QUIT EXCUSING YOURSELF!
Today in class we talked about some norms of Deaf culture versus hearing culture, and how some things are opposites...
Hearing people, when passing in between two or more Deaf people having a conversation, tend to sign EXCUSE ME or try to crouch down so as not to block the signers' view. This is more distracting than just passing through at a normal pace. It takes such a short time to pass between the signers that they don't miss anything in their conversation.
Signing EXCUSE ME is even more distracting because Deaf people's eyes are trained to go wherever there is movement. Their eyes will divert to your hands, which WILL disrupt the conversation. Simply passing through is best.
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