Ignorant comments

daska

Torry_Quine wrote: »

She puts things in bold as her sight problems mean she can't see normal text, i must have picked that up somewhere.

I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation but my brain is saying: if someone can only read text in bold then how are they reading other comments which aren't in bold - which they must be doing in order to respond to them?

GlasweJen

daska wrote: »

P.S. putting everything in bold is almost as bad as shouting in caps.

Nannytone is registered blind and can only read bold fonts so only writes in them, do keep up please.

daska

GlasweJen wrote: »

Nannytone is registered blind and can only read bold fonts so only writes in them, do keep up please.

if your post is correct then obviously nannytone won't be able to read and respond to any of my posts...
:rotfl:

gordikin

daska wrote: »

if your post is correct then obviously nannytone won't be able to read and respond to any of my posts...
:rotfl:

Nannytone can highlight the text she can't see clearly cut and paste it and make it bold so it's visible...stop digging!

dmg24

gordikin wrote: »

Nannytone can highlight the text she can't see clearly cut and paste it and make it bold so it's visible...stop digging!

daska does have a point - I can only follow certain fonts, line spacing etc when I'm poorly, so I change them on my screen, but change it back before posting/ submitting reports. I don't expect everyone else to have to tolerate my double spaced Comic Sans nonsense (and I certainly would not expect people to read bold type constantly)!

gordikin

dmg24 wrote: »

daska does have a point - I can only follow certain fonts, line spacing etc when I'm poorly, so I change them on my screen, but change it back before posting/ submitting reports. I don't expect everyone else to have to tolerate my double spaced Comic Sans nonsense (and I certainly would not expect people to read bold type constantly)!

I'd happily give you a cuddle when you are poorly..but then you know that!

daska

sorry, part of this stems from my former life as a software tester, I came in for a lot of criticism when I pointed out that various designs would exclude customers who were, for instance, colourblind. But it also means that I as (or possibly that should be 'was') aware of various built in or separately available tools available for people with vision problems. Some are really simple such as holding down the control key and using the wheel on the mouse to increase/decrease the size of the image on screen - but from experience I know that the majority of users aren't even aware of this facility. (and Nannytone doesn't always post in bold which indicates that she consciously changes the text size/type/boldness etc.)

So, though some might have read my question and automatically assumed it was rude or that I had a nasty intent it was actually a genuine question. (And that laughing smiley was, I hold my hand up and admit it, a little dig aimed at Glaswejen for not being able to follow the logic of my previous comment.)

formaldehyde_perfume

GlasweJen wrote: »

I ask patients what happened if they are in casts or on crutches. They all seem to like a sympathetic ear and it can be relevant because some people on crutches need to stay upright as much as possible but others would need a chair if they had to wait.

As you refer to them as patients, I assume you are in some kind of care capacity, to me that situation is different than the one I was in. Also, it would be nice if she said something like 'are you ok or do you need a seat?' or 'are you ok to stand?' or even 'how come you're on crutches?' would be fine for me, but it's the way she said it that really got to me.

formaldehyde_perfume

daska wrote: »

ermmm... biting her tongue would be being polite. it would have been rude if she'd said it out loud but she didn't so it wasn't. and you do have a way of coming over as 'I'm all right Jack, what's YOUR problem'

P.S. putting everything in bold is almost as bad as shouting in caps.

As you quoted nannytone in your post I can read what was said.

I was not biting my tongue because of her physical appearance, I was generally refraining from replying in a rude manor.

'I'm all right Jack, what's YOUR problem' - I couldn't have put it better myself. Thank you.

pipkin71

It's difficult - we're not all the same.

For one person, someone asking what they have done, is welcome and for another, it's intrusive.

I'm certain the woman in the building society meant no harm in her question but it was a difficult question for the person asked. Some days I feel I'm fine to answer and others I think to myself 'nothing to do with you'. It's not their fault just that, with chronic illness, you can't always be happy and smiley and cheerful

I have come across a few situations since my health deteriorated that have left me shocked at how disabled people are sometimes treated and insensitive comments can really affect you, especially if it's a bad day anyway