jmellc
Senior Member
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Occupation
- Facility Maintenance Tech. Licensed Electrician
Did a job for a small GC recently. He'd gotten my name from a neighbor. He was OK to work with, but for 1 major problem. He is hard of hearing & does not use a hearing aid of any kind. In person, I can usually communicate OK by shouting & him seeing my lips & gestures. Over the phone, impossible. He asks a question & cannot hear my answer. I am often in public places where I cannot scream & shout on the phone. After the 3rd "I can't hear you" I would just hang up. He would then wonder why I didn't want to talk. Sometimes, even in person, I say apples & he hears oranges. Or he sees me speak with a passerby about something & wants to know the situation, then can't understand it. He pays reliably & likes my work. I'd like to work more with him but I am not up for all the shouting. In spite of my rants here, I am not a boisterous person & shouting bothers me. Don't know if I should push him to get a hearing aid. I told him once I was not up to shouting on the phone. Bad thing too, I can be shouting with him, then it's hard to turn off if I get a call from my wife or a customer. It takes a minute to change those gears.
Has anyone else dealt with this?
Has anyone else dealt with this?