Not Very Nice

I can't believe how mean I can be. There's a deaf guy in my interpersonal communication class. (I know. I think I've already tapped that well of jokes completely dry.) He's not really that smart, either. I honestly believe he graduated from high school just because his teachers were sick of him dragging two interpreters everywhere he went (apparently, that's a two-person job). The guy doesn't know what the word "channel" means. Anyway, today in class, the lecture topic was gender communication. Inevitably, the discussion turned to dating. Lance, the hearing-impaired guy, told everyone that he didn't like "the whole dating thing" and preferred to just hang out with girls as friends and get to know them better that way. He said, "I just think that dating gets too awkward." I can honestly say that I've never had to try harder to control myself. It took all my willpower and then some to not yell out, "Especially when you have to bring an interpreter!" I'm terrible.