{"id":41146,"date":"2020-09-05T14:21:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=41146"},"modified":"2020-09-05T14:21:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:21:39","slug":"see-through-masks-help-employees-and-customers-feel-included-at-arlington-chick-fil-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2020\/09\/05\/see-through-masks-help-employees-and-customers-feel-included-at-arlington-chick-fil-a\/","title":{"rendered":"See-through masks help employees and customers feel included at Arlington Chick-fil-A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\" src=\"https:\/\/wfaa.com\/embeds\/video\/287-fcf47db8-419e-4126-82be-658cf5dd139f\/iframe\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>See-through masks help employees and customers feel included at Arlington Chick-fil-A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>For those who are hard of hearing and read lips, the typical mask worn in this pandemic makes it hard to keep communicating. One business owner found a solution.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Author: Marie Saavedra<br \/>\nPublished: May 28, 2020<\/p>\n<p>ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 It\u2019s not often you find a fast food drive-thru known for being nice, but that&#8217;s the case at the Chick-fil-A on Arlington&#8217;s Little Road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We definitely look for someone who has a great smile,&#8221; said owner Tiffany Hassler.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to work for her, kindness is a requirement. It\u2019s how she hires.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can teach you how to make a chicken sandwich, but I can\u2019t teach you how to love others well,&#8221; said Hassler.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s got a point, but we\u2019d argue what she did last month is a lesson in love for all of us. When the pandemic hit, Hassler weighed how best to keep her business going between her two Arlington locations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you have 180 people that work with you and you care about their well being and their families? Yeah, there\u2019s some sleepless nights,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hassler increased cleaning measures and ordered 200 masks, but she realized those masks that she\u2019d ordered to keep out germs, were isolating a well-loved employee. Her name is Carly Bias.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just, I thought about how isolating that would be, especially for her,&#8221; said Hassler.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I lost my hearing at the age of 5. I had spinal meningitis,&#8221; said Bias. &#8220;So I learned how to lip read and speak that way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is her 5th year at the restaurant and the first where face coverings made it hard to do her job.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was very quiet when we had the mask and not the clear,&#8221; Bias said. &#8220;I wasn\u2019t upset or mad, I was just in my own little world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s no way to live or work, and Hassler knew it, so she found a solution. It has two ties in the back, and a game changer in the front. A mask with clear paneling in the center created by a college senior in Kentucky, built specifically for the deaf and hard of hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Hassler placed an order, and after they arrived the team surprised Bias at the start of her shift.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh my goodness, I was like, &#8216;Wow, they care!'&#8221; said Bias.<\/p>\n<p>Now, good luck keeping up with her! She&#8217;s back to delivering meals curbside with her typical vim and vigor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can do what anybody else does,&#8221;&#8216; said Bias. &#8220;Hearing and communicating makes me feel free!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Turns out, customers like it too!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think seeing people\u2019s lips, even if they\u2019re not hard of hearing, I think makes a totally different connection to people,&#8221; said Matthew Flores, who had Bias bring him his order to his car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s a lot of things that words can\u2019t say,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That\u2019s what a smile does.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bias\u2019s world has reopened, thanks to her boss, who showed she loves others well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This helps miss Carly feel like she belongs,&#8221; said Hassler, about her good deed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel blessed,&#8221; said Bias. &#8220;Special&#8230;I don\u2019t think I can say enough!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/see-through-masks-help-employees-and-customers-feel-included-at-arlington-chick-fil-a\/287-f31549db-2c1f-4899-8681-c1b1a84d5b95?fbclid=IwAR2gK53NI0jmwQuvScELv_sXGn0vxtH0Uqp9nO_jznPVMhKJ2xa5qrdaxR0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See-through masks help employees and customers feel included at Arlington Chick-fil-A For those who are hard of hearing and read lips, the typical mask worn in this pandemic makes it hard to keep communicating. 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