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ORXI Greek Restaurant
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY,
Va.
A
Chesterfield restaurant is breaking down communication barriers one sign at a
time, according to CBS News 6.
Sierra
Campbell is a server at Orexi Greek and Mediterranean restaurant off Hull street in Midlothian.
Located inside Deer
Run Shopping Center near Food Lion off of Chital Drive.
1 (804)
605-8094
The 22-year-old was
born completely deaf but that didn’t stop owners Rasool and Angie Al Hasani
from hiring her last January.
They adjusted their
menu to include common signs and the alphabet. They also adjusted learned sign
and their customers are learning to do the same.
“We’d go to the
tables together and I would talk to the person that was here and I would tell
them this is how you can order. You just point to what you want and if there is
something you don’t want you just point to that ingredient and shake your head
no,” said Angie.
“I see a couple
families, they try to talk and look at the picture and that make me excited,”
said Rasool.
“It was extremely
easy,” said customer Maxwell Kanczuzewski. “All I had to do was point on the
menu and use the different modifiers to get what I needed, and service was no
different than any other restaurant I’ve been in.”
“I think everyone
needs a chance and that’s a great way to give somebody the opportunity to work
and feel good about themselves,” said customer Kerra English.
Sierra went to the
Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind. From there, she attended Gallaudet
University. She is working two jobs to save up enough money to attend VCU
where she wants to study to be a social worker to help the deaf.
“I feel good working
here at this restaurant,” explained server Sierra Campbell through sign
language. “I have a lot of regular customers, they come in and want to see me
and that makes me feel good.”
Sierra says the
Hasanis feel like family.
The Hasanis say
Sierra keeps them calm and positive in a difficult industry.
“We’re lucky to have
Sierra here with us,” said Angie. “She’s taught us all a lot about having a
positive attitude. Sierra has saved us more than a couple times because she
tells us ‘take a breath.’ Sierra has taught me what it means to be a good
caring person.”
