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azurelunatic) wrote2002-11-28 03:04 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2002-11-28 03:04 pm
265 Shades of Grey
I had a co-worker, back when I was in the Sam's Club bakery in Fairbanks, who couldn't see color. She was completely colorblind. She used to have to explain the effect to people as watching black-and-white TV. She had been the Queen of the Muffins, but when I arrived and took over the position, she was training to be a cake decorator.
I suppose, technically, that you'd consider it a disability. It wasn't something that got whined about, though, it was just a fact of life that got worked around. All the tubs of frosting were labeled with the colors that went inside, both lid and bucket, and I made up a color wheel (in black and white), and wrote down where the colors that we had went on that. I gave her some crash courses in colour theory. We all made sure that the buckets of frosting were correctly labled (nothing worse than thinking it's purple because it says purple, but having it actually be orange), and all went smoothly.
That was a good year. Even through the depression, I enjoyed my time in the bakery.
I suppose, technically, that you'd consider it a disability. It wasn't something that got whined about, though, it was just a fact of life that got worked around. All the tubs of frosting were labeled with the colors that went inside, both lid and bucket, and I made up a color wheel (in black and white), and wrote down where the colors that we had went on that. I gave her some crash courses in colour theory. We all made sure that the buckets of frosting were correctly labled (nothing worse than thinking it's purple because it says purple, but having it actually be orange), and all went smoothly.
That was a good year. Even through the depression, I enjoyed my time in the bakery.