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One particular
gentleman wrote us a very eloquent story about how he finally realized he
needed to do something about his loss of hearing..before his wife divorced
him!! One beautiful Sunday upon arriving home after church, his wife asked,
"Wasn't that joke the minister told funny?" She then went on to
say, "Why didn't you tell Katherine Dibbs that we couldn't make it to
her sister's birthday party Tuesday night?" Finally she said, "Boy,
it was sure a good thing you heard the ambulance coming so that we could get
out of their way before they hit us." Then she looked him directly in
the face and said, "What's the matter, aren't you listening to me?"
Well, the fact was, he didn't hear the minister's joke. He thought Katherine Dibbs was talking about her nephew's soccer game on Wednesday night and to
top it off, he didn't even hear the ambulance's siren. He didn't bother explaining
all this to his wife, he simply made an appointment the next day with a hearing
aid specialist. The marriage is still intact.
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Then there was the story about the man who didn't believe that he needed hearing
aids. After he retired he took his wife on a trip to the Caribbean. He said
the return flight was very uneventful until the plane landed. His wife told
the real story once they were back on firm ground. She relayed the story of
how, half way throughout the flight, the pilot came on the speaker system
and told everyone that they were having engine trouble. People were in a panic,
crying and praying. The stewardesses were frantically trying to calm passengers
down. The pilot got back on the speaker and stated that they had lost an engine
and they were going to try to make it down without it. It was chaos! They
finally landed safely. Our client missed the whole thing...he did not hear
a thing. His wife had to relay all of the events leading to their arrival
home.
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Lastly, there
was the sad story of the man who was sitting upstairs watching his TV set
one night. Unbeknownst to him, his beloved wife, who was on the first floor
doing dishes, started to have chest pains. She screamed up to her husband
to "PLEASE CALL 911"..SHE TRIED AGAIN, "PLEASE CALL 911"
AND ONCE MORE, "HONEY PLEASE HELP ME, CALL 911." Well her husband,
was having a great time, watching his favorite sitcom and did not hear her
frantic calls for help. She at last gave up and managed to get to the phone
herself and called 911 before she collapsed. Thank God, help arrived in time
and she is fine now. Her husband at last came to the realization, that he
needed hearing aids!!
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