DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 2, 2013
-- New York Times prints a story of a deaf 50-year New York Mets employee
Tod Tillotson, a graduate of New York School for the Deaf,
was written up in the New York Times. He has worked for the New York
Mets for 50 years, the longest of all other employees. He is in the
Special Services department. So important he is that when he is
on vacation, the Mets has to find three people to do his work!
He started his job at Shea Stadium, now demolished, and is now
Citi Field. Said a friend - Tod has seen the birth and death of
Shea Stadium. The biggest irony is that he was a New York Yankee
fan before the Mets hired him. Tod had to suppress his love for
the Yankees to continue his job with the Mets!
-- British Gas company asks deaf to pay for their text messages!
British Gas is a big utility company, serving the nation with
gas and electricity. It is hated by British people and they voted
for it as the nation's worst utility company. Anyway, to serve its
deaf customers, the company has a text number. But when deaf people
send texts to discuss their utility bills, the company charges
them money for these text calls! Activists are very angry about it.
-- a British council says deaf children are a waste
In Bromley, part of London, a group of parents of the deaf
are upset. They wanted the Bromley council to continue paying
for educational services for deaf children. The Bromley council
does not want to pay, and wants these children transferred
to another school district. One of the council members said
these deaf children are a waste of money, calling them
rubbish. Hard to believe someone would say that!
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