Re: reading books
- From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:33:44 -0600
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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