Getting Hard of Hearing

Ultradog MN

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I didn't want to hijack Fixerupper's thread but it reminded me about an incident I had last week.

Working for a gentlewoman in a fancy house. I retiled their laundry room.
She's older, in good shape, still pretty, very kind, sharp as a tack but more than a little hard of hearing.
She came in to the laundry room to ask if I would like something to drink;
"Coke? MT Dew? bottled water, juice?"
"No thank you ma'am. I'm ok."
We talked for a bit and I noticed the fly on her nice fitting jeans was wide open.
I hesitated for a moment then told her - sotto voce:
"Excuse me Ma'am, but your zipper is open."
"What did you say?" she smiled.
I said a little louder, "I don't know if I should tell you this but your zipper is open."
"I'm afraid I still didn't hear you."
So I raised my big, deep voice to it's normal tone and just said: "Madam, your zipper is open."
She blushed brightly, very girlishly spun around, fixed it, then turned back and said very softly and kindly; "Thank You!"
I apologized for mentioning it but said if I was undone like that I would appreciate someone, even a stranger, telling me about it.
She said, "Oh yes, you did the right thing." and patted me on the shoulder.
Afterwards, I got to thinking that when the time comes, if I become hard of hearing, I hope someone will be kind enough to tell me about it.
 
You did the right thing, Ultradog.

I have nicely told folks things, as I figure they would want to know... and I'd want someone to tell me if I had "egg on my face".

Once had to tell my boss that he had something on his face that belonged in his nose. I think I was more embarrassed than he was!
 
Sorry to take this slightly off topic.
That reminds me of the day i went to renew my truck insurance, Just after lunch. Guy had orange stuff all round his mouth, so asked him if he enjoyed the Chetoe's for lunch. He kinda looked at me wiped his mouth and kinda smiled.

I just said to him well i guess it's a good job you never put your head in the bag to eat the crumbs. The next guy behind me just about died laughing, the agent has blonde hair!.
Regards Robert
 
My wife is getting hard of reading.

Just went to a funeral that she said was today. It is next Saturday. Al dressed up shower and all....
 
I saw this as a skit at Branson:

On old guy was having trouble with his hearing aid, so he went to have it checked out. Doc shined a light in his ear, then reached in and removed something. "I think I've found the trouble - you have a suppository in your ear!" The old guy looked puzzled and said, "Well - where's my hearing aid?" "Well, where do you think it is?", the doc responded. The old guy jumped up and bent over, pointing his rear at the doc so he could hear him better.

Those guys nearly had the crowd rolling in the floor!
 
I went to visitation once and did not get zipped up. The help at the funeral home told me about it. Well I was telling a good friend that raises cattle about it. He is a preacher's son. Said don't worry, if it can't get up it can't get out.
 
My 89 year old dad is hard of hearing and it's very frustrating to try to hold a conversation with him. He's in the nursing home now and I visit him nearly every day but he's become soft spoken and before I got aids I only caught every third or fourth word. Now I hear every word loud and clear. I'm going to work on him pretty hard about getting aids for himself. He got some cheap ones a few years ago but put them on the shelf after a few days. I don't think he realizes how pleasant conversations will be for him if he can hear. Jim
 
.......I'm going to work on him pretty hard about getting aids for himself......
hey can be a big help, my mother got hers about the age of 90. Unfortunately she soon developed dementia, and after she lost 2 pair in 3 years we gave up on replacing them.
 
This guy is bragging about his new hearing aid. "It cost 3000.00 but worth every penny." His friend says "What kind is it?" The first guy says "Oh, it's about 8:40."
 
Guy calls his family doctor and tells him he thinks his wife's hearing is going. He explains that he's tried talking to her about and she absolutely refused to make an appointment. he ask the doc if he would talk to her about at her upcoming check up. The doc tells he Earl, do this first. Go to a room furthest from her and in a normal voice ask her a question. If she doesn't answer move about 10 feet closer and ask again until her hears you and answer. Then call me and tell me how close you had to get. So that evening he gets as far away as he can while she's fixing dinner. "Honey what's for dinner" he asks. Then he moves and ask again. When he had ask 4 times he moved again and ask once more. She replies "Earl, for the 5th time chicken"!

having a hear loss is no joke. mine is in the range of the wife's and grandkids voices. If I'm near any electric motor while it's running it drowns out her voice. The hearing aids keep her happy cause then I can't ignore her.

Rick
 
Yep, we've become more of a society that talks about stuff rather than just taking the bull by the horns and doing it, and with it, chivalry went right out the window. In the old days, a fella would lay his coat down so that the lady wouldn't have to step in the puddle, and instead of yelling at her embarrassingly loud so that everyone outside could hear, he just would have kindly reached out and zipped her up and been met with a pat of some sort, probably not on the shoulder though.

Just a theory that I have. Grin.

Mark
 

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