On the first day, I wore an earplug in only one ear for six …show more content…
I put the earplug in after the White Coat Ceremony. I went to an early dinner with my family and a friend’s family. We got seated at a big round table and I thought to myself this is great I can see everyone’s face and will be able to follow the conversation better than the night before. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Having a conversation with eight people was frustrating and exhausting. I found myself quieter than normal. When I was participating in the conversation, I learned that because I was clogged, it felt like I was talking louder than I was and began to lower my voice. This made it harder for other individuals to converse with me. Ordering my dinner was a very interesting experience. I do believe that being in a noisy restaurant was not a helpful contributing factor to my simulated hearing loss. I ordered a burger and the waitress response was “How would you like that done?” I used this as a chance to stimulate a conversation failure and ask her to repeat herself. She was annoyed, confused and probably thought, “Did she not comprehend me? Or did she not hear me? I continued to not hear her and eventually my mom answered for me, and the waitress walked away frustrated. I felt small all of a sudden. I felt as though my parent began to feel bad for the waitress and just answered for me. That was a learning moment for me if I truly had a hearing loss would my parents constantly have to be my telephone to …show more content…
Since I have a strong background in American Sign Language, at Macy’s, I went to the counter to make my return I signed to the cashier. At first, the cashier seemed puzzled and then came up with a solution to the communication barrier and she handed me a piece of paper to write down what I was trying to complete. I found this to be a great alternative, but it also invoked some curiosity within me. Would an individual in a deaf community appreciate the solution or would it offend them? As I continued throughout the mall, I entered another store and this time instead of signing to the cashier, I kept requesting him to speak louder. I tried to pretend that I was unable to hear him asking questions. The cashier got extremely frustrated and started to lose all positive customer service by being rude and insensitive. I was so annoyed by his behavior and although I was just doing a project, I learned that some people have to deal with obnoxious, uneducated, individuals every day that may use hurtful and harmful excuses to bring another individual