[R-D30336]

To people who stutter: I was at Wal-Mart the other day, and the boy ringing me up at the register had a bad stuttering problem. They had to do a price check on one of my items, so I stood there waiting for about 10 minutes. During this time, I did not speak to the boy because I felt I would be putting pressure on him or making him nervous (I was nervous, too). He did not offer any conversation, either. Did I do the right thing, or is there something else I should have done?
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[Ashley]

From the other posts I’ve read on stuttering, you did exactly the right thing. Although, you could have tried to engage him in conversation – from what I understand, stuttering is made worse by nervousness.

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