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I have (a funny one) I could probably share.


This was back during my high school to college days.  I used to work at a tutoring program (KUMON) for kids aged pre-K to high school.  I worked there for ~4+ years.


Everything instructor-wise worked there by speech and grading.  So as a HI I had a little bit of a grand time adjusting, fortunately kids don't really mind repeating themselves if I asked them to.  Because of my math proficiency, they put me up as the instructor to ask for math problems beyond basic algebra.


So there was this one kid who.. always soiled his underwear, it was always horrible every Tues Thurs when the air conditioned rooms suddenly smelled foul.  There was never once in my 4 years there that he did not smell.  To top it off, it was a different odor each week so you couldn't get used to it.


What the other instructors did was usually tell another kid to move up to their table (there is an open seat next to the instructor's).  So this particular kid would not sit next to them.


Well, I always missed out on the whisper warnings from the other guys/gals like "He's coming", "He's here!" and my seat was generally vacant because I finished with the kids quick.  That kiddo had a habit of sitting right next to me each time and I'd have to end up trying not to look exasperated breathing air next to him just out of respect, for the next 30 minutes or so. 

I never had the heart to tell him that he should sit at another table or that he smelled horrible.


I guess you could call this a "reverse" deaf moment, haha.


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