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- Why? - It's exactly what we need.
Why can't we make it ourselves? Does others have to help us?
It's about exchanging competence and cooperating with other companies.
Cooperation is good, but you don't need ears. Why do you want a hearing person?
It's about contact with the customers, they must feel comfortable with contacting us.
But we are an IT-company with innovative ideas and possibilities. We'll be fine!
Stop. It used to be fun when we were young and proud to be deaf.
But this isn't an association, but a real company without "feel-sorry-for-mentality"
So it's a bigger challenge for us! There's video phone, e-mail, video call!
We'll do fine! - I've read that establ- -ishing a contact with a customer takes-
-three minutes. If we use interpretors it'll take time to explain how that works.
But then the customers' first impression is that Deaf people can too!
They know nothing about us Deaf people. What'd they think about us?
Why're we discussing? I'm the boss, you're just an employee, have you forgotten?
- I just want what's best for the company. - Yes, you've said that lots of times now...
Promise not to hire someone who doesn't speaks sign-language. I don't want any-
-spectator who never seen deaf before. - Yes, if you're quiet at the interview.
- Yes sir, you're in charge here! - Remember, don't say anything!
- This is the interpretor. - What? What's she doing here?
- She'll be with the interview. - Why? We will hire someone who knows sign-language
so we won't need an interpretor.- Maybe someone doesn't know sign-language.
- Then that person has nothing to do here.
- Remember what you promised me? - Please, shut up.
- Do you also remember what you promised me?
Leave her alone, she's got PMS. Probably woke up at the wrong side of the bed.
- Great, who are we going to question now? - Not question, but interview!
Maria Persson from Upplands Väsby. Studies at the Royal Institute of Technology.
She read sign-language in upper secondary school.
Wonderful. When she comes I'm sure she'll sign like this...
- I promise!
- Welcome. - My name is Maria.
It's nice that you've come here and applied for job here. We'll tell a little about us-
-and then we are curious at you! - Great!
My name is Anders Bergström, I'm MD here at Anders.se.
- My name is My... - ...her name is My Björck.
She's system developer here. She makes really good coffee in the morning!
It's just the two of us working here. Maybe you'll be the third!
My goal is that the company'll expand. The company has a big sphere of activities-
-from webdesign to websecurity. That's why I need a...
That's why we need another co-worker. The co-worker'll work with custom contacts.
Get new customers and keep existing customers.
My, anything to add? - Well, I was thinking...
-...yes, that was a little about us.
- Now we're curious at Ma...Maria.
- Thank you! First I'd like to say that your ad was perfect for me!
I've studied sign-language and I'am now studying computer technology.
Why did you move closer? ñ Don't interpret this, we talk by ourselves.
- What're you doing? Why're you staring? - I'm trying to understand her.
- There's an interpretor..? - The interpretor is your aid.
- Why're you doing this? - This is real- -life, just like that you talked about before.
About that the company is for real and seriously meant. This is the same thing!
If she gets hired and works here, it's just the three of us. No interpretor!
I'm already preparing for that scenario.
What are you two talking about?
Windows XP is so easy. The teacher at Västanviks folk high school said I was-
-a real pro and totally best in class.
- Have you seen our ad? We search for so- meone who can talk on the phone. Can you?
Of course! It comes a manual with the text telephone from the interpreter service.
- Piece of cake. No problems! - Ordinary phone!
The one where you speak in the lower part and listen from the upper part!
You discriminate all deaf! I'll sue you!
Fine! Here... my phone number and address is right there!
Cool... So our childhood together didn't mean anyhing?
You ***. Remeber when we were younger? I got you *** movies.
- You're really offending me, just like... - You feel offended just like Jesus?
The crucifying? No, it's like the Lionking. Like... Scar!
- You *** audist!
- Wow, he got pissed off!
It's all right. It's enough with a coke to make him happy again.
- Who's coming now? - Hampus Dufour. Sounds French?
- I don't know. - He's a brat. Worked as a trainee at Google in USA. Evening jobs-
-at several IT-companies in Stockholm. He's been working with a deaf woman!
Who?
You're lying! Worked with a DEAF-MUTE woman, that's what he wrote!
It really doesn't matter... Just ignorance. He didn't mean anything offending.
- He really believes in a myth! - A myth?
Have you ever met a deaf-mute person?! No, me neither!
Under my whole life I have never met any deaf-mute person!
And you know why you never meet any deaf- mute person? Because they doesn't exist!
Just like Santa Claus... He doesn't exist! Deaf-mute persons doesn't exist either!
That's exactly why it's a myth he believes in!
Hello and welcome!
That was a little about us. Now we're curious at you!
First I want to thank you for letting me come here. You've seen in my application
that I've experience of working with you deaf-mute persons.
My neighbour's sister is deaf-mute.
Oh, did you hear that?! I'm sorry... I thought I was deaf-mute!
We have interwieved people for several days now. It's really difficult.
No it's not difficult. If we do it my way it's easy.
Shut up!
Look!
It's a doctor's certificate. I'll do a Cochlear Implant surgery.
- Are you going have a surgery? - Are you really going to have a surgery?
I sacrifice my deaf-identity for being able to talk. Good, isn't it?
- You really are my hero! - See... You support CI.
You used to be against but now you're being a turncoat.
- Seriously, have you really gone to the doctor? - Look at the certificate!
You must be able to both hear and speak. My dad said you talk like a drunk donkey.
- You'd have to go very long in speech therapy. - Like a drunk donkey you said?
So you'd go in speech therapy at the zoo, with all the animals!
Hey! I can go to the jobcentre and get support for speech therapy. They do want-
-everyone to work. I'll go there tomorrow and fix that. No problems!
That means that you can hire me!
You know what? I make much better instant coffee than you, My!
You really are insulting all Deaf people and CI-users.
No we don't insult CI-users at all. Because you haven't had a surgery yet!
But I will! And when I have, I'll sue you!
I'll sue you! With all the money I'll just relax! Great isn't it!
Name, address and phone number is right there.
We'll have to buy him two cans of coke.
We've been sitting here all day, I need to go and work out now.
Can you take care of the last interviews alone?
You do know that the interpretor has left, right? Will you be all right?
Sure, it says here that Josefin knows sign-language.
But how many have written that they know sign-lanugae and when here really signed-
-fluent? Been able to say something like: "Hi, I'm really bad at sign-language."
Fluent! Has anyone been able to do that?
Who knows? It might be a surprise. She went to Södertörn folk high school-
-and have worked with IT. - All right, we'll see! I'm heading off now.
Seriously, tomorrow we really have to talk about who to hire.
You go now, we'll fight more tomorrow.
Have I...come...to...Anders.se?
Yes... Do you speak sign-language?
I... have... worked... as... an... au-pair... in... a family... with a... deaf child.
Zofia! You're not gonna believe me!You know the company that's owned by a deaf-
-person that you tipped me about. I thought it might be a bonus that I speak-
-a little sign-language so I just showed up there unannounced to ask if they needed-
-someone who cleans. It was a really nice and cute man there...
... I told a litte about myself. Yes, it was a little difficult to understand eachother.
But suddenly I was offered a 25%-post. I signed right away!
Yes, an office with lots of computers. Zofia, you know I don't know anything-
-about computers. Lucky that I'll only clean!
Can you see me? I need help! I don't know if I'm at the right address.
Johannesgatan 15? Do you remember if that was the right address?
I don't know. I'm here, but maybe it's the wrong house, I don't know!
I'm late for the job-interview. I just can't miss it!
No, it's important for me! I need a job!
Translated by: Malin Johansson