CreamyGoodness
Well-Known Member
By the time we hit 30 we have listened to countless hours of loud music. We've been passed by loud trucks, loud planes have passed over us, and EMTs have blasted their ambulance sirens along side us. This all leads to hearing damage.
As we get older, this gets worse. Its a part of modern life.
Many other ailments are also a part of modern life including the runs, bunions, the 'roids, cataracts, astigmatisms (astigmatisi?), and jock itch.
So, why is it that so many people, even rich people, can go into a pharmacy and pick up Depends undergarments, herpasin and KY Jelly like it aint no thing but seem to be too embarrassed to get a hearing aid? Has anyone ever been made to feel like a lesser person because they have a Bell-tone? I'm not even talking about the poor or the uninsured, I'm talking the entire cross section of the population.
Go about your day, ask everyday questions of people (including family) and count how many times you are asked to repeat yourself. Bonus points if the other guy scrunches up his face as if you have just said something retarded and shouts "HUH?!" Almost guaranteed it will be over 10 (unless you live alone in the middle of nowhere, in which case, I sort of envy you at the moment). Repeating yourself that often, when you do the math, could very well mean you have spent several days just repeating things to people you have already said by the time you feed the tree. Call me a grumpy jerk, but I resent having to spend my finite days on this planet repeating myself.
Picture it, up at the Pearly Gates... Guy 1: "I wish I spent more time with my kids" Guy 2: "I wish I had gotten to know my father better"... Me: "I wish I hadn't repeated 'coffee with cream no sugar please' 4 times every morning for 72 years.'"
No, people don't mumble. They dont mumble in real life, and they don't mumble on TV. I'm sorry. Oh, and its not cute, at all. There is one of you and several hundred million people in the world. Why should we all have to shout?
Mr. Convenience Store Owner, you seem like a nice guy. I'm sure you work very hard, and I'm sure you are decent person. But why not just admit to yourself that you are deaf as a post? If you cant afford a hearing aid... work towards that please. You know you would make glasses a priority if you started walking into light-posts.
When I ask if you have any Immodium AD (seeing as how a good case of the trots is another modern problem we all have to deal with), shouting "I can't hear you you are mumbling!!" makes me want to reach over the counter and give you the Stone Cold Stunner. I WONT of course, but I also will never buy my anti-crap medicine from you again.
*sigh* it will pass.
Disclaimer: I know I'm going to get a lot of flak on this one because I'm sure there are going to be some people here (or their loved ones) who are hard of hearing and can't afford an aid or cannot be helped by an aid for a medical reason. Obviously, that isn't what I mean. Also, we all have to have people repeat themselves from time to time. I get that. What is really driving me crazy is people who don't care enough about you to take the necessary and reasonable steps to hear what you have to say.
As we get older, this gets worse. Its a part of modern life.
Many other ailments are also a part of modern life including the runs, bunions, the 'roids, cataracts, astigmatisms (astigmatisi?), and jock itch.
So, why is it that so many people, even rich people, can go into a pharmacy and pick up Depends undergarments, herpasin and KY Jelly like it aint no thing but seem to be too embarrassed to get a hearing aid? Has anyone ever been made to feel like a lesser person because they have a Bell-tone? I'm not even talking about the poor or the uninsured, I'm talking the entire cross section of the population.
Go about your day, ask everyday questions of people (including family) and count how many times you are asked to repeat yourself. Bonus points if the other guy scrunches up his face as if you have just said something retarded and shouts "HUH?!" Almost guaranteed it will be over 10 (unless you live alone in the middle of nowhere, in which case, I sort of envy you at the moment). Repeating yourself that often, when you do the math, could very well mean you have spent several days just repeating things to people you have already said by the time you feed the tree. Call me a grumpy jerk, but I resent having to spend my finite days on this planet repeating myself.
Picture it, up at the Pearly Gates... Guy 1: "I wish I spent more time with my kids" Guy 2: "I wish I had gotten to know my father better"... Me: "I wish I hadn't repeated 'coffee with cream no sugar please' 4 times every morning for 72 years.'"
No, people don't mumble. They dont mumble in real life, and they don't mumble on TV. I'm sorry. Oh, and its not cute, at all. There is one of you and several hundred million people in the world. Why should we all have to shout?
Mr. Convenience Store Owner, you seem like a nice guy. I'm sure you work very hard, and I'm sure you are decent person. But why not just admit to yourself that you are deaf as a post? If you cant afford a hearing aid... work towards that please. You know you would make glasses a priority if you started walking into light-posts.
When I ask if you have any Immodium AD (seeing as how a good case of the trots is another modern problem we all have to deal with), shouting "I can't hear you you are mumbling!!" makes me want to reach over the counter and give you the Stone Cold Stunner. I WONT of course, but I also will never buy my anti-crap medicine from you again.
*sigh* it will pass.
Disclaimer: I know I'm going to get a lot of flak on this one because I'm sure there are going to be some people here (or their loved ones) who are hard of hearing and can't afford an aid or cannot be helped by an aid for a medical reason. Obviously, that isn't what I mean. Also, we all have to have people repeat themselves from time to time. I get that. What is really driving me crazy is people who don't care enough about you to take the necessary and reasonable steps to hear what you have to say.