FWIW, I've realized tonight that for the past three years I've not been bullied one single time at work - isn't that simply awesome! I was thinking about it more in depth and realized that I'm definitely the odd guy at work, but I'm also the go-to-guy for everything which means that people are depending on me for certain things, so despite all my shortcomings, people seem more willing to give me a pass on my personality.
Is this an advantage or a liability? I don't know.
I think back to the 2000-2003 time period when I worked in a grocery store as a second shift stocker with dozens of other people. It was a much different environment there. I was the butt of most the jokes at the place and I had to fight for every hour of work I was assigned when the "favorites" would constantly get assigned 32 or even 40 hours of work a week even though my attendance record and job performance far exceeded them.
Still, it was around that time, especially in 2003 that I started to become aware of my aspie tendencies from complaints by customers and those comments made by my co-workers, even though I had no idea at the time was aspergers was, but by the time I did find out in June of 2004, I was back on overnights and away from that environment so I hadn't a chance put anything I learned into action, but since then I've worked to curb some of the aspie tendencies I have at work so maybe I wasn't as annoying as before.
But to me is seems that for us to be in our own individual environments that suits us best is something that will work to our advantage.
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I live my life to prove wrong those who said I couldn't make it in life...
18 Oct 2010, 3:10 am
