How losing your job works

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"Round 1. - Fight!"

Your coworkers' move: Insult you sufficiently much to be too much.
Your move: Stop initiating conversations, only respond when asked or when having to greet.


"Round 2. - Fight!"

Your coworkers' move: Insult you sufficiently much to be too much.
Your move: Attempting to avoid bumping into your coworkers to avoid unnecessary conversation in the aisles by figuring out when they go and leave.


"Round 3. - Fight!"

Your coworkers' move: Insult you sufficiently much to be too much.
Your move: Start eating lunch alone instead of with your coworkers.


"Round 4. - Fight!"

Your coworkers' move: Insult you sufficiently much to be too much.
Your move: Pretending you have to go to the toilet in order to avoid having to greet coworkers.


"Round 5. - Fight!"

Your coworkers' move: Insult you sufficiently much to be too much.
Your move: Now no longer putting up with it, now giving back to everyone who offend you, and that 10-fold so they get the point you do not like it.


"Round 6. - Fight!"

Your coworkers' move: Build up the group pressure to have you give in and accept your "place".
Your move: Quitting the job.

Alternative (for someone recognized as having a disability)-

Instead of dealing with the problem on your own, go to a counselor and ask for help.

You're a person with an impediment. Wheelchair people need ramps and elevators to deal with stairs. HFAs may need the input of someone who has more experience and skill interacting with people.

Go to human resources if the job has such a department, or the highest authority.

If need be, go to the legal authorities and report the place as not conforming to what the law requires where disabled people are concerned.

For cryin' out loud, RESTAURANTS get into trouble when they refuse to let someone bring a support dog in with them. A work environment where people are abusive to an Autistic, BECAUSE that person has an autistic personality?

You go to the authorities about it WHILE ITS HAPPENING, and you've got a chance.

Going after the fact, could be as good a chance. "THEY DROVE ME OUT!"

Your mistake was trying to deal with the situation on your own. There's safety in numbers, and as a disabled person, you had a lot of people and resources on your side, if you only tried to use them.

I'm not sure if you intended this post to be a bit sarcastic and funny (in a really not so funny topic) but, the presentation of the story have me a chuckle this morning so thanks for that.

I do have one question however, was there ever any consideration of approaching the co-worker and simply stating something like, "thank you for allowinge to bask in the light of your jerkiness today however, we are adults (or at least old enough to have a job) and should be able to come to work without being harassed or bullied. I apologize if I incorrectly assumed that you were mature enough to not act like a jock jerk in high school but, if you'll just stay out of my way, I'll stay out of yours!" Or something to that nature. Then if that did not work, contacting your supervisor to ask for assistance? Either way, depending on what state you live in, you may want to consider filing for unemployment. Yes I realize you quit and were not layed off. However, in some states, if you have a legitimate reason for quiting (i.e., jerk co-workers making you feel uncomfortable all day everyday) you can get unemployment even if you quit.

Check it out because the worsted thing that could happen is they deny your claim and your where you are right now. Next time, don't quit! Keep fighting (as much as you can stand it and within reason of course. Wouldn't want anyone going postal lol) for you right to work in a stress free environment. The coworker should have been repremanded and/or fired for bullying.

And what Sethno said too!! !

It was both meant to be a bit sarcastic and funny, and an invitation to hear other people's similar experiences and how they dealt with them - whether there is any good way to deal with it without involving others.

The problem was that everyone in that building agreed on bullying, also my supervisor. I would only make my situation worse by admitting there was a problem, acknowledging their bullying got to me.

Went more like this for me:

Wild Work Schedule Appeared!

Go! Me!

What will Me do?
>Explain inability to work due to conflict with school

Me used Explain inability to work due to conflict with school! It had no effect!

Work Schedule used Schedule! It's super effective!

What will Me do?
>Put in two weeks notice

Me used Put in two weeks notice! Work Schedule's ability "BS" activated! Me is hit with massive recoil!

Work Schedule used "lay off because that's our policy regarding two weeks notice"! It's super effective!

Me became unemployed!

Me fainted!

...

Me didn't worry too much though because Me had another job lined up for them so they can go and suck it. :p

A company in which one's supervisor sanctions bullying, is not a good company to work for. Someone in a position of authority, no matter on what level, should always be approachable to any of their employees, so as to ensure a certain degree of protection that extends to any employee. This is not only good form and common courtesy, it is also proper policy from a professional point of view: happy employees will provide a better service. If your co-workers and one of the supervisors were all insulting you on their whims, then you were right to quit the job. You could, of course, have taken the matter to a superior above the supervisor in question (assuming that there is one), and if they're reasonable, they might just have settled it. Still, it's a very difficult situation to set straight once the animosity toward you has been established. I've had similar experiences at a couple of workplaces, but never as urgent as you describe in your post.

It seems like you can get this job back at any time. That's good. Maybe they really were surprised when you left and probably thought you'd join them in their employment revelry. People play around at work a lot, if given the chance, because jobs can be dull and boring. Yes, sometimes people take things too far and get in trouble. Still, since you left without being fired, I'd imagine you can go back anytime you wanted.

what does "Insult you sufficiently much to be too much." mean?