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Deaf Woman Terrorized by Mask-Obsessed Store Clerks after Asking to Read Their Lips"I was so confused," Heroux said. "She called the manager… I could tell by his face and body language that he was going off and kept [gesturing to his face] and I kept saying 'I can't hear you, I can't hear you!' He refused to write anything down… we were six feet apart through the plexiglass..." -Shannon Heroux
"I am at my breaking point in this pandemic," she said. Heroux is an Uber driver and went into her favorite Dunkin' Donuts store to get an iced tea in Encino, California. When she tried to order her drink, she asked the employee to take down her mask so she could read her lips, informing her that she is deaf. Heroux says she wears a cochlear implant but did not have it on that day and could hear nothing. Instead of giving reasonable accommodations to Heroux, like pulling down her mask or writing down her words, the staff member continued talking behind her mask while Heroux heard nothing. "I was so confused," Heroux said. "She called the manager… I could tell by his face and body language that he was going off and kept [gesturing to his face] and I kept saying 'I can't hear you, I can't hear you!'" she said. "He refused to write anything down… we were six feet apart through the plexiglass," she said. "What more do you want? We've struggled so much through this pandemic," Heroux said, referring to deaf people. "He didn't believe me," she said sobbing. "He didn't believe that I was deaf because I speak so well. It's a blessing and a curse"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Continue reading here. 
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