Had a hospital clinic appointment today. There's a couple of big signs just inside the entryway, which is great!
I get to the clinic clerk, and after the usual nonsense of none of them bothering to find ways to accommodate patients they "can't hear" through a mask, asks me, "Are you wearing a mask for safety or a health condition?"
Erm, yes? Both!??!!
😳🙄😐
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#abhealth
#AHS
#yeg
#MaskUp
#CovidIsInYourFacilityRightNow
#SafetySignage
I mean seriously--fine. Not a single one of you has bothered to learn to read fingerspelling in four full years of an ongoing pandemic.
But perhaps you could put an ABC card out that people could point to. Or even a freaking Ouiji board, for gossake!
This is something that the INSTITUTIONS should be addressing, not fobbed off on each individual patient. 😡
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#SystemFailure
#SystemicFailures
#ActuallyDisabled
#abhealth
#yeg
Ikr? It's genuinely shocking.
At the beginning when people still expressed some sort of public solidarity and we had ongoing routine updates from health and government leaders, me responding with fingerspelling was received quite well even if the other person didn't understand it.
*They* would then offer an alternate. Now? Skark. Disbelief. Rarely any extension of offer of assistance. 🙄😡😢
Yes, I do have things like Big Note that I can use in a pinch. But it seems to me that the expectation to fob everything off on the individual is done so casually.
The thing is, sure, I carry a smart phone, so perhaos a simple fix.
But I also have to carry diabetic supplies, extra snacks, and now even straws. Even little thingd add up to a LOT of crap to portage around because institutions don't even bother with the minimum. 😡
Likely Jan Lukas
Kelly's Shenanigans 🇨🇦