Just now I had a Pizza Pizza order delivered. I paid for the order online. When the hearing delivery driver came, they had me sign something to confirm my order. Above the signature area was a tip amount and total.
I was writing in the tip amount first. When they asked me to sign, I thought they meant to sign instead of writing in the tip amount, so I wrote over the tip amount and did the signature in the usual area. They said “no tip?” I realized and put the tip amount above the area where I had written over it initially.
It was a misunderstanding – but not a great kind because of audism and phonocentrism and marginalized people not being allowed to make mistakes. Hearing people, please work on your communication with Deaf people. And stop expecting us to accommodate you.