This is KInd of Funny

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I have this boss who I have worked for a while now, but whenever I'm around him, I have a horrible time reading his facial cues - and this is coming from somebody that always always always has trouble with facial cues. For some reason with him, it's even worse, it's all just a blur. THis causes me some trouble, for instance sometimes I don't hear what he's telling me to do because I'm freaking out over trying to get what his face is saying. He's a very nice person, I have no idea why the problem. Anyway, in my usual style, I just try to pretend like nothing is happening, even though I'm having panic attacks inside my head. I find it really difficult to be in his presence.

Well I got my review from him and guess what it said - that I am always very calm no matter what and I calm him down when he's feeling stressed because of it. Haha. Score one for the social nitwits!

+1 for social nitwits

Maybe you're not as bad as you think you are.

I just put a mask on my face. Don't let him see you panic. Don't let him see you panic.

Poor guy, you know he just wants to tell me what to do and have me do it, not see me fall apart for reasons he couldn't even begin to comprehend. I've really thought of keeping a tape recorder going in my pocket though, so when I miss what he says I can just rewind it.

I bet he wouldn't like that! I bet you have an intrinsic knowledge of your job--which helps fill in the blanks.

Not so much with him, he works in a different department that I never worked in before.

Yeah, I think it would be kind of creepy even though my reasons for doing it aren't creepy, so that's why I don't do it!