A few months ago, I was in my local library and a lady (and I think her son) came in. They were having a very loud and intense discussion the entire time that they were in the library. I was kind of curious as to whether the librarian was going to tell them to keep their voices down. No employees of the library said anything to them and this lady and her son kept talking loudly until they left. I was raised to keep your voices low and/or whisper in the library. I have worked really hard with Dominic to get him to understand that in different places (like a library) you use a different tone or level of your voice. I have a "buddy" that works at the library and when we bump into each other, I always make sure that she and I conduct our conversations quietly. I looked at my library's website and found a "code of conduct" or as I like to call it, library "etiquette" rules. There are actually 20 rules listed. Rule number ten said you can't sleep for more than 15 minutes at a time. Rule number eleven had to do with personal hygiene (you can't bathe, shave or wash and dry clothes in the restroom). Rule number four had to do with disturbing others. It said in particular you can't sing or talk loudly. I would definitely qualify the lady and her son as disturbing others. What I found interesting was that most people in the library that day were just ignoring how loud and rude they were. My own personal opinion is that when you act that way, you are not being respectful to others. How about you? Does it bug you when people are loud and don't follow library "etiquette" rules??
We are heading towards 600 orders for Dominic's business. Since our long-term goal for Baked Goods By Dominic is having a "brick-and-mortar" and hire those with disabilities, it is essential and imperative that I continue to teach him all parts of the business. Since I prompted Dominic for so many years for speech, he has become "prompt dependent." What that essentially means is that he will look at me for a prompt, like, "what do you do next?" I do that one a lot. Dominic has been going to a private speech therapist for over ten years and she reminds me often that Dominic usually will know the answer, if I am patient and wait for him. That has been a very hard habit to break! Dominic has an incredible memory, so I put it to the test this morning. I didn't write out the steps, I wanted to see how much he could do completely on his own. We have a customer picking up his order today, but the only thing that had been done is putting the cookies into t...
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