DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, December 7, 2016
-- movie critic remembers a famous deaf scene 20 years ago
A film critic said yesterday that a movie scene he would
never forget was in "Jerry Maguire" 20 years
ago. The plot revolved around Tom Cruise and Renee
Zellweger, both losing their jobs, and going down
the elevator. A deaf couple was also in the elevator
and they were hugging each other. The deaf man
signed something to the deaf woman. Just as when
everyone exited from the elevator, Jerry asked:
Wonder what he said?
Most of us would completely forget this brief
scene, but it stayed in the movie critic's
memory for a long time. A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/brief-deaf-movie-scene/
-- hypocrisy with ADA interview on TV
TV commentator Anderson Cooper ran a TV segment,
talking about the ADA. According to an angry
deaf TV watcher, that program, talking about
ADA, was not captioned! Hypocrisy? Yes.
-- Deaf system in McDonald's
Wayne and Gail Kennerknecht, not deaf, own several
McDonald's fast food restaurants. They hire the
deaf and the disabled. A deaf employee, working
in the kitchen, needed to be able to communicate
with fellow employees that work in the front
counter. The owners came up with special
sign language gestures to allow the deaf employee
to keep up with these customers' orders. They
said the deaf employee is the best employee
in the chain! These McDonald's are located
in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (Canada).
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- DeafHouse with warrant
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/04/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
