Deaf Man Receives Note From Starbucks Barista

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>Deaf News: Starbucks employee's kind act for Deaf patrons goes viral on social media in the United States.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/deaf-man-receives-note-from-starbucks.html" title="Deaf Man Receives touching note from Starbucks barista"><img height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQCwCk1DWiWymXGJexePuoyY8wtkpdVEIFJI9W-soZrvv3KJnZXFo74VMS_evwhvA_Iz59tml4HbwsX0eXMMzPslf_-ZeoFVpBfftpRTikGwbvcCJdPg0nQCzNfxA-RUSPJCgLZx-cGwv/s400/deaf-man-receives-note-from-starbucks.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />LEESBURG, VA -- ABC News: A Virginia man's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MPO.I.Piracha/posts/10208673727024270" target="_blank">Facebook</a> post is creating some internet buzz after he shared a note from a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks" target="_blank">Starbucks</a> employee who offered a kind gesture.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/Deafibbypiracha" target="_blank">Ibby Piracha</a>, who is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a>, told <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/deaf-man-receives-touching-note-starbucks-barista/story?id=37110792" target="_blank">ABC News</a> through an interpreter that he was surprised Friday morning to be greeted by the familiar barista with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language" target="_blank">sign language</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3fT676WZpfY" width="500"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To activate this feature, press the "CC" button.</span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://abc7ny.com/news/starbucks-employees-kind-act-for-deaf-patrons-goes-viral/1213582/" target="_blank">Watch Original News With Captioning</a></span></div><br /><br />"I usually use my phone and I'll text them what I want to order," Piracha of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leesburg,_Virginia" target="_blank">Leesburg, Virginia</a>, said. "She was saying she looked on <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/business/companies/youtube.htm" target="_blank">YouTube</a> because she had a lot of customers that came in using text. I was very surprised she was willing to learn sign language and it shows she respects Deaf people ... she's an inspiration."<br /><br /><br /><br />Piracha, 23, said the female barista handed him a note that read, "I've been learning ASL just so you can have the same experience as everyone else."<br /><br /><br /><br />Piracha posted a picture of the kind words to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MPO.I.Piracha/posts/10208673727024270" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, where it received over 2,000 “shares.”<br /><br /><br /><br />"I was very shocked to go in there one day and have her sign a little bit and I kind of smiled, thinking about it and I even told the Starbucks manager, 'You know, I was very impressed by your employee."<br /><br /><br /><br />The manager at the Starbucks where Piracha received the note told ABC News that while he could not comment on this particular incident or name the employee, he confirmed Piracha's account.<br /><br /><br /><br />“We are proud that our store partner employee is taking this initiative to learn <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language" target="_blank">American Sign Language</a> to better assist and serve her customers,” a Starbucks spokeswoman told ABC News. “We always love to hear stories of meaningful connections between our partners and customers.”<br /><br /><br /><br />Piracha said he hopes his Facebook post gets the message across that "the hearing world and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Deafwd/" target="_blank">Deaf World</a> are trying to communicate."<br /><br /><br /><br />"I definitely want people to understand that Deaf customers can have a really great review," he added. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/deaf-man-receives-touching-note-starbucks-barista/story?id=37110792" target="_blank">Source</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Starbucks:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/08/deaf-customers-sue-starbucks-over.html">Deaf Customers Sue Starbucks Over Mocking</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2012/10/deaf-korean-starbucks-barista-its-all.html">Deaf Korean Starbucks Barista The Signs</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/10/starbucks-sued-for-discrimination-deaf.html">Starbucks Sued For Discrimination Deaf Employee</a>

Deaf Man Receives Note From Starbucks Barista

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Deaf Man Murdered By Ratchet Caretaker In Texas

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>Deaf News - Texas ratchet woman fatally shoots Deaf man who knocked on her door and leaves note on his body saying "sorry."</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/deaf-man-murdered-by-ratchet-caretaker.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Michelle Chase fatally shoots William Farr who knocked on her door"><img height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnPEaJF69gNWGnovzSM6-O3zyHCYjAWLtIiGkEq6SruQ95Pi8v8W9qWfcKIHlvqLgjIAukWTc1YMv9YtiG-O3JbCKM4HmYTMy2Hj5JJAvUNwUX2pLj83Lc0zFuzRi_28ssvLqrQt1ubri/s400/michelle-chase-mugshot-murder-william-farr.png" width="250" /></a>SAN ANTONIO, TX -- <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/texas-woman-fatally-shoots-deaf-man-who-knocked-on-her-door-and-leaves-note-on-his-body-saying-sorry/" target="_blank">Raw Story</a>: Texas woman shot and killed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> man who apparently frightened her by knocking at the door and she <a href="http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/gallery/arrest-made-in-sundays-east-side-murder" target="_blank">left an index card</a> next to his body with the word “sorry” written on it.<br /><br /><br /><br />Michelle Chase <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/Woman-charged-with-murder-in-death-of-6816796.php" target="_blank">called police</a> about 10 a.m. Sunday to report the shooting, and officers found the man’s body along with the cryptic note outside her apartment door.<br /><br /><br /><br />The 49-year-old Chase initially denied killing 50-year-old <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wm.farr.26/about" target="_blank">William Farr</a>, who police said showed no obvious signs of trauma or foul play.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://news4sanantonio.com/embed/news/local/arrest-made-in-sundays-east-side-murder" width="500"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To activate this feature, press the "CC" button.</span></div><br /><br />An autopsy on Monday revealed Farr had been shot in the chest with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliber" target="_blank">small-caliber</a> bullet.<br /><br /><br /><br />Chase admitted to police that she shot Farr, who was Deaf and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_computer" target="_blank">communicated with a computer tablet</a>, on Saturday night because he scared her by knocking on her door.<br /><br /><br /><br />“He was a nice little guy,” said neighbor Florida Paul. “I didn’t know him that well. He couldn’t hear so he really couldn’t talk he just made noises, strange noises.”<br /><br /><br /><br />The neighbor said Farr did not live at the apartment complex but frequently visited a woman who did.<br /><br /><br /><br />Paul said the man had showed up at her own door a couple of weeks ago with multiple stab wounds to his forehead, but she refused to open the door and instead called 911.<br /><br /><br /><br />“All I saw was like 10 holes in his forehead and blood gushing out, you could barely see his face,” the neighbor said. “But I wouldn’t open my door, because I didn’t know if whoever did that was behind him, and I’m on oxygen, I can’t fight.”<br /><br /><br /><br />Police did not offer any details about that previous incident or say whether it was connected to Farr’s shooting death.<br /><br /><br /><br />Chase told police she stayed with a family friend after the shooting and went to a store the next morning, before returning home to pick up clothes for church.<br /><br /><br /><br />She told police that she called 911 after seeing Farr’s body on the sidewalk outside her door. The video report posted online by <a href="http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/gallery/arrest-made-in-sundays-east-side-murder" target="_blank">WOAI-TV</a>. <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/texas-woman-fatally-shoots-deaf-man-who-knocked-on-her-door-and-leaves-note-on-his-body-saying-sorry/" target="_blank">Source</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Post:</b> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Attempted%20Murder">@Attempted Murder</a>

Deaf Man Murdered By Ratchet Caretaker In Texas

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News - Texas ratchet woman fatally shoots Deaf man who knocked on her door and leaves note on his body saying "sorry....

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