Hey you!
Sometimes if someone says “Excuse me” to my daughter, and naturally she does not hear them, I feel like I should run up and say “she’s deaf; she is not being rude!” I usually do, depending on the tone of the person saying excuse me.
Yeah, my wife often does the same thing you do when that happens to me. Sometimes I leave the store and look back to see her explaining to the clerk or cashier that I’m deaf. Most of the time they are apologetic if they made a rude comment to me that I didn’t hear. Sometimes they continue to be rude. When that happens my wife and I go to the store manager and let them know what happened. If that doesn't work I get my crowbar out and hit them over the head with it. (Just kidding.) ;^).
Hope all is well with you. Been a while since we crossed paths.