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ABOUT DEAF OR ART ABOUT HEARING
We have many deaf artists. But are they doing
Deaf Art or Hearing Art?
Hearing art lovers may not understand Deaf
Art but they do understand Hearing Art. This
may be the reason why Deaf Artists do hearing
Art instead of Deaf Art.

SICK AND TIRED OF THIS CI QUESTION
A hearing stranger talks to a deaf person.
The deaf person tells the stranger he is deaf.
The stranger immediately asks the deaf person
if he has a CI.
The deaf person says no. The hearing stranger
scolds the deaf person for not having a CI.
This hearing person has the big nerve to
ask this question!

CODE IN ACCOUNTING NOT IMPORTANT FOR DEAF
A deaf person is an accountant for a government
agency.
He memorizes many accounting codes such as
EEO, EA, CCM, etc, etc.
He also knows the code – RE. One day his
boss came over to him to discuss the RE code,
only that the boss said it was RT.
RT? The deaf employee was puzzled. The boss
was talking too fast and did not have time to
sit down to write notes to explain what it was.
After a while, he realized RE is the same
thing as RT, but the boss continued to call it
RT.
He retired many years later, still not really
understanding what RT meant, but the boss never
scolded him for not understanding RT!

THE ANGRY HEARING BOSS
Deaf people hate this hearing boss. He is an
immigrant with zero understanding of American
culture and American customs and American
manners.
He cannot communicate with the deaf; he hates
to write notes. When he is angry, often over
“nothing” issues, his face gets red, his lips
are locked, and his fists are also locked.
Why was he hired if he cannot communicate
with the deaf?
Because he is a MIT graduate with a “long”
list of accomplishments, and without thinking
the agency hired him.
A day after he was hired, it was too late
to fire him!

BREAKING A LAW IN ROME
Rome, in Italy, is one of the world’s great
cities. It is very popular with tourists.
Yet, many restaurants in Rome break the
law.
Menus must be posted on the wall. Many
restaurants don’t – and if the restaurant
staff can’t speak English, it can be difficult
for deaf tourists!

HEARING PERSON HATES DEAF SUPERVISOR
Why do many hearing employees hate to
be supervised by a deaf supervisor?
They like the deaf person as a social
friend – yet when that same deaf person
is a supervisor, these hearing people
get angry about it.
Why?

DOG IN HOTEL LOBBY
You travel with your dog and stop at a hotel
that is dog-friendly.
While your room is being cleaned, you take
your dog to the hotel lobby and sit down.
Many hearing people come to you and tell
you the dog is cute and ask you questions.
It makes you feel uncomfortable.

WE HATE WHEN IT HAPPENS
Often teachers and interpreters talk about the deaf
student – behind the deaf student’s back.
Deaf students see it happen all the time and they
hate it.
If the teacher and the interpreter has to talk
about the deaf student, they should talk in private
not behind the student’s back.
This is bad manners that teachers and interpreters
not aware of!

WORTH IT TO WIN MILLION-DOLLAR LOTTERY
Is it worth it for a deaf person to
win a million-dollar lottery?
A deaf person won the lottery, not
once but twice.
He had to quit his job because
hearing employees were jealous and
gave him hard time.
He also lost many friends in the
Deaf Community – same reason jealousy
among deaf ex-friends.
Worth it? Good question.

A MISUNDERSTOOD SIGN AT GALLAUDET
A Gallaudet student came from New York,
where everyone signed Fanwood (New York
School for the Deaf) with a residential
school sign.
The student was puzzled when other
students from different states used
the same residential school sign and
thought they all came from Fanwood.
He realized it was just a residential
school sign, no matter where they
came from.

DEAF-FRIENDLY OR DEAF-UNFRIENDLY
You go to a bank to discuss a banking
transaction. The desk woman is very
deaf-friendly – but she writes back and
forth so many notes. It takes all
morning and you are still confused as to
what she is trying to tell you.
You go to another bank, and the different
desk woman is deaf-unfriendly – but she
uses few simple gestures – and you fully
understand everything! And it only takes
few minutes.
Which is best – deaf-friendly or
deaf-unfriendly?

SUFFERING FROM HEARING LOSS
Suffering means people that feel hurt from
pain.
A newspaper headline said a person was
suffering from hearing loss.
Is hearing loss same as deaf person
suffering from deafness- hurting pain?
This is why some headlines make no
sense!

CAPTIONS BLOCKED IN A MUSEUM MOVIE THEATER
At the American Revolutionary Museum at
Yorktown, Virginia, the museum movie had
captions.
But in one scene, the captions were
blocked.
It was blocked by the fake smoke from
a smoke-making machine to show war fighting
with rifles and cannons!

HEARING AID SCAM IN AUSTRALIA
There are complaints that high costs of hearing
aids in Australia are forcing some deaf people
to take a second mortgage on their homes to buy
their own hearing aids.
The government is thinking it is a scam by
hearing aid dealers.

DEAF HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WTIH SOME BARBERS
A deaf man with long hair, walks into a
different barber shop. The barber does not
know him.
He gestures to the barber that he wants
his hair cut short.
Barber is confused. Short? Meaning
cut off almost all of long hair? Or
to cut just a little off the long hair?

FINALLY SOME DEAF FRIENDLY FOOD TRUCKS
What is a Deaf Friendly Food Truck?
There are few trucks that have their
menus listed with #1, #2, #3, #4, etc
dishes.
Very easy for the deaf customer to
show the numbers on his finger for their
food truck menu choice.

CAPTIONS ON UNITED AIRLINES
United Airlines that fly to Europe have captions
on some of their movies.
This is great – but what is not so great is
that most of their movies are not captioned.
Hearing people have more choices with their
movies; deaf choices are limited.

HARD TO READ HEARING FACES
Is it hard to read a hearing face? A hearing person
may be a snob, or very talkative or something.
A deaf person may often misread the hearing face
not knowing who he really is.
That hearing person may be really very shy and
other hearing people knows that, yet deaf person
did not realize it!

HEARING ASL STUDENT’S BIGGEST THRILL
What is the biggest thrill and also the
biggest dream of many hearing ASL students?
It is bumping into a deaf person and fully
communicating with him in ASL!

BARTENDER PROBLEM WITH CAPTIONS
A deaf person entered the bar, ordered
his drink and asked the bartender to
turn on the captions.
The bartender struggled with the
remote and failed to turn on the captions.
The deaf person offered to turn on
the captions with the remote.
The bartender gave the deaf person
the remote. The deaf person looked at
the remote and found the “cc” button.
He was ready to push the button.
Suddenly the bartender grabbed
the remote before captions could be
turned on.
Why?

A SAD DEAF PRISON STORY
In a midwest city, a deaf ooach of a
deaf basketball club could not find enough
players to have a team. He gave up.
Reason? Few of his best players were
in prison!
Very sad.

DEAF ASL NO; HEARING ASL YES
A hearing woman is dating a deaf man.
The hearing woman wants to learn ASL; the
deaf man refuses to teach her.
She enrolls in ASL class on her own.
She tries ASL on him and he refuses to
use it with her.
Strange relationship?

SCARING THE PHARMACIST
A deaf man has problems with a pharmacist
who is afraid to communicate with the deaf.
The pharmacist would use body language
to avoid the deaf person, write a very brief
2 or 3 word note and then walk away.
Tired of pharmacist avoiding the deaf
person, he took control. He barked at her
in loud voice, with facial expressions
and gestures.
It worked. The pharmacist no longer
avoided the deaf person!

DEAF, NOT DEAD
You type in “deaf” in your computer word
processing software.
The automatic-spelling correction changes
it to “dead”.
It can be so embarrassing!

A BASKETBALL REFEREE THAT LAUGHS HARD DURING TIME OUT
You are watching a basketball game at Gallaudet
University.
During a timeout, a hearing fan shouted something
at a hearing referee.
The hearing referee suddenly looked at the hearing
fan and laughed very hard.
Why did the hearing referee laugh very hard? We
will never know.

FAKE PERFECT SPEECH
It is annoying for a deaf person that cannot
speak well.
He can pronounce just one word perfectly.
Hearing people understand him saying that one
word – and they think he has perfect speech!
Very annoying and frustrating!

DEAF HISTORY RESEARCH FRUSTRATION
For example – in Year 1900, a deaf writer
writes a Deaf Story, but information is not
complete and is little vague.
Year 2017, a Deaf History Researcher
finds that old 1900 story and is very
frustrated because of incomplete and
vague information.
Happens all the time in Deaf History
and Hearing History.

BRAGGING ABOUT OWNING THREE BUSINESSES
There are a few deaf people that brag
about owning three (or more) businesses.
Have to be careful about what they say.
Do they own three full time businesses?
Or do they own three part time businesses,
that total income equals one full time job?
They won’t tell you the truth if you
ask them.

MOST EMBARRASSING THING IN KITCHEN
For the deaf person that cooks his meals
in his home kitchen, there is a most
embarrassing thing.
It is when there is overheating and
the deaf person did not know that the
fire alarm went off – and the neighbors
come to the door!

ORDERING CHINESE DUMPLINGS
A deaf person ordered Chinese dumplings
at a restaurant.
The dumplings were served by the waiter,
who immediately left the table.
A group of hearing people at the next
table ordered the same thing. The
waiter served these dumplings and
pointed his finger to each dumpling,
explaining what it is – pork dumpling,
chicken dumpling, cheese dumpling,
beef dumpling, etc.
The waiter did not want to explain
to the deaf person. Discrimination?

HOW MANY TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED
How many times it has happened that you write
a note for a hearing person to read – and the
hearing person acts strange.
You then realize the hearing person is
illiterate!

13 PEOPLE AT A DEAF CLUB EVENT
In a small town, 13 people showed up at a
deaf club event.
The club officers were thrilled, saying
it is a big attendance.
But if it was in a big city, then 13
people showing up would be a big disappointment!

ONE POUND OR ONE PIECE
A deaf man went to a butcher shop and
ordered one pound of Italian sausage.
He pointed “one” with his finger and
mouthed the words – one pound.
The clerk just gave him one piece.
The deaf person said “one pound, not
one piece”.
The hearing clerk just nodded and
smiled!
Did the clerk freeze up, and was
smiling to cover it up?

NO ONE TELLS OTHER ABOUT A DEAF GUEST IN HOTEL
Hotels have three 8-hour shifts per day.
The morning shift knows that one hotel guest
is deaf. but when the morning shift people go
home, no one tells the second (and third)
shifts about that deaf guest.
The deaf guest has problems with something
in the hotel room, but the second shift also
has problems with communications.
It happens often everywhere!

CAPTION-FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS
Deaf people love to go out and eat – no matter
if it is low cost fast food restaurant or a
bar that serves hamburgers or fancy restaurants.
These deaf people know which restaurants are
caption-friendly and which are not!
What is a Caption Friendly restaurant? Captions
always turned on restaurant TV sets are
Caption Friendly? Restaurants that never turn on
captions are not Caption Friendly!

CONTRACT OFFICER THINKS ALL DEAF CAN LIPREAD
A new deaf employee joins a government agency.
He requests an interpreter.
The contracting officer is upset and confronts
the deaf employee, telling him that all deaf people
can lipread.
It is surprising that this contract officer never
heard of ADA!

PARENTS TALK OR NOT
A hearing person, whose parents are deaf, is tired
of the same old question.
Many people ask him:

Can your deaf parents talk?

DEAF, ONE TIME, THREE TIMES, FIVE TIMES
Many hearing people come to a deaf person and
say something, not knowing he is deaf.
A deaf person may say just once “deaf” and
the hearing person catches it.
A deaf person may say three times “deaf”
and it takes three times before hearing person
finally catches it.
Worst example is saying “deaf” five times
and hearing person still not catch it!
Why?

SIGNING TO YOURSELF
Many hearing people talk to themselves?
There are some deaf people that sign to themselves.
It is embarrassing when hearing people look at
you, thinking you are crazy!

MANY HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE FORGET THINGS
Hard of hearing people wear CI or hearing aids.
They take off CI at home and forget to put it back on
when they leave home for work.
It is same thing with hearing aid or with hearing
aid batteries.
It is often frustrating to be a hard of hearing person!

EVERYTHING AGAINST THE ASL DEAF?
Is everything against the ASL deaf? We
are talking about CI people, oral people,
Cued Speech people, Signing Essential
English people, lip-reading people, etc?
What does this say? That non-ASL
deaf people have their own serious problems
and try to attack the ASL deaf!

BADGE THAT SAYS DEAF
Some deaf people wear badges that say
this word DEAF.
They want to warn hearing people that
they must communicate with notes or by
easy gestures.
Worth it? Many deaf people prefer to
be invisible!

MOST FRUSTRATING APPOINTMENT
A deaf person lives in a condominium where
it is impossible for someone to come to the
door and ring the bell.
He makes an appointment with a repairman. He
cannot tell you exactly what time he will arrive,
but says “between nine AM and noon.”
The deaf person sits in the lobby for three
hours waiting for the repairman to arrive. He
already tried to call you to postpone the
appointment, but you didn’t know about it.
Very frustrating

ASL IN DEAF SCHOOL AND ASL IN MAINSTREAMED SCHOOLS
Is ASL used by the deaf at deaf schools better
than ASL used by the deaf at mainstreamed programs?
Many deaf people would say yes, deaf school ASL
is better.
Not always true. There are many deaf school
students that don’t sign well and there are also
mainstreamed students that sign ASL beautifully!
Do not always assume one ASL is better than other.

NOT UNDERSTANDING A TRAGEDY
There was a tragedy at one apartment
building. The deaf man saw people running
up and down the hall. He also saw a woman
crying and slamming her fists on the floor.
The cops and EMT people were also running
up and down the hall.
Hearing neighbors saw it all and knew
what was going on.
The deaf person, seeing it all, did not
know what was going on – because no one
told him that someone died.

ABUSIVE DEAF AIRPLANE PASSENGER
Flying in an airplane can be stressful
for many passengers, both deaf and hearing.
One flight attendant remembers one
incident with a deaf passenger.
The deaf person asked for a pen.
The flight attendant loaned it to him.
The deaf person wrote insulting
comments about the flight attendant.
Fortunately for the deaf passenger,
the airline didn’t kick him out of the
plane!

PERFECT SPEECH DEAF PERSON PREFER INTERPRETER
Many perfect-speech deaf person prefers
interpreters to speak out for them.
These hearing people can easily understand
the perfect-speech deaf people? Why interpreter?
A perfect-speech deaf person said that
interpreters prevent misunderstandings.
This is a strange explanation.

SCARY GESTURES AT DOCTOR’S OFFICE
A deaf man brought his hearing wife to the
doctor’s office for a routine operation.
The wife entered the operating room and
the door was shut. The deaf man had to wait
outside.
Suddenly a medical assistant came out of
the room (but quickly shut the door). She
was gesturing with another medical assistant.
It was not sign language but the gestures looked
like if the wife had problems during the
operation.
Hearing people in the waiting room could
hear the conversation. Deaf person in the
waiting room was scared something serious
happened to the wife.
Fortunately the operation was fine.

A COMMON ARGUMENT AT POST OFFICE MANY YEARS AGO
Years ago many deaf families watched
Captioned Movies at home with their 16mm
projectors.
The post office delivered these films to
their homes. They had to go back to the post
office to return these films.
It was always same old story – arguing with
the confused post office clerks – some thought
postage was free; some thought postage was
library rate; some thought postage was regular
rate!

HIGHWAY AMBER ALERT DISPLAY SIGNS DIFFICULT FOR DEAF
Sometimes we drive on highways and see the “Amber
Alert emergency alert” display signs. They are
asking drivers to call an emergency number if
they know the driver trying to get away.
A hearing driver, seeing the emergency sign,
can use his cell phone, while driving and inform
the police.
The deaf person has to pull over and stop
on the shoulder because driving and texting is
very dangerous!

AUTOMATIC EMPLOYER EXCUSE
A deaf person was job-seeking. He could
not find a job.
During one interview, the employer says
all employees must be able to communicate
with customers, and that a deaf person cannot
communicate.
The deaf person said he could write his
responses on paper or through relay service.
The employer’s automatic excuse:

Sorry, I cannot hire you.

It happened in Great Britain, where there
is no ADA. If the employer said the same
thing in USA, he will be sued.

BAD QUESTION TO ASK DEAF PERSON
A bad question from hearing person
to ask deaf person is this:

Can you read?

We should ask the hearing
person this bad question:

Can you write?

HEARING AID PROBLEMS
Many hard of hearing people have problems
with their hearing aids because of computers
inside it.
Old fashioned hearing aids were simple
to use.
New hearing aids are different; many people
struggle to set up the computer right way
with these hearing aids!

SOMETHING THAT DEAF PEOPLE HATE THE MOST
What is something that the deaf people hate
the most?
That hearing people stand behind their backs
(elevators, line at fast food restaurant,
movie ticket windows, etc). Hearing people
try to talk to the deaf person without realizing
they are deaf!
Deaf people hate it the most.

PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT SIGN LANGUAGE FAST FOOD PEOPLE
DeafDigest is puzzled. For many years he went
to Starbucks, McDonalds and other fast food
places. From time to time a hearing worker, knowing
sign language, would communicate with him.
No big deal! Yet, more and more newspaper
stories are written about Sign Language workers
at Starbucks, Chick-fil-A use sign language
with deaf customers.
Very amazing or no big deal?

DEAF MEMBER OF HEARING COLLEGE FRATERNITY
A deaf member of a hearing college fraternity
was given a new-member hazing.
He, and new members of hearing college fraternity
were blindfolded and dumped at a park, a long
distance away from their college campus.
During the car ride to the secret location,
the hearing frat members could communicate with
each other by voice. The deaf Frat member was
stuck – alone, blind and abandoned!

IMPOSSIBLE JOB INTERVIEW
It happened many years before ADA. A
deaf person, looking for a job, was
given an interview by an impatient,
fast-talking boss.
The interview was a joke. The boss
talked very fast, impossible for the
deaf person to understand.
Then the boss stopped, shook hands
with the deaf person and led him out of
the office.
What happened? Deaf person still didn’t
know what happened!

DEAF CRUISE OR HEARING CRUISE
Which is better for a deaf traveler –
Join a Deaf Cruise or a Hearing Cruise?
With a Deaf Cruise, very easy to
communicate with other deaf travelers.
Disadvantage is that you see same old
deaf faces all the time.
With a Hearing Cruise, there are
strangers that have many interesting
stories to share during dinners and
during cruise social events. For
deaf, it is impossible to communicate
without an interpreter! Hearing
people on vacation during cruises
don’t like to write notes.

DEAF JOGGERS AND HEARING JOGGERS
What is the diffeence between a deaf jogger
and a hearing jogger?
The deaf jogger just goes out of his house
and jogs on the streets. Very simple.
Hearing jogger is different. They worry
about the music and struggle with selection of
music songs on their smartphones while jogging.
Not very simple!

Whole Foods supermarket has a great policy.
Their dining area, for people that eat their
buffet meals, has many TV sets.
All of their TV sets are captioned at all
times.
DeafDigest editor learned that it was a
Whole Foods policy.

CLASS IN A DARK ROOM
A deaf student attends classes at a hearing
college, with interpreters.
In one class, the classroom is dark. You cannot
see the interpreter. The professor refuses to turn
on the lights so that you an see the interpreter?
Discrimination? Yes, but why not attend Gallaudet
or NTID or CSUN?

CODA HATES THIS QUESTION
A Coda told DeafDigest that he hates this question
from his hearing friends.
The question is:

Why are you not deaf if your parents are deaf?

EASY JOB AT HEARING CONVENTION BOOTH
Could a deaf person successfully sell stuff at a
booth at a hearing convention?
One deaf person did. She sold books and put the
price of book on front cover of each book.
There is no communication required. Hearing
people would just pick up the book they want
and pay for it.

TO ACCEPT HEARING PEOPLE OR TO AVOID THEM
Many deaf people hate it when hearing people
come to them, trying to get into a conversation.
This is why many deaf people walk away when
hearing people come to them. Too much hassle in
trying to lipread or to write notes or to use
gestures.
But – we may never know? You walk away from
a hearing person that could have been a great
contact for you – such as a better job offer!
Or maybe it is a scout for a movie, looking
for a perfect character for a new movie!

A BIG SCANDAL IN OFFICE
A deaf person worked in a office. He is the only
person that is deaf.
There was a big scandal. The company bookeeping
showed a $2.60 difference. The boss was angry and
ordered an outside auditor to find out the $2.60
difference. It was solved but the boss had to pay
the auditor $525.00 for this job. Everyone knows
about it.
The deaf person knows nothing because no one told
him about it!

CONGRATULATIONS OR SYMPATHY
A deaf person was promoted to a big and important
supervisory position in a big company.
Congratulations or sympathy? Well, in that company
almost all hearing workers were lazy and did not
want to work hard.
Plus there are six different unions that these
hearing employees are members of.
Not an easy supervisory job for anyone!

10,000 STEPS RULE ON I-PHONE
iPhone has an app that helps count
10,000 steps per day for users that want to
exercise and keep their weight down.
It may be funny! A deaf person was
communicating in ASL all morning with
her family and then went out for her walk.
She looked at the walk-counter and it
already showed over 10,000 steps and she
wasn’t even walking, except in her house.
It was realized that the iPhone confused
ASL movement of hands with walking on the
streets!

LOUD TIMERS IN KITCHEN
In restaurant kitchens, hearing chefs use loud
clock timers to tell them that dishes on the stove
and oven are ready to be taken out and served.
When these restaurants hire deaf chefs, there
are no big, visible, alerting timers to tell
the the food is finished with cooking.
Why?

WHY DEAF AVOID DEAF?
Why do many deaf people avoid the deaf? Hard
to say because if you ask them they won’t admit
they avoid the deaf.
Possible reasons – refuse to learn ASL;
belief they are better than deaf; parents told
them to avoid deaf; they hear better because
of CI or hearing aid and can chat with hearing;
ashamed of deafness, etc.
Good or bad? Hard to say.

TALE OF TWO BIG HOTEL CHAINS
DeafDigest editor and wife traveled to New York
and Massachusetts and stayed at hotels under a big
national chain.
The hotel in Massachusetts showed no captions on
TV sets in the lobby. The hotel in New York showed
captions on all TV sets in the lobby.
Does Massachusetts hotel general manager have
bad attitude or is lazy to turn on captions?

DEAF AWARENESS WORKSHOPS FOR POLICE OFFICERS
More communities have deaf awareness workshops
for police officers.
This is great – except for one thing. A police
officer may remember the workshop lessons on how
to deal with the deaf person.
But he may not see a deaf person for about 10
years. Suddenly he arrests a deaf person. Will he
remember his deaf awareness lessons from 10
years ago?
DeafDigest editor does not think so. It is
scary.

TV COMMERCIAL NOT DEAF FRIENDLY
There was a TV commercial about a push-button
neck tag for senior citizens.
A senior citizen falls down; no one helps him. He
presses the button and shouts for help. The national
headquarters sends emergency technicians to the home
of that senior citizen.
TV commercial does not say if deaf senior citizens
can use that push-button neck tag?

WANDERING HEARING CHILD

One morning a deaf person was driving to
work, and on the sidewalk he saw a hearing
child, maybe 2 or 3 years old, wandering.
Obviously he opened the door of his
apartment and got out while his parents
were sleeping.
The deaf person got out of the car and
grabbed the child and started to look for
police. The cop was nearby, and the deaf
person wrote on the notepad that he saw the
child wandering around.
The cop was puzzled about it. This
situation was scary. What if the cop
thought the deaf person was doing some
funny business.
Fortunately the cop took care of the
child and the deaf person left the
scene to go to work.

WONDERING WHY
DeafDigest editor is always wondering why
people are careless about their hearing aids
and CI. They often misplace or lose them,
and cannot afford new hearing aid or new
CI.
Same thing with deaf babies with CI.
These people are careful with their laptops
and iPads but not careful with their
hearing aids and CI.
Always a mystery!

A STRANGE RESTAURANT MANAGER
A deaf person ate at a restaurant. When he
was finished he gave the waiter his credit card.
That credit card had a logo of his favorite
sports team.
The manager came over with that credit card.
He pointed to the credit card, but his lips were
locked.
The deaf person was puzzled. Was the manager
making fun of the sports team logo? Or was he
saying the credit card is no good? Or was he
saying something else?
The deaf person paid the bill but was puzzled
what the manager was trying to say?

BROKEN CAPTIONING DEVICE
Some captioning devices break down during a movie
showing.
You complain to the theater manager. He is stuck
because he has no more captioning devices to loan
out to deaf patrons

DEAF DISCRIMINATING AGAINST DEAF
Deaf people discriminate against other deaf people?
We are not talking about ASL, oral, hard of hearing
that fight each other.
We are talking about almost-hearing people that
discriminate against the deaf. Almost-hearing? Yes,
many hearing people have hearing losses (age,
noise, etc). Instead of understanding the real
deaf, they discriminate against the deaf!

BITTER DEAF MAN CANNOT KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT
A deaf man worked for a long time for a deaf-owned
company.
The company lost its contract with the government
and had to lay off the deaf employee (and also other
hearing employees) in that department.
The deaf employer wanted to rehire him under a
new government contract.
The angry deaf man could not keep his mouth shut
and continued to say bad things about the deaf
employer.
The deaf employer won a new contract. But the
deaf man (because of his bad mouthing) was not
rehired!

HEARING PEOPLE SELDOM ASK DEAF THIS QUESTION
A hearing person comes to a deaf person, but
often asks this question:

Can you lipread?

He never asks – what do you prefer – lipreading
or texting or notewriting or interpreter? It is
always – can you lipread?
It is very frustrating.

DEAF RUMOR FACTORY
A deaf man was arrested. He was with his
deaf friend.
The angry wife told the friend – do not
tell anyone that my husband was arrested.
The deaf friend kept his mouth shut. But
the deaf community knew about it.
The wife warned everyone – do not
tell anyone that my husband was arrested,
and as a result, everyone knew about it?

WORST BIG CITY SUBWAY SERVICE
Many big cities all over the world have their
own subway systems.
Deaf people that live in these cities have no
problems on the subways and get off at their
stops.
But one city has very bad subway service
for the deaf. It is London. Ticket sellers are
often rude. And many rides are changed at
last minute with different routes or different
platforms. Hearing can hear it with public
announcements. Deaf can’t and there are not
enough public displays to let them know of
changes.

DEAF HOUSE IS IMPORTANT
For the deaf parents, a Deaf House is very
important.
They can see what their children are doing
(jumping, running around, banging on tables,
fighting with each other, etc).
Hearing parents can hear. Deaf parents
can’t hear. This is the reason for the
Deaf House!

CHINESE SIGN LANGUAGE VS USA ASL
In China, there are two different deaf sign
languages.
One is Chinese Sign Language. The other
one is Shanghai Sign Language.
Many deaf Chinese people hate Chinese
Sign Language. It is the same as in USA with
100 percent fingerspelling!
Shanghai Sign Language is different. It is
like our own ASL with these signing gestures
and no fingerspelling!

ALWAYS SAME OLD TIRED STORIES
We get tired of reading the same old
story in newspapers – that deaf students
are frustrated at hearing colleges –
no interpreters, no captions, no
social life, lost on huge campus, etc.
Almost all hearing colleges have
few deaf students, maybe 5 or 10
as average number.
And if the college campus is huge,
then these deaf students often do not
meet each other every day!

MOST COMMON COMMENT BY ORAL DEAF
If you bump into an oral deaf, what is
their most common comment?
They almost always say:

I am deaf but I don’t sign!

STRANGEST HEARING GESTURE
A hearing woman was standing in a line
next to a deaf person.
She suspected that the man next to her
was deaf.
She gestured – like “are you deaf and blind”
and she was not joking. Her face was serious.
The deaf man, shocked at the gesture, shouted
“I am deaf” and the woman walked away!
A strange gesture it really is.

FATHER OF ORAL DEAF KID SPEAKS TO DEAFDIGEST EDITOR
Recently, a father of an oral deaf kid chatted
with DeafDigest editor.
If a son is deaf, the father should always
try to speak slow to make lipreading easier.
But with DeafDigest editor, the father
spoke very fast and lipreading was impossible.
This is strange!

TEXT 911 VS VOICE 911
During an emergency, which is best – Text 911
or Voice 911?
Voice 911 is best, but deaf people cannot use
it.
An advocate said if a hearing person is available,
then do use him to make that Voice 911 call.

100 MILES PER HOUR FINGERPSPELLING
A restaurant waitress had a deaf couple at
her table.
She bragged of knowing sign language. What
did she do?
She fingerspelled something at about 100 miles
per hour! It was too fast that the deaf person
just nodded his head and ignored her.

ASL OR GESTURES
Often we walk on the streets and see someone
moving their hands.
Is it ASL or just hearing gestures? We often
don’t know and watch that person for about 30
seconds to make sure which is he – deaf or hearing!

CHANGING THE PRINTER TONER

A printer in a computer room needed a new toner.
A hearing woman, with no real experience, struggled
with the toner.
A deaf man saw it all and knew how to put in a
new toner, but he kept quiet and stayed back.
Reason is that if he butts in and tries to help
the hearing woman, she may scream “assault and
battery” because she does not know how to communicate
with the deaf.
As a result, the woman messed up and ruined the
new toner!

WORST DEAF-HEARING COMMUNICATIONS
What is worst Deaf-Hearing Communications?
It is a deaf man with terrible handwriting.
And also a hearing man with terrible
handwriting!
It has happened to DeafDigest editor several
times in the past.

A THUMP WHILE SLEEPING
You are sleeping one night. All of a sudden
you feel a big thump.
You get scared and wake up and run around the
house, wondering what the thump was.
You ask a hearing person if he heard about the
thump noise. Hearing person said he heard nothing.
A Big Thump Mystery!

BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OTHER DEAF PEOPLE
Many deaf people have so many deaf cousins that
they can’t remember which cousin is with which
mother and father, etc.
A deaf friend was saying bad things about
another deaf person. His friend told him that
this deaf person is his very distant cousin,
but could not remember if it was 4th or 5th or
6th cousin, etc!

TOO MUCH ME-DEAF ATTITUDE
Nina Poetsch, who is deaf, did not succeed
in the “Survivor” TV program.
Her big problem was – me, deaf, please
respect me deaf.
This turned off hearing people on the
program, even though people watching the
program loved her.

DOG LEASH VIBRATIONS
What is a Dog Leash Vibration? A deaf person’s
dog would howl when he hears sirens from fire truck
or police car.
The howl causes the dog leash to vibrate! This
tells the deaf person that the dog howls for a
reason!

DEAF EYES VS HEARING EYES
Deaf Eyes are always different from Hearing Eyes.
Deaf and hearing look at things differently.
A deaf person goes to a store and immediately
knows if it is deaf-friendly or not.
A hearing person will not know the difference!

NERVOUS ASL STUDENT AT A BAKERY
A deaf person went to a bakery to order
bread.
A clerk saw him and knew he was deaf.
She came over and asked him if he knew
sign language.
She was nervous because she was
unsure if the deaf person uses ASL or
is an oralist.
If he uses ASL she can use ASL with him
but if he is an oralist, she may possibly
not understand his oral speech!

MCDONALD’S EMPLOYEES AT DRIVE-IN KIOSKS
Many deaf people complain about discrimination
at fast food drive in kiosks. They cannot use
voice for their hamburger orders.
Hopefully this may change. There have been
McDonald’s employees at drive in kiosks,
taking orders in person instead of using
voice on kiosks.
Maybe it is a way for McDonald’s to avoid
ADA lawsuits with deaf customers?

WORDS VERY EASY TO LIPREAD
A deaf person walking his dog can easily
lipread a little hearing girl asking:

Can I pet him?

If the little hearing girl said something
different, just forget it!

NO TO MORE COFFEE
At a restaurant, a waiter offered to pour more coffee
for a deaf patron.
The deaf patron had too much coffee and shook his head
“no” but the hearing waitress still poured more coffee.
Does the hearing waitress not understand head shaking
for no?

DEAF WOMAN DESCRIBING HER DOG
A deaf woman walks her dog every day
and she is tired of hearing people coming
to her, asking questions about the pet.
She posted a message on her iPhone –
explaining the breed name, the age and
the name of the dog.
When a hearing person comes to her
asking about the dog, she will show
iPhone message. It works all the time!

HEARING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONY A JOKE
A Coda was graduating from a high school.
The Coda wanted to make sure that her large
deaf family (parents, grandparents, deaf friends,
etc) had full accessibility (interpreters and
captions on screen).
The high school administration told the
Coda everything is being taken care of.
A big joke. The interpreter was at the
deaf-only section – but all of the hearing
people grabbed these seats since it was
first-come, first-served basis. They would
not listen to interpreter that tried to
explain it was for deaf only.
And the screen was not captioned. It
became a big joke.

HEARING DINNER WITH FEW DEAF GUESTS
A hearing dinner had two deaf guests.
The dining table was crowded with hearing
guests, so two deaf guests sat opposite
each other at end of table.
Some of the hearing guests hate each
other; they feud with each other.
A hearing guest, not involved with the
feuding, would catch these sarcastic
comments, certain words, etc.
A deaf guest would not know since
these hearing people smile with each
other – smiles covering up these feuds!

BAD SITUATION AT FAST FOOD DRIVE IN KIOSK
A deaf person was riding in a car with
a hearing person. Both were hungry so
decided to drive to a fast food place
and order through a voice kiosk.
Suddenly the hearing person had to
go to the rest room. He quickly jumped
out of the car to run to inside
restroom.
The deaf person was stuck alone
at the voice kiosk. Of course he
wasn’t happy about it and scolded
his hearing friend!

TERP HARD TIME STOPPING FROM HER LAUGHTER
In a conference, a deaf man talked about problems
he had with another deaf person. The interpreter
had a hard time holding down her laughter because
she knew who that deaf person was.
Unprofessional or just being a human being?

TO DEMAND INTERPRETER AND WAIT A LONG TIME
A deaf person demands an interpreter at
a police station.
The interpreter is not available, but
the police officer told him the interpreter
will show up in 2 or 3 hours.
The deaf person is stuck with a choice –
to wait 2 or 3 hours for an interpreter or
to go ahead with pen and pad.

HEARING COMPUTER I/T PEOPLE DON’T EXPLAIN TO DEAF
A hearing person at his office has a problem
with his computer and asks for help from the
office computer I/T person.
The I/T person comes over and explains why
there is a problem and fixes the computer.
The hearing person is happy.
A deaf person, same thing at his office,
has a problem with computer. The I/T man
comes over, quickly fixes it and leaves the
office.
Deaf person is satisfied his computer is fixed
but still does not know why there was a problem
because of no explanation!

CAPTIONS AT INDOOR FOOTBALL GAME
A deaf fan watched an indoor football
game in Washington, DC.
The scoreboard showed captions. But
there seemed not to be enough captions.
Did the game announcer talk a little
and therefore few captions? Or did
the game announcer talk a lot, overwhelming
the captioner, and therefore the captioner
ignored much of the talk?
A hearing fan would know. A deaf
fan would not know!

WEIRD DEAF-HEARING TV COMPROMISE
Always same old story. Deaf want captions
on TV. Hearing want captions turned off.
Both deaf and hearing get angry at each
other, but made a compromise.
Deaf person turns off voice on TV. Hearing
person turns off captions.
Both watch TV at same time, just following
action, facial expressions and body language,
not undestanding the plot!

SMALL GROCERY STORE OR BIG SUPERMARKET
There is a small grocery store near your home.
It is not deaf friendly and it is expensive.
There is a big supermarket, about 20 minutes
walk from your home. The prices are low.
Which is better – short walk, but not deaf-friendly
and expensive or long walk, deaf friendly and low
prices?
Or you go to the grocery store if it is raining,
and you go to the supermarket if weather is perfect!

PROBLEM WITH A PHARMACIST
A deaf person lives in a small town. There
is only one pharmacy in that small town.
The pharmacist is anti-deaf; he tries to
avoid communicating with the deaf by pen
and paper.
The other pharmacy is in a big shopping
mall about 30-35 miles away.
Not an easy decision for the deaf person
to make.

POINTING FINGER AT FOOD THROUGH GLASS COUNTER
You go to a butcher shop, and you tell the
butcher the meat you want by pointing the
finger on the glass towards the meat.
Most butchers can follow it and give you
the correct meat,
But there are a few butchers that cannot
follow the finger pointing!
It is frustrating.

BAD HABIT AT DEAF PARTY
You attend a deaf party at a friend’s house.
And then you leave the party, saying farewell
to your friends.
But you are still on the street in front
of friend’s house still chatting for a long
time.
Bad habit?

A NEWSPAPER HEADLINE
A newspaper headline said:

4-year old is permanently deaf

Permanently deaf? Why use the word permanent?
Are hearing people permanently hearing?
Permanetly deaf can function as hearing
person. Permanently hearing can beoome deaf
but still function as a hearing person!
So, permanently is the wrong word.

HEARING LOVE – DEAF HATE
DeafDigest editor taught at a deaf school many
years ago.
The school had an assistant principal. He was
deaf.
Hearing people loved him. Deaf people hated him.
Deaf principal – but two different opinions
about him?
Interesting!

THE HATED HEARING PERSON
What is the hearing person we hate the
most?
Those that have this anti-deaf
attitude? Yes, but there is one more!
It is the hearing person that seems
to be friendly to the deaf, but wants
to control the deaf person. He does
not listen to the deaf; tells the
deaf what to do. He does not want
the deaf person to tell him what
to do!

CONFUSION: HEARING AID VS AMPLIFIER
Many people think amplifiers are hearing
aids.
Not true. An amplifier just raises the
sound level that a person can hear.
The correct hearing aid is supposed to
be prescribed by a certified audiologist.
Confusing? Yes, but DeafDigest editor
is not a hearing aid expert!

COP EMBARRASSES DEAF DRIVER
A police officer stopped a deaf driver.
The nervous deaf driver asked the cop what
was wrong?
The cop told the deaf driver to relax
and wrote on note:

Your horn is stuck!

REPEATED DEAF ANGER
A deaf person went to the Dunkin’ Donut drive in
to order donuts and coffee. The employee refused to
serve her.
The deaf person complained about discrimination.
The hearing employee was fired and Dunkin’ Donuts
apologized to the deaf person.
This should be enough – but this deaf person
continues to complain and complain.
This is not fair to Dunkin’ Donuts.

HEARING EMPLOYEE FEELS THREATENED BY DEAF EMPLOYEE
A deaf man was hired by a big company. He was
supposed to be trained by a hearing employee.
The hearing employee was scared that the
deaf person would learn fast and become a better
employee than him.
As a result the hearing employee refused to
train the deaf employee for six months. The
boss warned the hearing employee many times.
But the hearing employee still refused. The
boss got angry and threatened to fire the
hearing employee.
The hearing employee gave up and finally
trained the deaf employee. It was the reason
why deaf employee did nothing in his office
for six months until hearing employee finally
trained him!

FEW UBER CUSTOMERS ARE ANGRY
Few Uber customers get angry when a deaf driver
pick them up.
They think deaf can’t drive. As a result, they
walk out of the car, refusing to accept the ride!

BROKEN TRAIN VISUAL MESSAGE SCREEN
Sometimes train visual message display is
broken.
For the hearing person, he listens to the
Public Announcement system to know which station
is next.
Deaf person is out of luck!

FINGERSPELLING AT SPEED OF TURTLE
How many times a deaf person tells a hearing
person that he is deaf, and that hearing person
tries to fingerspell.
He does not sign but uses very slow fingerspelling
which is same as watching a turtle trying to win a
speed race!
It is very frustrating.

TRYING TO LIPREAD A PURE ORALIST
Why is it so difficult to read the lips
of some deaf pure oralists? These pure
oralists know nothing about gestures
(that hearing people understand).
Oralists that know some ASL are
easier to lipread!
Why?

GOVERNMENT AGENCY GLAD DEAF QUIT JOB
A deaf person was popular with everyone at
the government agency. Everyone liked her and
respected her a lot. They felt she was a smart
person.
But when the deaf person quit the agency for
another job, the agency was very happy. Why
Because she cost the agency a lot of money
every year in interpreting fees!

ASL STUDENTS OFTEN RUN AWAY
Often hearing ASL students will see a
deaf person signing, and come to him,
trying to use ASL.
And then after he tries to show his
ASL, he often runs away!
Is he nervous, scared or embarrassed
after showing his ASL to a deaf person?

PHARMACIST AND THE DEAF
A pharmacist has two jobs – one is to
make medicine and also to explain to
patient what to do with the medicine.
A hearing person, visiting a small
town, was confused about the medicine
she got from her home town pharmacy.
She went to the small town pharmacy
and asked the pharmacist to explain
it to her.
A deaf person may struggle if
he went to a small town pharmacy,
if the pharmacist has never met a
deaf person in his life!

BLACKOUT WARNING ON HEARING CRUISE
A deaf person went on a cruise
(hearing cruise, not deaf cruise).
A public announcement was made
during the cruise – that as part of
the ship maintenance, there would be
a 40-minute electrical black out.
Hearing people, hearing the
announcement, would unplug their
laptops in their cabin rooms to
prevent damages during blackouts.
A deaf person would know nothing
about it!

A DEAF KID WITH HEARING FAMILY
DeafDigest editor was eating at a pizza
place in Washington, DC.
Next to him was a large table with family
members. One of the family members was a kid.
He saw DeafDigest editor signing to his wife.
When the DeafDigest editor paid the check
and left the table, the deaf kid suddenly
waved – I am deaf.
Very heartbreaking for a deaf kid to be
ignored by his family members.

AIRPORT BONUS OFFER
A public announcement system made this
announcement at an airline – that those willing
to give up their seats because of overbooking
will get a $500.00 reward.
Hearing people hear it and rush to grab the
$500.00 bonus for giving up their airline seats.
Deaf person will know nothing about it. Yes,
about 10 minutes later the display screen
will say the same thing – but it is too late!

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DEAF STUDIES
What is Deaf Studies? Is it a class or a major
that a deaf student takes at Gallaudet?
Or is it just being a student at Gallaudet, different
major, but learning everything about deafness on campus.
DeafDigest editor knows of one person who left
Gallaudet years ago because it had no Deaf Studies
major and transferred to a hearing college because
it had a Deaf Studies major.
It is an irony!

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DEAF WAITER MISTAKES
A deaf man was a successful waiter at a
restaurant in North Carolina for about
ten years.
While he was new, he made a mistake –
confused between chicken enchilades and
cheese enchilades – because it is difficult
to lipread between chicken and cheese.
Experience has helped him stop making
these chicken and cheese mistakes.

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At any deaf convention, it is interesting
to study Deaf Body Language. Every deaf leader
has his own body language that are different
from others.
Friendly, not friendly, sarcastic, cold,
warm, fake-friend, real friend, etc, etc.
These body languages tell it all even when
these leaders say nothing!

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MOVIE JOKE IS NOT FUNNY
In one movie, a group of minority people
complained about “work tax” which is a funny
and sarcastic comment.
It means minority must work twice as
hard to win pay raises and job promotions.
We have had this “deaf tax” for many
years. Lazy hearing people get promoted.
Lazy deaf people do not get promoted!

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BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC NOT BOTHER SOME HEARING PEOPLE
Hearing people not bothered by bumper to bumper
traffic? They talk on cell phones, listen to radio
music, etc.
Deaf drivers are stuck!

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FRUSTRATION WITH CREDIT CARD ACTIVATION
Many of us get new credit cards by mail. Most
ask you to log-in online to have it activated.
Sometimes log-in does not work, and the screen
asks you to call their 800 number.
Should you do it? Or forget it? It is always
frustrating when you use the relay service and the
customer service person does not believe that you
are deaf and think you are scamming them.

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LONG CAR INSPECTION LINES
A deaf driver in Washington, DC had to go
to the Automobile Inspection Station to have
his car inspected.
It is always confusing. Inspection workers
are always screaming and shouting at long
lines of cars, telling this car to move to
the left lane, and telling other car to move
to the right lane, etc.
It can be scary, and it is impossible
for the deaf driver to get out of his car
to tell the inspector he is deaf!

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A LONG FIGHT FOR NOTHING
A deaf man wanted to be a volunteer firefighter
in his small town.
The firefighters did not want him because of
his deafness.
He fought them for a long time, and threatened
discrimination lawsuits.
The Volunteer Fire Department gave up and
hired him as a voluntter.
After few months, the deaf man quit! He
was lazy and did not want to run to fight
every fire in his small town!

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A BARTENDER REFUSES ASSISTANCE
Two deaf patrons were at a bar, watching
TV. The captions suddenly went bad.
The bartender tried to fix the captions
and gave up.
The deaf patron, who knew a lot about
fixing TV captions, offered to help.
The bartender refused and told the deaf
“too bad, captions are bad.”
Very rude!

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A CONFUSED PHYSICIAN’S ASSISTANT
A physician’s assistant never met a deaf
person in her life.
The deaf person was with an interpreter.
The assistant entered the room and gave the
interpreter the form to fill out the medical
form.
Before the interpreter could say anything,
the deaf patient screamed:

this is for me; this is not for the interpreter;
you are trying to make me look stupid, thinking
a deaf person cannot read or write!

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SAFEWAY SCREAMING AT A DEAF CUSTOMER
A deaf person shopped for food at Safeway
in Washington, DC. He paid for his food and
was walking towards the exit when security
people pointed at him.
Everyone was looking at the deaf person.
Did he steal food? No, because he paid for it.
The clerk was screaming at him to pick up
the Monopoly Sweepstakes ticket at the counter!
Very embarrassing.

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A CRAZY DEAF FAN
A deaf man learned at the last minute about a
basketball tournament. He quickly got airfare
tickets and then flew to the tournament site,
without his suitcase, just wearing his own
clothes.
He had no hotel reservations and did not
have too much money in his wallet. After
3 days with deaf fans, everyone stayed away
from him.
He did not take a shower and he smelled
terribly!
A crazy fan? Yes!

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DEAF AND THE DISABLED
Why do many deaf people refuse to call themselves
disabled?
Because they are not physically disabled. And also
for another reason, they are afraid that if they
call themselves disabled, hearing people will
fell sorry for them, and give them sympathy all
the time!

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THE DEAF AND THE COPS
Always scary when it happens at night. That a crime
took place next door to your home. Aand the cops come
over to investigate the crime.
You sleep throughout everything and know nothing
about it.
You wake up in the morning and the neighbors tell
you about it!

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TWO LUCKY DEAF PRINTERS
DeafDigest editor just chatted with two deaf printers.
They worked at their government agencies for many years.
And at one time there were many hearing printers working
with them.
Technology has changed everything in the printing
world. No more printing presses. Instead, the computers
do all of the printing jobs.
All of these hearing printers were either laid off
or forced to retire or reassigned to different jobs.
Two deaf printers? Still employed at their agencies,
but no longer using printing presses, just using the
computers!

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BIG DEAF EVENT CROWD IS BAD?
You agree to meet a deaf friend at a big deaf
basketball tournament.
There were so many deaf fans at the tournament
gym, about 1,700 fans.
You look very hard to find your deaf friend and
cannot find him, and give up and go home after the
game.
Your deaf friend was also looking for you but
cannot find you, and he also gave up and went home!
So, big deaf basketball crowd good or bad?

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MCDONALD’S HATE THE DEAF?
Does McDonald’s hate the deaf? DeafDigest editor
does not think so.
But there have been bad newspaper stories in
recent weeks about McDonald’s refusing to serve
the deaf; refusing to hire the deaf; kicking the
deaf out of the restaurant, etc?
Maybe McDonald’s should hire a Deaf Representative
to work with the Deaf Community!

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STANDING UP AT THE RECEPTIONIST’S LOBBY
You have an appointment and see the receptionist.
The receptionist says fine, and asks you to sit
in the waiting room. She will call you when
your name comes up.
The waiting room looks different. You cannot
see the receptionist from the back area of the
waiting room. You can see her from the front area.
The front area is full. the back area is
empty.
You are forced to stand up for a long time
in the front area to make sure receptionist does
not overlook you!

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DISABLED OR NOT DISABLED
Are deaf people really disabled? Well, one blogger
said the deaf helped invent baseball signs,
the football huddle and the corner red lights
in boxing (to tell deaf boxers the round has
ended).
So, why are they called disabled?

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FUNNY OR NOT FUNNY
A couple just celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary. Some one asked the couple how
they stayed married for so many ears.
The husband, who is deaf, said reason for
marriage success is – deaf husband and a blind
wife!
Funny comment or not funny comment?

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DEAF NOTES AT HEARING MEETING
An important deaf employee prefers handwritten
notes during a staff meeting, than to have an
interpreter.
He said with notes, he can take it home and
review it in black and white. But with an interpreter,
he depends on his memory. Sometimes his memory is
correct; sometimes his memory is wrong!

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THE WAY DEAF COMMUNICATE WITH STRANGERS
Hearing person communicates with hearing
strangers by saying “hi” or “good day” or
something simple.
How do deaf communicate with hearing
strangers? By nodding head with a brief
eye contact – or by waving of the hand.

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IS DONALD TRUMP ANTI-DEAF?

Is Donald Trump anti-deaf? Hope not. This
Republican hopeful for president has been
criticizing many thing so far.
He has not yet criticized the deaf.
Will he say something bad about the deaf?
Again, hope not!

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HEARING HUSBAND AND HEARING WIFE ARGUE FOR YEARS
A hearing husband and hearing argued for many
years – blaming each other for having a deaf
child. They accused each other of having bad
genes.
The deaf child saw the arguing for many years
but the parents would not tell him why.
He later found out from his hearing siblings
that the reason for argument was deafness, and
that parents blamed each other!
Very sad that deaf know nothing about this
arguing.

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NETFLIX: CLOSED CAPTIONS VS SUBTITLES
Many deaf people love to watch movies
on Netflix. They must make sure they are
not missing any conversations. You see
the actor talk, but no captions show up.
You need to check the captions box –
sometimes closed captions are turned off,
but subtitles turned on – or the other
way around.
Just have to be careful on both
options.

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DEAF LOOKING FOR JOBS
In the past, deaf clubs were very important
for one reason – club members helped their
deaf friends find jobs.
Deaf clubs are dying today. One less
opportunity for the deaf to find jobs.
This is sad.

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A hearing person has been interviewed for a job
as a supervisor.
The office has a deaf employee, who is very
important to the company, and also he is the
best employee.
The hearing person was asked during the
interview if he gets along with the deaf and is
able to communicate with the deaf by notes and
gestures.
The hearing person said “sure, no problem.”
He was hired.
On first day of the job everyone realized
the new supervisor was not telling the truth.

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What is a Coda’s most embarrassing moment?
It is when they get into trouble with the police.
Word will get around in the Deaf Community!

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RUDE HEARING FRIENDS
A deaf teenager and her hearing friends were
watching a captioned TV program.
One of the hearing teenagers said he didn’t like
watching a program with captions. Another friend
turned off the captions – without asking the
deaf teenager about it.
It ruined the deaf teenager’s fun moments with
her hearing friends!

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DEAF HARD HATS
DeafDigest editor was walking around a construction
site in Washington, DC and was surprised.
Two deaf hardhats were communicating with each other
in ASL.
Not too many deaf people work in construction – because
it is hard work, not an easy job.

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A TRICK TO WIN ADA LAWSUITS
There is a trick that would help the deaf win no-interpreter
ADA lawsuits.
A deaf man went to a hospital. He needed an interpeter. The
hospital refused.
He then communicated with the doctor and the nurses, using
his own notepad. He refused to use the notepad that the
hospital gave him.
With his own notepad, he can keep the notes, and show
the court as evidence.
If he used the hospital notepad, the hospital can keep
the notes, and the deaf person has no evidence!

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A TRICK TO WIN ADA LAWSUITS
There is a trick that would help the deaf win no-interpreter
ADA lawsuits.
A deaf man went to a hospital. He needed an interpeter. The
hospital refused.
He then communicated with the doctor and the nurses, using
his own notepad. He refused to use the notepad that the
hospital gave him.
With his own notepad, he can keep the notes, and show
the court as evidence.
If he used the hospital notepad, the hospital can keep
the notes, and the deaf person has no evidence!

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You have an appointment with a doctor at a
hospital.
You tell the receptionist you are deaf. The
receptionist nods her head and says no problem.
She gives you a waiting room ticket. The
ticket number is 79.
Normally there would be an electronic display
on the wall that shows the number. Example 76,
then 77, and then 78, and you would know next
number is 79 and it is your turn.
But that hospital has no electronic display.
Instead, the receptionist shouts out the
number – 76, then 77 and then 78, etc.
You worry you would miss your turn because
you cannot hear the shouted number!

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EASY TO COMMUNICATE WITH SPANISH-SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS
A deaf man said he communicated with three Spanish speaking
immigrants. They did not know English, and the deaf man did
not know Spanish – yet they could communicate.
They used gestures that were easy to understand and they
communicated together for a long time!

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HEARING TOURIST WITH A MAP
Many tourists look at a city map to find their
way around.
DeafDigest editor was lucky. A hearing tourist
came to him but showed him the map, gesturing
“where is that museum?”
It was easy to point to the direction of that
museum. If the tourist talked, instead of showing
the map, then communication is impossible.

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HEARING EMPLOYEES AVOID BLIND EMPLOYEE
One hearing blind employee is frustrated.
Hearing employees would not communicate with her
on office gossip and office rumors.
As a result, she depends on a deaf employee
to give her gossip and rumors.
It is a big irony!

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ANOTHER FRUSTRATION WITH MEDICAL WAITING ROOMS
In a hospital, there are two separate medical
waiting rooms. The first room has TV with captions.
The second room has TV with no captions.
You prefer the first waiting room, but the
receptionist directs you to the second room.
You cannot argue – because you can’t risk
missing your appointment if the receptionist
asks for your name – and you are not there!

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A THANK YOU IN ASL
Many hearing people learn ASL and use it for a short
time before forgetting it.
DeafDigest editor recently met a woman who signed
Thank You in ASL with a hearing child.
Puzzled, DeafDigest editor asked the woman. She
said she taught in a deaf school for a short time,
but when she left, she forgot all about ASL – except
for Thank You!

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DEAF PERSON IN MEDICAL WAITING ROOM
A deaf person has a medical appointment. He told
the desk receptionist he is deaf.
When it was his turn to be called into the doctor’s
office, the receptionist stood up in front of him,
but her clipboard accidentally covered her lips.
The deaf person could not read lips through the
clipboard.
Frustrating!

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ACCIDENT ON THE STREET
We all see car accidents on the streets in every
city.
Curious hearing people in the crowd talk about
the accident – how did the accident happen? Which
driver is at fault for the accident? Etc!
A deaf person in the crowd knows nothing about it!

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DEAF PERSON AND HEARING BLIND BECOME BEST FRIENDS
A deaf person at work is lucky. His company
hired a blind person as a new employee.
That hearing blind person is not 100 percent
blind – has very fuzzy vision that he cannot
see clearly, just fuzzy.
And the blind person easily understands
deaf “speech” and knows fingerspelling!
This is why the deaf person is happy
to help the blind person at work.

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DOOR SHUT THEN OPEN
Always a mystery why several hearing people in a
room would shut the door during a heavy discussion,
and then open the door few minutes later.
Are they talking bad things about the deaf?
Hope not!

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DEAF AUTHORS
We have many deaf authors. But how many deaf
authors write about hearing topics?
Most deaf authors write about the deaf. Just
a few write about the hearing!
There was a deaf author that wrote about
hearing romance novels that were popular books.

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READING GLASSES AND THE DEAF
Many people use reading glasses as they can’t
read small print in notes and newspapers.
You write a note for the hearing person. He
forgets his reading glasses – and struggles
to read your handwriting.
Without the reading glasses, the note taking
communications is dead!

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INAPPROPRIATE WORKPLACE LANGAUGE
Many supervisors are careful about appropriate
language – because if they are not careful, they
could be sued because of harrassment.
Yet, many supervisors are not aware that
deaf-dumb or deaf-mute is inappropriate!

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THREE HEARING AND ONE DEAF SON
A hearing father is a successful business owner.
He has three hearing sons and one deaf son.
All three hearing sons have no interest in the
business. The deaf son is very interested.
The disappointed father would not give the
business to deaf son. As a result, he closed up
the business when he retired.
Very sad to prevent deaf son from an
opportunity.

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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL’S HEARING AID
We all know that Alexander Graham Bell invented
the telephone? But did he try to invent a hearing
aid?
There was a deaf play about Alexander Graham
Bell, and it said he tried to invent a hearing
aid and failed!
It was a surprise to DeafDigest editor.

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WORDS HEARING PEOPLE AVOID
Many hearing people avoid using words about the
disabled.
For example, about the blind people, hearing people
say “he uses a service dog.”
About people that can’t walk, hearing people
say “he uses a wheelchair.”
About the deaf, hard to find a perfect word!

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SAME OLD STORY: HONORING DEAF BUT NO JOB OFFER
DeafDigest editor hates this same old story –
that a deaf person would be honored by hearing
people – such as graduating from hearing college,
winning Deaflympics gold medal, saving somebody
in a house fire, etc.
But when the deaf person needs a job, the
hearing people don’t give it to him.

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NETWORK OF FRIENDS – DEAF VS HEARING
A deaf person graduates from Gallaudet or NTID and
he has his own network of friends. Many of them are
teachers, social workers, government employees, etc.
A hearing person graduates from a college
and his network of friends are big shots – attorneys,
CEO’s, movie stars, millionaires, etc.
Hearing better than deaf? No, but that is just
the way it is, and we accept it

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RESTAURANT CONVERSATIONS
Many hearing people are nosey; they sit down at
restaurants, and listen hard for personal conversations
at next tables.
Deaf people? No luck!

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From time to time a hearing person comes
to you and asks you what time it is.
You look at your watch; if it is 1 pm
or 1:05 pm or 12:55 pm, you can just tell
him one pm with one finger.
But if it is 1:20 pm, what do you tell
him? You don’t; you just show him your
watch!

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SAME OLD NEWSPAPER DESCRIPTION OF DEAFNESS
It is almost always that when we read a
newspaper story about a deaf person, it is
always “has a CI”.
Do we ever read a newspaper story of
a deaf with a CI that the story does not
mention it.
Or do we read a story that says “deaf
but without CI” or “deaf with a hearing
aid” or “deaf without hearing aid?”
People reading these stories think
every deaf person has a CI!

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EARING PEOPLE CANNOT MOVE THEIR LIPS
There are hearing people that always
move their lips, making it easier to
lipread.
There are always other hearing people
whose lips are locked, making it
impossible for deaf to lipread.
Is it possible for these hearing
people with locked lips to “unlock”
their lips to make it possible to
lipread?
Good question – because DeafDigest
editor has never seen it happen!

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DEAF PANIC ON SUBWAY TRAIN
What is Deaf Panic on subway train? DeafDigest
editor took the train. The platform display for
the next train said “Gray” line.
But the display inside the train said
“Blue” line. Both lines have different routes.
The PA system announced something, but
DeafDigest editor didn’t know what it was.
This is Deaf Panic!

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POLICE REPORTS: LOST ITEMS
From time to time there are police reports
of lost deaf items – such as lost hearing
aid or a lost CI.
This is the reason why it is real expensive
to be deaf!

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A FAVORITE DEAF CIGARETTE
Many deaf people smoked cigarettes many
years ago. Now, fewer deaf people smoke.
Anyway, a deaf man always smoked “Kool”
cigarettes a long time ago. He did not like
that cigarette.
Reason is because Kook was easy to pronounce
when buying it at a store. Other cigarette
brands were hard to pronounce!

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STRANGE ABOUT CLOSED DOOR IN OFFICE OF BOSS
One day, only two people showed up for work.
One is deaf, another is hearing.
The boss wants to discuss something with that
hearing employee and closes the door in his office.
Why closed door? Can a deaf person hear what
the boss discusses with the hearing employee? No!

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DEAF MYSTERY SHOPPER AND HEARING MYSTERY SHOPPER
A mystery shopper is the same as a secret shopper
who goes into stores, and pretends to shop for
something.
Deaf mystery shopper is different from hearing
mystery shopper.
Hearing mystery shoppers look for service and
hospitality from hearing employees. If they find
something bad they will tell the CEO about it.
Deaf mystery shoppers look for attitudes from
hearing stores through video relay. If hearing
clerks are rude on telephone, they will tell
the CEO about it.

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THIRD LANGAUGE DURING INTERPRETING
Sometimes an ASL interpeter does not understand
Spanish during an interpreting assignment. He will
look around and finds a hearing person that knows
Spanish Sign Language, and grabs him at the last
minute.
The big question is – if that person is not
certified in Spanish Sign Language, should he be
paid for that surprise assignment?

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TALKING THROUGH A DEAF PERSON
Always embarrassing when a hearing person talks through you.
You are standing in line, and a hearing person is standing
behind you.
You think the hearing person is talking to you; you don’t
understand him and ask him to repeat.
He was really talking to a hearing person behind you.
You gesture for nothing; everyone looks at you, puzzled!

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JOBS: DEAF AND HEARING
Many deaf people stay with one job during
their lifetime.
Many hearing people jump from job to job,
and when they apply for a new job, the boss
will be puzzled at very long list of past jobs.
Years ago DeafDigest editor stayed with one
job that he hated. His hearing friends mocked
him for staying too long at one job.
It is for a good reason – many hearing
bosses don’t like to hire the deaf.
Hearing people don’t understand that reason.

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LONG PHONE CALL – BUSINESS OR PERSONAL
An employee is on the telephone for a very long time.
You can’t tell if it is a business call or an personal
call.
A hearing person, listening nearby, can tell. A
deaf person can’t.

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THE SMILING HEARING PERSON
A deaf person was walking, and saw a hearing
driver that seemed to be smiling in his car, while
waiting for a truck to back into the driveway.
That truck was blocking the traffic for a few
minutes.
Was that hearing person really smiling? To
the deaf person, yes, but he was really angry,
swearing all these dirty words.
The “smile” while swearing really fooled the
deaf person!

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TWO CLERKS AVOIDING THE DEAF CUSTOMER
A deaf man bought something at a store
and went to the cashier to pay for it.
The clerk did not want to deal with the
deaf person and pointed him to another clerk.
The second clerk also did not want to
deal with the deaf and pointed to the
first clerk.
The deaf person lost his temper and
gestured with both arms, finger-pointing at
one clerk with left arm and the second
clerk with right arm.
Both clerks were embarrassed. The deaf
person was finally able to pay for his purchase.

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DEAF NEVER ORDER WALL MENU ABOVE #11
A deaf man goes to a fast food restaurant,
and looks at the wall menu. Each dish is numbered
between #1 and #20
The deaf person never orders diehes #11 and
above. It is much easier with two hands to
tell him the menu number (up to 10).
Above 10, forget it!

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NOT KNOWING ACCENTS ON CAPTIONED TV PROGRAMS
DeafDigest editor was watching a TV crime
program – about members of the Russian mafia.
The cops arrested the members of the mafia
and brought them to trial.
These actor Russians spoke with Russian
accent – but a deaf person, watching that
program, would not know it.
The captions should have said (speaking
with Russian accent) but it didn’t

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DEAF GRAB WRONG COFFEE AT STARBUCKS
A deaf person goes to Starbucks every morning for his
cup of coffee.
One morning, there was a mix-up. The deaf person
grabbed his wrong cup of coffee.
He ordered Pike Place coffee. He saw the coffee person
say “Mike” and the deaf person thought it was “Pike”.
Mike, a hearing man, ordered his coffee and the coffee
person, wrote down Mike on the coffee cup and shouted
Mike.
Very embarrassing!

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CLERK HAPPY TO SEE SAME DEAF CUSTOMER EVERY DAY
At a store, the clerk is very happy to see the
same deaf customer every day.
Are they both great friends? Not, really, as there
is another reason.
This clerk is a ASL-student at a community college
and he wants to practice his ASL with that deaf
customer

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Always scary and nervous for a deaf employee
when a boss has a very excited conversation
with other hearing employees. He talks and
moves his hands up and down wildly in
front of the deaf eyes.
The deaf person does not know what the boss
is talking about. Is the boss happy or angry?
When the boss goes back to his office,
the deaf employee realizes the boss was
talking about his vacation!

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SAME OLD DEAF-TO-DEAF COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS
Same old story that oral deaf have a hard time
communicating with the ASL deaf.
What about the deaf-blind? Same thing! There
are two different interpreting methods for the
deaf-blind.
First method is deaf-blind hands on interpreter’s
hands.
Second method is interpreter hands on deaf-blind’s
face and body.
Both are very different – and very frustrating for
the deaf-blind!

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