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alliegirl
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23 Sep 2007, 1:42 pm

Ticker wrote:
I wish my employer valued me more like what you describe Climber. The company is always in desperation because they cannot get enough ethical employees who are fluent in English grammar and computer literate. In this day and age you wouldn't think it was a problem, but apparently it is.

I have a total absence of 15 minutes from work in the past year. I have a 99.1% quality rating and do almost twice the production that is required of me. Occasionally I get a pat on the back from my supe, but mostly I get ignored. I am in the top 10 in quality in the company, yet they recorded some data incorrectly and tried to threaten me with my job over quality yet I am one of the top people! Because my former supe had it in for me because I reported her for harrassment for constantly making fun of my Southern accent in front of others, she almost got me fired over this. Yet you say companies want people who do well and are dependable? This is a first I have heard. Companies I've worked at seem to be geared more towards NT personality, looks, who you will sleep with and who you are related to.


My daughter works with other teens who saw her weakness and made fun of her. They tormented her when they worked together, so finally she had had it and blew up at them at work. it almost got her fired, and the mean girls didn;t get into any trouble at all. How fair is that? She has learned that to ignore them was the best thing to do.



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23 Sep 2007, 3:24 pm

alliegirl wrote:

My daughter works with other teens who saw her weakness and made fun of her. They tormented her when they worked together, so finally she had had it and blew up at them at work. it almost got her fired, and the mean girls didn;t get into any trouble at all. How fair is that? She has learned that to ignore them was the best thing to do.


I agree though after awhile ignoring harassers gets harder to do. I get made fun of from everything from my bad social skills to my many food alkergies. One gal even told me that she was always giving me a hard time because I am "fun to tease". I think most Aspies are fun to tease from an NT standpoint. However it makes NT's look very, very bad as a group.



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23 Sep 2007, 10:34 pm

So sorry to hear about those of you who have been treated so poorly.

I'm a parent of a very young aspie boy. Although his behaviors at times may not be socially acceptable and rather inconvenient, I love him dearly. Of course it's hard raising an aspie - but I have 2 NT children as well and guess what - it's difficult to raise children period. My children are all gifts and I treasure what is unique about each of them. I used to be upset and even angry about the fact that he has AS, but in trying to understand - even just a little if it's possible - what he must have to deal with everyday, I have found a resourceful, loving, extremely intelligent boy who at the tender age of 5 teaches me new things about life and the human spirit.