By WOWBear - 05/06/2013 09:46 - United States - Mesa

Today, a deaf customer came to my work. In an attempt to connect with him I introduced myself in sign language. He just rolled his eyes and pointed at my name tag. FML
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Nicole1225 14

can't he see you were trying to be nice?

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MrsPegg 45

And thats when Id show him another bit of sign language... With my middle finger. Yea, yea. Customer service...

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karlcolt45 19

ah yeah I feel the same way when a foreigner walks up to me and says “hello"...HOW DARE YOU PATRONIZE ME BY TAKING AN ACTUAL INTEREST IN BEING POLITE

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blink_kid 32

Top points for effort.

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Jamerina3 10

kind of a dick move. he could've pointed at the name tag and smiled, showing he saw her name but appreciates the effort.

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Pandacupcakelove 26

That was rude! Thoughtful of you to try to be nice.

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ReachForMe 5

Well that's rude. Most of the time the deaf are very grateful that you are trying to communicate in sign language.

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shineelover01 10

The hearing community need to try and see it from a deaf person's pov. Obviously we don't know what it is like to be deaf, but think about it. Like another comment said, he may have had many encounters where the hearing signer only knows how to introduce themselves.

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littlem91 29

Originally I felt it was an FML, but than I began to wonder if you try and connect with all your random customers, or whether you singled him out on the basis he's deaf. If he gets that regularly when he's just trying to do his shopping it'd get annoying.

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morella_xx 29

It's kind of rare to encounter people who know sign language. It's not like Spanish or French where it comes standard-issue in most high schools. So it's not like this guy would have store clerks flailing away at him wherever he went.

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Drifting 21

You were just doing the right thing, don't let it get to you.

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middlenamefrank 8

He's a dork, and a rude one. You introduce yourself by name to your hearing customers too, in spite of wearing a nametag, don't you? You made an effort, you should be congratulated for that.

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rockfivo 7

Sounds like a "Douche" to me... "Frig" him.

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