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Posted: 3/29/2015 9:07:20 PM EDT
New White House receptionist is a West Wing pioneer: 'Deaf people can do anything'


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"Anyone wanting to speak to the president must stop by her desk first. Leah Katz-Hernandez, 27, is the new White House receptionist.

She is also deaf.

“It’s a fantastic opportunity and also to show that deaf people can do anything,” she said through an interpreter, who is provided for her at work."




I watched this on NBC News.  They hired a "cute" young deaf girl to answer phones and greet VIP's but since she can't hear or speak she has to have an interpreter?  Why not just pay the interpreter instead of having two people do one job?  
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:08:18 PM EDT
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Deaf people can do anything...except hear.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:08:37 PM EDT
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How does she answer the phone?
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:08:55 PM EDT
[#3]
because that would  not be fair
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:09:12 PM EDT
[#4]
Wut?
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:09:29 PM EDT
[#5]
Of course that dirty Kenyan Marxist wants people around him who can't hear what he's saying.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:09:29 PM EDT
[#6]
We have a deaf guy at work.  He is sharp and knows his shit.  But I can't help but wonder how much they are paying his interpreter.

That receptionist is probably a GS-9 who is costing the government as much as an SES to employ.  Woohoo!
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:09:29 PM EDT
[#7]
Fuck the ADA.  






Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:09:37 PM EDT
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Mark.




Mark Mark Mark.










-p.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:09:48 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:10:17 PM EDT
[#10]
Fitting. The current admin doesn't want to hear anything from the American people, this works out well for them.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:10:34 PM EDT
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Surprised she's not the press secretary with this bunch of crooks.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:10:59 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:11:00 PM EDT
[#13]
Seems fitting, nobody listens to anything in there anyways.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:11:25 PM EDT
[#14]
I was at the dr's office the other day and this crap was on the tv.
"breaking barriers in the White House" or some nonsense.
Just before they ran a story titled "Should men be allowed to wear shorts?"
it had some letter from a woman that read "I hate sitting next to men in shorts on the bus because they smell and are sweaty and its gross."

Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:11:49 PM EDT
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The EXACT words I came in to type...



 
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:11:52 PM EDT
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Well, we have a mentally handicapped vice president, so this isn't all that unusual.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:12:44 PM EDT
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I'd take Biden over our current Shaitan any day.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:12:59 PM EDT
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Just one the three monkeys "hear no evil"!
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:13:37 PM EDT
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For a while, I've thought that at some point, the left and PC will collapse under the weight of its own absurdity. I still hold out hope that it will collapse, but that hope is dwindling. This story just about snuffed out all hope. Fire the broad and hire the interpreter. Holy shit. The US has gone full-bore idiocracy.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:13:39 PM EDT
[#20]
Progress.  Forward.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:14:23 PM EDT
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She's got a hyphenated last name. Nobody can tell her anything anyhow.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:14:51 PM EDT
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That's what she says when she answers the phone
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:16:54 PM EDT
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I'm going to go to hell for this one, but....

"deaf people can do anything" she said through an interpreter.

Yeah, anything but communicate without an interpreter that is!




So we have to pay her to be the receptionist, AND pay the interpreter to interpret. I bet that interpreter probably makes bank, too. This is FBHO's idea of efficiency.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:17:34 PM EDT
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lol
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:18:39 PM EDT
[#25]
Well, I guess she isn't the first ADA compliant employee of this administration.  The Secret Service payroll has its share of blinds and drunks.  
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:24:27 PM EDT
[#26]
brilliant move by Obummer, she will never be able to over hear something she is not supposed to.

The interpreter, will have always been at the restroom
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:26:58 PM EDT
[#27]
The White House is just chock full of unqualified people.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:27:05 PM EDT
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I have no problem with the hiring of handicapped people, however there has to be some common sense. Receptionist isn't really the best position for a deaf person.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:28:40 PM EDT
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The inmates are running the asylum.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:30:38 PM EDT
[#30]
At least she's cute.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:32:22 PM EDT
[#31]
not guilty
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:36:31 PM EDT
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And she's provided with transportation to work as well, driven by a blind car driver who relies on an interpreter to do the driving and see shit.





Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:36:38 PM EDT
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I was at the dr's office the other day and this crap was on the tv.
"breaking barriers in the White House" or some nonsense.
Just before they ran a story titled "Should men be allowed to wear shorts?"
it had some letter from a woman that read "I hate sitting next to men in shorts on the bus because they smell and are sweaty and its gross."

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I used to read Ann althouse, before she had her drunken melt down.

According to her, and her UW-M acolytes,  men should be barred from wearing shorts as soon as they are required to register for the draft. They do not mention that their feminist glory does not stand up for requiring themselves to register for the draft.

Fuck them.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:37:32 PM EDT
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I'm an interpreter and I'm sure there are better jobs for the young lady than receptionist.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:37:36 PM EDT
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I wouldn't call her.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:38:12 PM EDT
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So, the interpreter picks up the phone, answers it, relays to the deaf girl, and translates the sign language back to the caller?


What a  fucking Chinese fire drill.


She's just a kid who doesn't know better, but her parents or someone close to her shouldn't let her be used as a pet deaf person.


Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:39:22 PM EDT
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Fitting. The current admin doesn't want to hear anything from the American people, this works out well for them.
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Yeah, that was my first thought. The whole administration is "deaf", so why not?
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:39:55 PM EDT
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If your definition of cute means not ugly.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:40:10 PM EDT
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At least she's cute.
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And doesn't talk back.



Or say no.







Does she bring an interpreter on a date ?



Threesome?







 
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:40:49 PM EDT
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A great way to double the WH staff
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At least she's cute.




If your definition of cute is not ugly.


Missing something from the definition of cuteness



 
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:42:22 PM EDT
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...still?
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:43:04 PM EDT
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How does she answer the phone?
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Silly, with an interpreter how else
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:45:11 PM EDT
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Missing something from the definition of cuteness
 
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At least she's cute.


If your definition of cute is not ugly.

Missing something from the definition of cuteness
 


She's not repulsive but she's not cute.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:46:09 PM EDT
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My local grocery store has a blind bagger.



One day, I bought an already inflated balloon. The cashier pushed it over into the bagging area and the bagger had no idea what was going on when she got ahold of the string. It was ugly.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:46:29 PM EDT
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Once my mom called an 800 number for some customer service issue, and the guy who answered had a terrible stuttering problem. She finally hung up because the conversation was taking forever. It sucks to have a speech impediment, but maybe a customer service phone bank isn't the best place for him.
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One day, I bought an already inflated balloon. The cashier pushed it over into the bagging area and the bagger had no idea what was going on when she got ahold of the string. It was ugly.
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I probably would have laughed and then felt guilty for hours.
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:48:02 PM EDT
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If this is not a parody it makes sense. Have you ever seen a federal job that doesn't take two people to do?
Link Posted: 3/29/2015 9:51:41 PM EDT
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I wouldn't call her.
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I wouldn't call her.


She wouldn't know anyway
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