PC World

I ordered a store pick up from PC World earlier today. Trouble is, you have to leave a phone number for them to ring when the order is ready. Obviously I had to level them a number, somi left them the land line. But they ring you to let you know the order is ready, which I cannot hear and have trouble deleting the flashing answer machine alert off the phone. Grr.....

Talkmobile

Talk mobile doesn't have a single email support I can find on their site. So how am I supposed to contact them to remove content restriction off my 3g Xoom?

Oh yeah, you are supposed to call them. Guess I will have to pay another trip to Carphone Warehouse to get them to do it for me, since I brought it from there.

Talk mobile will be getting a complaint that there is no way for a deaf person to contact them unless its by letter.

Oh dear....

Applying for Jobs - Sainsburys

Hi all,

I just wondered if other hard of hearing / deaf people out there applied recently to Sainsburys? I got a friend who recently applied and had a horrible experience mainly around deaf awareness.

Now I work for the company, I'm not allowed to go mouthing off about Sainsburys. But if there is a general concern with people trying to get a job and didn't have the experience expected then get in touch with me.

What I plan to do,  if there is a problem, is write a letter to Justin King, the CEO of Sainsburys and explain to him that there is an issue and something should be done before it becomes a problem.

Some of the issues so far are

1. Too much "phone calls" - you are contacted by phone or requested to phone up to arrange interviews etc. Even after stating you are deaf on your application form.

2. No-one to sign for you during the interview process at the store.

3. Total lack of feedback in why you failed the interview.

4. The 6 months wait to reapply again.

Please get in touch. Hearing people, sorry you don't apply. I only want people with hearing problems which been affected by this process.

Rubbish weather!

After all the hot weather looks like rain had to come. Well it did so I didn't leave the house today! Nothing much to report on deaf issues today, maybe over the weekend?

Take care all