Re: reading books
- From: "Mike and Lori Castner" <mandlcastner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 10:26:59 -0800
Good for you. It is truly sad to see so many messages showing how difficult
the work place can be.
Lori Castner
----- Original Message -----
From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: reading books
>
> I call it, "The Buzz of Freedom calling". When I worked for FL DBS, I was
> using a VB classic, and working during lunch, as the rest went into the
> break
> room and watched soap operas. One of the secretaries, a CETA hire,
> unplugged my VB when I had a file open. Suffice it to say, I was not
> amused, and
> verbally let her have it--for which I got in trouble, until I wrote a
> letter of complaint against my boss and the rest for interfering with my
> ability to work and
> potentially damaging agency property with the unceremonious unplugging.
> As the VB and later computers to come, would generate RF to mess up their
> TV
> and rabbit ears, I suggested they try to get cable in the government
> building if soaps were so vital the the business of DBS... I was not
> popular. But I would
> not brook any complaints about the tools for my independence, Optacon or
> whatever.
>
> Nick
>
> On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:45:31 -0600, Doug Parisian wrote:
>
> Yes indeed, the sound of the opticon can be quite annoying, just like dot
> matrix printers, too much perfume, copying equipment, and on and on. When
> I
> experienced complaints, I raised the above issues and was ready, willing
> and
> able, to launch a harassment complaint on that basis. I was of course,
> pleasant but firm about my position. after a couple of weeks, it all
> simply
> settled down as part of the office sound environment and as I was told
> once
> most folks incorporated the sound as a part of the day, it really wasn't
> that bad from a distance.
>
> Doug: If you've got a bee in your bonnet, remove the bonnet!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:01 AM
> Subject: Re: reading books
>
>
> > Mary Ellen,
> >
> > Great story; I am glad your family was so receptive to the optacon. Mine
> > didn't get too excited. In fact, the sound really annoyed them. One day
> > I
> > came home from computer school with a detailed homework assignment
> > written
> > on a single page, but closely typed in small print. I was reading it,
> > trying
> > to absorb every detail, when Mom said she had a head ache and wanted me
> > to
> > quit. Well, I quit for about an hour, but then when she was off doing
> > something else I finished reading the assignment. I also had problems
> > during
> > my first few years of work when we had terminal rooms, where everybody
> > went
> > to use computer terminals instead of having them in our offices; I'd go
> > in
> > and read the screen while working, and people would start to leave; one
> > guy
> > said something about it sounding like a Minnesota lightning bug; when we
> > finally got our own terminals, (this was before the PC was available),
> > people across the hall and in surrounding offices would shut their doors
> > because of the sound. Too bad the machine couldn't have been made more
> > quiet; fortunately I'm away from that now, and I can read at 3 in the
> > morning if I want to. I guess the neighbors don't think much of it; they
> > probably say, "That blind lady is using her equipment again."
> >
> > Mary
> >
> >
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