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Xeno
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13 Dec 2010, 4:58 pm

silver22 wrote:
Emergency call operator. probably the worst job you could think of.

I enjoyed the training, once they put me in the hot seat I froze. I lasted about a minute :o I don't have the capacity to think and act under pressure and my short term memory is poor. What the hell was I thinking?? Live and learn I say.


I've always thought about how hard that sort of job would be. Working at call centers, I constantly made all kinds of mistakes, so I certainly shouldn't work at one where lives would be put in my hands.



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14 Dec 2010, 4:54 pm

DOOR TO DOOR SALES. OMFG horrible job. Worked door to door sales for a month all before I knew about the aspergers. I didn't know why I couldn't do the sales pitch right and why I couldn't get into many houses. Worst month of my life...Glad I was bached for most of it.


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15 Dec 2010, 1:01 am

Kon wrote:
P.S. How about military careers? I know it's usually disdained but all the order, etc. would kinda make it easier. But I do hate authority. I was thinking of applying into the Canadian armed forces as an medical/health care officer if I mess up again, assuming they even look at me (previous drug abuse and anxiety disorders). Any experiences with military-type positions.


I was in the Army for 4 yrs. Structure does wonders for me. I work for an armored truck company now. I deal with plenty of ppl each day but it's within the structure of work so I'm ok. But the first time I went out with this one girl from work who I'd worked with daily for about 8 months at that point I felt like I was all thumbs, had 2 left feet, and was bashing my head against a wall. But then 2 days later when I saw her at work I was fine around her.