Eh, I remember one time when I went to Bojangles to order some dinner. I wrote what I wanted on a notepad. The cashier look at it and began to talk to me.
Of course I went "Huh?" and tried to read her lips. But to no success and she even tried over again and again. I did not understand why she resisted to understand that it's pointless with me and could have went ahead and write on notepad. I think around that time I tried to point to the notepad to encourage her to write instead.
Slowly but surely it dawns on her that I could not read her lips and she wrote on the notepad and she apologized to me. I just smiled and nodded like it's no big deal.
In notepad, she wrote she thought I could read the lips.
I assumed that she had a deaf customer or know someone who can read lips and assumed that all deaf people can do it too. lol At least she was nice enough to say sorry.
Stereotype can be a dangerous thing lol.
