Aw fencing is something i have always wanted to do, that and archary.
Anyway to the point i had a situation where i thought a woman was Deaf in front of me at the gas station. She never spoke and wrote everything down on a piece of paper and the cashier wrote everything back. There was a large miscommunication going on and both were frustrated, not with each other that was obvious, but at the lack of communication. I thought, I can help.... then i thought, 1. What if she is just foreign and her written English is better than her spoken. 2. What if she gets mad that i just jumped in, all savior of the south like. Then i thought what if there was a person who was having trouble and found out that i can hear and sign and could interpret for them when they needed but didn't. I was so conflicted. I did nothing and the situation was not resolved the lady just left the store with out buying anything. When you are stuck like i felt in that situation it isn't great. On the flip side of that NYE was spent with my Deaf friends and i and another guy were the only hearing out of about 30. late into the evening i was talking to a woman and this other woman interupted, (who i have spoken to before) and said "he is hearing, he can't understand you". I looked at her and asked why she said that, (especially since a few nights before this same Deaf woman thought i was Deaf as well). I was a bit taken a back and i felt every one was now looking at me. She said she meant that the other woman was going too fast. While she is right fast sign is hard for me to understand i still understood the other woman. If i don't understand i say so and ask the person to slow down. I told her i understood fine and she appologised for jumping in like that. I was mixed in my feelings. On the one hand i appreciated that she felt good enough about me that she wanted to look out for me and make sure i was fully involved in all conversations. On the other hand i felt singled out. But i decided to go with good intent and was happy about it.
