hiring person inappropriate?

[wolf9653]

K folks. brain picking time. I got called for an interview a few days ago. The guy was kind of dry and hard to read. i guess that's just how he is. I got called for a second interview with the unit manager. as we talked, her voice got quieter and quieter. so I kept turning up my hearing aids with the remote in my pocket. they really can't ask about them, but they're kind of hard to hide, and i was thinking maybe she's 'testing' me. now i'm debating dropping it or pushing it. she'd probably deny it. I'm tempted to call back the HR guy and saying hey, you better talk to that woman about the interview, she's a walking lawsuit. and let him figure it out on his own. which blows my chance of getting a job. Dropping a letter to the CEO, or the mega parent co, explaining the situation. which would probably get me a job to ward off a lawsuit. but i don't want it like that.. or just dropping it and seeing what happens. I doubt she'd hire me if that's how she is anyway, and i'm not sure I'd like to work with someone like that. maybe I'm imagining things, but i don't think so. I did have to keep increasing the volume, that much I didn't imagine. I've been doing this for 20 yr, and been tested the same as any other person to get my license, so it doesn't affect my work, which is undeniable, or i wouldn't have a licence.

i think he didn't care, but she thinks she's too smart.

I'v ben hearing this joke ''

since kindergarten.

[wolf9653]

it was face to face, in a relatively quiet room. modern hearing aids actually set with a dead center for normal speach range, as taylored to the individual needs. They adjust their own volume within a certain parameter. Sometimes I go days without having to adjust the volume in conversations. havint to increase it, indicates her volume was below the normal fluctuations of conversational voice. and I have to repeatedly increase.

[wolf9653]

I don't think i suggested I was considering suit. If it was considered a bona fide qualification for the job, I would think there would have to be a medically appropriate hearing test for all applicants. For example as an occ med nurse I have done preemployment physicals where all the applicants had to lift a prescribed weight without pain or difficulty. The position had been advertised with this requirement. They, of course were told about this test and had granted informed consent for the test, as they did with the physical. I do wonder if performing a medically oriented test of any kind would require a person's consent. As to how would she be assured otherwise? My hearing was good enough for my school and state. If she asked all her applicants to do a B/P for her, I think that would be a reasonable test, of not just technical but hearing as well as specifically needed for the job.