Wal-Mart to use Scheduling-Optimization

[valkyrie]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

and the deaf,dumb and stupid people with a cart full of items thinks it's *cute* to go through the self serve lines

Wait, it's cool to make fun of deaf people now? I'm sure they're sorry that their disability makes you feel like you have to spend more time standing in line at the store, although I don't think it follows that a deaf person using the self-serve line would take any longer than a non-deaf person using the self-serve line.

[AlphaFrog]

I think you're right, valk. A blind person may take longer, but not a deaf person. I don't think I've seen braille on those machines. Although,they have braille on drive up ATMs - which is a major "go figure" for me.

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Wait, it's cool to make fun of deaf people now? I'm sure they're sorry that their disability makes you feel like you have to spend more time standing in line at the store, although I don't think it follows that a deaf person using the self-serve line would take any longer than a non-deaf person using the self-serve line.

Absolutely, when it causes people to take things out of context as you just did. Anybody with half a brain (oh wait, is that offfensive too? My bad...) would realize that I was not talking about "true" deaf people. It's called "a saying"...I was referring to the morons (oops, another something offensive) out there who waste other customers time going through the self checkout, when common sense should intervene and say 'ya know, I really should go to a cashier for this'.

I apologize for using the term "deaf" in conjuction with moron's. I didnt mean it that way. Unfortunately, you took it that way, even though if you had read the context of what my post was actually saying, you shouldn't have. But surely you've seen people at stores who play up the oblivious part and it makes you wonder if they are deaf, when 9 times out of 10, it's not actually a person who has the disability.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Wait, it's cool to make fun of deaf people now? I'm sure they're sorry that their disability makes you feel like you have to spend more time standing in line at the store, although I don't think it follows that a deaf person using the self-serve line would take any longer than a non-deaf person using the self-serve line.

I'm pretty sure she was referring to people who can't figure out the self serve machines and stand there staring at it when it tells you to put the item in the bag. Not physically deaf and dumb, but people who can't follow directions.

Metaphor

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I'm pretty sure she was referring to people who can't figure out the self serve machines and stand there staring at it when it tells you to put the item in the bag. Not physically deaf and dumb, but people who can't follow directions.

Metaphor

Yes. That's exacttly what I meant. Jesus, I'm not so shallow to make fun of someone who suffers from a true disability. Stupidity, though, is NOT a disability. Haha.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

Yes. That's exacttly what I meant. Jesus, I'm not so shallow to make fun of someone who suffers from a true disability. Stupidity, though, is NOT a disability. Haha.

Otherwise you'd be disabled!

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

Otherwise you'd be disabled!

Oh come on, there wasn't even a point to that.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Oh come on, there wasn't even a point to that.

Apparently you are too. Run along to Kroger now.

[AlphaFrog]

It's ok, GP...I got the joke. Funny, haha.