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vrsterp
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It's not letting me edit my post, so I wanted to add:
-When an interpreter stops and asks you for clarification, especially when you use a name sign, and we ask you to spell it, do not treat us as if we're stupid. We don't know everyone in the entire world, and we especially do not know their name signs. There are many signs or things you don't understand, and we explain them to you without so much as a flinch. Please have the same respect for us.
-You know how when we or the hearing person gives you a phone number or an account number, we/they do it slowly so you can write it? Please have the same respect for us. Do not sign a number so incredibly fast that nobody except you understood it, and then get pissed because we/the hearing person asks you to repeat it. We take the time to help you understand things you missed, or write things down; please do the same, as we have to type them into the computer, and so does the hearing customer service representative who is looking for your account.
-Please sit a little closer than 300 feet away from the camera.
-Please sit a little farther away than two inches from the camera.
-Please use the option on your videophone so you can view yourself. It's hard to interpret for someone who has the camera focused on half of their body with their head cut off.
*sigh*
-When an interpreter stops and asks you for clarification, especially when you use a name sign, and we ask you to spell it, do not treat us as if we're stupid. We don't know everyone in the entire world, and we especially do not know their name signs. There are many signs or things you don't understand, and we explain them to you without so much as a flinch. Please have the same respect for us.
-You know how when we or the hearing person gives you a phone number or an account number, we/they do it slowly so you can write it? Please have the same respect for us. Do not sign a number so incredibly fast that nobody except you understood it, and then get pissed because we/the hearing person asks you to repeat it. We take the time to help you understand things you missed, or write things down; please do the same, as we have to type them into the computer, and so does the hearing customer service representative who is looking for your account.
-Please sit a little closer than 300 feet away from the camera.
-Please sit a little farther away than two inches from the camera.
-Please use the option on your videophone so you can view yourself. It's hard to interpret for someone who has the camera focused on half of their body with their head cut off.
*sigh*