11:44 |
| #28 Outsider. That's me. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 11:40 |
| #27 #26 for #22 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-17 11:36 |
| #26 ^Gaijin. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-17 11:35 |
| #25 |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 11:32 |
| #24 The Universal Translator. A Star Trek and other Sci-Fi staple. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 11:29 |
| #23 While on vacation a few years back and waiting at the deli with my freshly sliced meat and cheese order in my head while waiting in the long queue. I realized the deli workers were all from Eastern Europe struggling to understand customer orders. I typed the order on my phone and when my turn was up I merely set the phone on the counter. They were happy as heck and quickly filled my order. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2021-09-17 11:27 |
| #22 Maybe this comment gets dumped, but I become dyspeptic over people who look at picture books lecturing me about literacy. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 11:20 |
| #21 Adults attached to their dumb phones can't even play Scrabble or Wheel of Fortune without auto-help anymore. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-09-17 11:20 |
| #20 Some broad was going to write an entire novel as texts. The "right people" wet themselves immediately. It never got finished. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 11:18 |
| #19 Texting and spelling are not the same thing. YKWIM :( |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-09-17 11:16 |
| #18 People who are not texting on the bus are invisible. Got it? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 11:15 |
| #17 #16 for #14 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-17 11:13 |
| #16 No. I see 5 years old texting on a bus. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-17 11:11 |
| #15 Like the motorcyclist riding between traffic lanes, this sort just ruins it for everybody else. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 11:08 |
| #14 Yeah, smells like shite. Doesn't have crazy face at all eh? Nobody, nowadays (with whatsapp, etc) is illiterate. You are absolutely fucking kidding me right? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-09-17 11:03 |
| #13 GoFundMe is electronic panhandling. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 10:53 |
| #12 I'm going with Frank G on this, to much of this gofundme bullshit, and everyone wants to be a victm these days. |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-09-17 10:40 |
| #11 Ima call bullshit and a gofundme whore, insensitive d*ck that I am That doesn't mean you are wrong. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-09-17 10:11 |
| #10 Nobody, nowadays (with whatsapp, etc) is illiterate. I was in line at an automated check out counter behind a nice scrawny white couple with an EBT card. When they missed what the recorded voice said, they were at sea, couldn't read "Press Here to Hear Message Again." I helped them get checked out. It's easier than ever to get out of an American public school that "spends $12,000 / year" on students (read that spends it on staff and physical plant) with no idea how to read or do basic math. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 09:30 |
| #9 Nobody, nowadays (with whatsapp, etc) is illiterate. Based on my last two calls to the IRS (I got ghetto girls both times), I disagree. |
| Posted by: Raj 2021-09-17 09:23 |
| #8 Shannon explained that she has a cochlear implant, an electronic device that electrically stimulates the nerve for hearing, but was not wearing it at that time....'I'm an Uber driver, so I got a ride and I was like, "Hey, I have to order my drink. I have to go,"' she recalled. Uh huh. While driving for Uber, she doesn't have her device that let's her f*&king hear in?? Ima call bullshit and a gofundme whore, insensitive d*ck that I am |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-09-17 08:53 |
| #7 In all likelihood, they were illiterate. Nobody, nowadays (with whatsapp, etc) is illiterate. Typical (modern day) West_civ story: people with disabilities (physical or psychological) expect the rest of the world to bend over backwards for their convenience, rather than the vice versa. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-09-17 08:33 |
| #6 Now I'm a little annoyed as it's clear nobody read the article. She can talk. They refused to write anything. She was able to speak to them but they refused any method of commication that meant She could upstanding them. In all likelihood, they were illiterate. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2021-09-17 08:22 |
| #5 Remove COVID hysteria from the scenario and you basically have a business refusing to accommodate a handicaped person. Didn't the pass some big laws with punitive teeth about stuff like that? The ADA? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-17 07:56 |
| #4 Simple things push some people over the edge. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-09-17 07:47 |
| #3 While I feel bad for her, there were simple alternatives: Pen and Paper point to menu thumb up or down Point to the item. etc. Having traveled in several countries I knew not a word, I could gesture enough to order coffee and a few basic food items. Sure a few waitress giggled, but I ate. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-09-17 06:59 |
| #2 ^ Did you just assume her literacy? [hungry deaf woman cries at corner table for half an hour while |
| Posted by: Vortigern de Medici9432 2021-09-17 01:49 |
| #1 Nobody had a pencil and a napkin? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-09-17 00:05 |