Keep Calm & Carry On
January 27th, 2009 at 10:04 pm . Posted in My Life .
Today I really needed this hung in my cubicle. There was an awards luncheon for our company scheduled for today and I had declined to go because there wasn’t going to be an interpreter provided for me. At the beginning when I started working there, my boss informed me that she’d get me an interpreter for meetings I’d be required to go and so far there has been none. Today I did not want to go to the luncheon and sit there pretending to understand everything that was being said and pretending to laugh when everyone laughs. It turns out G came over to question my intentions of going to the luncheon with K. I was furious because K is not me, and if G wants to know why I’m not attending then she can directly ask me! When I got back from lunch G gave off an attitude when I said Hi to her.
They’re breaking the rules with the ADA law of not providing an interpreter for me. I wanted to approach G about this but I decided not to and to keep calm and carry on.
With the economy so bad right now, I’m just grateful that I have a job and I’m not going to quit but in the next few months I’m going to keep my options open and see what other jobs there are out there and if they have anything better to offer.
wow – you should definitely bring up the ADA laws/policies to your supervisor/boss so they’re aware of the situation. Even though the economy isn’t that great, you still have the right to get an interpreter.