Deaf awareness at a place in an hearing envirnoment

We have soooo little deaf awareness here, with the exception of the place where we have our Deaf Chat Coffee once a month. They're nice to us. They don't totally get how to communicate with us, but they try.
 
There's a monthly bowling event here that serves as the monthly Deaf/HH meet up. And there's a cafe that all the Deaf people flock to cause the owner knows sign language. :)
 
I just found two deaf folks here. They found me too. Awareness!! Pah! haha Actually there is a thrift shop that is particularly nice and two fast food places. I got into a bit of a bind lately at one. There was a misunderstanding ya see. The cashier wanted to talk and I wanted to understand, but the place was noisy and it was impossible. Finally I got it. She said (over enunciating) and motioned (quite dramatically) that she would call me when the order was ready. I said that I would wait and watch, she insisted that she would call. This happened 3 times. Finally, in front of the very curious onlookers (lookie loos) I flipped out my hearing aids from my overgrown hair and said HA HA I wont hear you!! The onlookers and the cashier were ROFL. I got TWO free pieces of cake from the very amused manager. The cashier is now named Funny Girl and has her own sign name. When I left, her coworkers were signing this over and over. The cake was great, by the way.
 
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