Re: reading books
- From: "Doug Parisian" <eggmann@xxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:45:31 -0600
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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