Save The Naugas!

Well, I thought I had seen just about everything…until Bat-Man checked in!

He was probably in his 70s and un-married, a retired engineer he said. He walked up to the desk to check in, and when I looked up I almost lost it. He had these clear plastic bat-wings sticking out of the sides of his head.

We aren’t always too polite and discrete at the Naugas Inn, so it wasn’t long before somebody asked him what the heck those things were. He said they are Earglasses, a non-electronic hearing aid. He said they work just like if you cup your hand behind your ear, in order to hear a faint sound. He said they only cost $10 a pair, and don’t make strange sounds or need batteries like normal hearing aids.

He said he likes them, but knows that they make him look more than a little odd. He has regular electronic hearing aids for more formal situations, and uses his Earglasses mostly in private.

Bat-Man was a perfectly well behaved guest, and we wished him well when he checked out two days later.