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Warpy

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18. Uhhh, what part of "BLIND" don't you fucking GET?

Mon Sep 18, 2023, 01:42 PM

Sep 2023

has passed my own lips more than once when frustration over being handed a page of small print text and being told to read through it to see if there are any questions I'd like to ask before I sign it. This has happened to me so many times. No matter how many times bureaucratic functionaries hear that I can't see beyond large objects, it just doesn't penetrate their cement skulls.

It can also go the other way, people who realize I'm blind but assume I'm also deaf and probably quite stupid.

This world is generally intolerant of the handicapped but it is especially hostile to the blind.

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One of my new big pet peeves [View all] Rorey Sep 2023 OP

Tell someone with some power, please. efhmc Sep 2023 #1

I going to make it a goal to get out the word Rorey Sep 2023 #2

Last week I filled out a lengthy form to get an eye exam Wicked Blue Sep 2023 #3

That had to be infuriating! Rorey Sep 2023 #4

Give it back to the person behind the desk.... You read me the questions, I'll answer it and 3Hotdogs Sep 2023 #5

I've wanted to say something to that effect a few times Rorey Sep 2023 #6

You'd think Diamond_Dog Sep 2023 #7

I have to say, the receptionist was very kind Rorey Sep 2023 #8

Good for you being so understanding. Diamond_Dog Sep 2023 #9

Going off on a tangent Rorey Sep 2023 #10

Sitting in the waiting room at the moment. multigraincracker Sep 2023 #11

What is your diagnosis, if I may ask Rorey Sep 2023 #19

Had a repair with a laser twice in multigraincracker Sep 2023 #26

Oh boy Rebl2 Sep 2023 #12

When we walked into the eye clinic, we saw a field of gray.......gray hair, that is Rorey Sep 2023 #20

I don't even TRY to fill those things out. 2naSalit Sep 2023 #13

I got it via email, at my request Rorey Sep 2023 #21

I tell them... 2naSalit Sep 2023 #28

Brings thoughtless to a new level. Take care. Joinfortmill Sep 2023 #14

Thanks Rorey Sep 2023 #22

The staff: "I can read it just fine." Wednesdays Sep 2023 #15

Have this condition for awhile now. tiredtoo Sep 2023 #16

That's encouraging to hear. Rorey Sep 2023 #23

"professionals" accommodate misanthropic technologists not the other way around. usonian Sep 2023 #17

I made a decision that I'll no longer do surveys Rorey Sep 2023 #24

Uhhh, what part of "BLIND" don't you fucking GET? Warpy Sep 2023 #18

LOL, your post made me laugh Rorey Sep 2023 #25

I was really lucky. multigraincracker Sep 2023 #27