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It's "Bring Your Kid to Work Day" AKA - SuperSpreader day, spring edition.The Lone Badger posted:Do you mean the aquatic mammal or the war-crime-enthusiasts? It probably is the former, but: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUoNnX045A
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If I have to ask my coworker a question I have to ask him 5 god damned times in a loving row before this motherfucker will register ALL the words in his brain. Even if I say them slowly, clearly and am as brief as possible. gently caress this untreated adhd-rear end motherfucker.
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Apr 25, 2024 23:10
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Yo it actually sucks to have ADHD, no need to be ableist about it
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Apr 26, 2024 02:50
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Had to call out today because I caught a stomach bug. Three other dudes were out yesterday for the same thing. My boss texts me back, "But it's (other worker)'s day off!" because he's upset the front desk will only have one person working instead of two, which means he'll have to help. Dude, I don't care. I'm making GBS threads and puking like crazy, and I'm already seeing a specialist Monday to figure out why I keep making GBS threads blood. A stomach bug on top of this is loving awful, I feel awful, and do you really want me in to get everyone else sick? What the gently caress. The only other days I've missed recently was when I had to go to the ER three months back (because I started making GBS threads blood at work badly) and then a month ago I left work when a coworker died (not at work, but he worked with me literally every day so I was a bit upset.) gently caress this place. The only reason I stay is because they pay $22/hr and have halfway decent benefits.
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Apr 26, 2024 03:06
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:If I have to ask my coworker a question I have to ask him 5 god damned times in a loving row before this motherfucker will register ALL the words in his brain. Even if I say them slowly, clearly and am as brief as possible. gently caress this untreated adhd-rear end motherfucker. Dude, gently caress you. If you think it sucks to deal with from your end, imagine what it feels like to have to live with an auditory processing disorder. It's not something you can medicate, either. It's just a job. Stop being ableist and grow some compassion.
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Apr 26, 2024 03:11
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The coworker might not be disabled... He might just be a moron
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Apr 26, 2024 04:22
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Seriously. As someone with ADHD that wasn't diagnosed until well into adulthood, it really sucked to wait what were we talking about again?
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Apr 26, 2024 06:12
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2am scrolling job postings on linked in is a sign things are going so well at my work
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Apr 26, 2024 07:19
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This week my tasks included destroying hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold and copper. We did it overnight, and I was told I did a good job.
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Apr 26, 2024 07:34
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Outrail posted:A rare win there. This is a bit of a necro, but the board consultant at my last job, after hours, said the board was the most greedy and corrupt group of people he'd ever seen. After I quit he quit a few weeks later. He also said wear wool socks when you are on the road, those were real words to live by. Chocobo posted:This week my tasks included destroying hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold and copper. We did it overnight, and I was told I did a good job. "You destroyed that 100,000 dollars great job, where did it, go?" "We destroyed it, it's gone." "Great good job!" Was that what happened? Really? Well poo poo I had a place tell me I should make a 6000 dollar touchscreen monitor disappear but I didn't take it like an idiot. Washout fucked around with this message at 07:43 on Apr 26, 2024 |
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Apr 26, 2024 07:40
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Washout posted:"You destroyed that 100,000 dollars great job, where did it, go?" "We destroyed it, it's gone." "Great good job!" To be fair, it was oversized ore that we couldn't really utilize. I could have smashed most of it down to useful size in the same amount of time, but that wasn't my orders. It was several times my annual income being destroyed in the span of a few hours.
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Apr 26, 2024 07:53
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Hey, peon, destroy this gold for me. It's too big, you see.
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Apr 26, 2024 07:55
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Chocobo posted:To be fair, it was oversized ore that we couldn't really utilize. I could have smashed most of it down to useful size in the same amount of time, but that wasn't my orders. It was several times my annual income being destroyed in the span of a few hours. I know that ore generally arrives at the berth pre-ground to a ideal size but lmao
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Apr 26, 2024 08:23
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Volmarias posted:Seriously. As someone with ADHD that wasn't diagnosed until well into adulthood, it really sucked to wait what were we talking about again? I'm pretty sure I have undiagnosed ADHD, and I've been meaning to get tested but for some reason I just can't find the motivation to call. (I just self medicate with caffeine and Modafinil instead)
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Apr 26, 2024 11:50
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:If I have to ask my coworker a question I have to ask him 5 god damned times in a loving row before this motherfucker will register ALL the words in his brain. Even if I say them slowly, clearly and am as brief as possible. gently caress this untreated adhd-rear end motherfucker. Sounds like just a guy. Most people are loving stupid. If you can read and retain information the first time you're in the 99th percentile Source: my rear end.
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Apr 26, 2024 12:12
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Samuel L. Hacksaw posted:Sounds like just a guy. Most people are loving stupid. If you can read and retain information the first time you're in the 99th percentile Tl;dr
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Apr 26, 2024 12:15
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People with ADHD were at some point asked "Can I have your attention?" and didn't realize the person asking was a fae.
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Apr 26, 2024 12:40
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Samuel L. Hacksaw posted:Sounds like just a guy. Most people are loving stupid. If you can read and retain information the first time you're in the 99th percentile Just had a quick chat with my butthole and we think your dumb rear end is onto something.
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Apr 26, 2024 14:42
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My partner has ADHD and has gotten medicated this year, it has helped immensely with the executive function but it doesn't necessarily automatically resolve the hearing/processing difficulties. ADHD is a disability and some portions can't be medicated away - even if your dude was medicated, there's a high possibility you'd still be doing this. And if someone had physical hearing difficulties, you wouldn't be like 'gently caress I gotta repeat myself for this loving deaf guy all the time, what an rear end in a top hat, learn to lipread'
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Apr 26, 2024 15:18
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I taught kindergarten for 15 years so when I need to tell someone something important like a meeting time/place I immediately follow up with relevant questions like "What time do we meet back here" and "How will you know it's the right place" that reinforce the essential information. So far this has been effective with large groups, bored teenagers, and autistic preschoolers with echolalia, so please try it on your coworkers too.
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Apr 26, 2024 15:42
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peanut posted:I taught kindergarten for 15 years so when I need to tell someone something important like a meeting time/place I immediately follow up with relevant questions like "What time do we meet back here" and "How will you know it's the right place" that reinforce the essential information. Great idea, you can dress it up in business terms by asking for a back-brief.
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Apr 26, 2024 15:56
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It literally sounds like Charlie Brown's parents talking to you, it sucks rear end. I can manage everything else (and really should get assessed once I sort the rest of our poo poo) but the Auditory Processing poo poo is legitimately a massive issue, especially with background noise like phone static, or tattoo machines or my kid's white noise machine. People take it so personally too, my wife is wound up over it because I can otherwise hear a pin drop but talk to me in a room with a kettle boiling in it and I'll have to like bear down and concentrate like I'm charging a psychic attack to actually know what you've fuckin said to me
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Apr 26, 2024 16:05
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Samuel L. Hacksaw posted:Sounds like just a guy. Most people are loving stupid. If you can read and retain information the first time you're in the 99th percentile Most of my disappointments at work essentially boil down to me making the mistake of assuming competency at the start.
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Edit: nm not worth it
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peanut posted:I taught kindergarten for 15 years so when I need to tell someone something important like a meeting time/place I immediately follow up with relevant questions like "What time do we meet back here" and "How will you know it's the right place" that reinforce the essential information. Communication 1 - say everything as if you're talking to yourself filtered out for absolutely not understandable vocab or concepts. Normal jargon, a level of detail you would immediately understand, dressed up or down to what the level of the target should be able to understand after a few reiterations. Communication 2 and demonstration 1 - say everything as if they are a little baby who was born yesterday. Translate jargon to the level they are at ex. executives and tradespeople have different focuses. Demonstrate what you want to get across in an ordered list or diagram, or demonstrate something in a tool or workspace that you're expecting the target to be using/doing. Communication 3 and check for understanding - say everything as if you are talking to yourself unfiltered. The target should now play back what they heard in their own voice in confirmation. Optional communication 4 - for large groups, do the equivalent of meeting minutes. This should be at baby level again with jargon only for clarity. Include demo 2 when possible ex. if there's a recording of something important, or if there's an ordered list/diagram of things that people need to do. Same exact template whether I am telling the help how to transact in a business software or running a business process workshop.
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Shoehead posted:It literally sounds like Charlie Brown's parents talking to you, it sucks rear end. I can manage everything else (and really should get assessed once I sort the rest of our poo poo) but the Auditory Processing poo poo is legitimately a massive issue, especially with background noise like phone static, or tattoo machines or my kid's white noise machine. People take it so personally too, my wife is wound up over it because I can otherwise hear a pin drop but talk to me in a room with a kettle boiling in it and I'll have to like bear down and concentrate like I'm charging a psychic attack to actually know what you've fuckin said to me .... this makes sense why I was so good at transcription, listening to one voice and nothing else, and feel like I'm poo poo in a front office with the loving radio on, people talking at me constantly when I'm on the phone. I hate the loving radio so much and the second my coworker leaves at 3 I will immediately turn it down and just bask in the silence. I cope by keeping a gigantic notepad++ with several tabs for different things because lol if my brain will hold onto anything useful for more than 5 seconds ask me where the moogle charm in ff6 is tho, I gotchu
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thathonkey posted:2am scrolling job postings on linked in is a sign things are going so well at my work God speed, goon o7 The other day I came out of a meeting and hopped onto LinkedIn immediately afterwards to enable my 'open to work' banner lol Can people I work with see it? Sure, I hope they do in fact
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Not only can the people you worked.irh see it, if they suck they'll pull you into the office and panic and demand you take down your resume. It's neat.
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Apr 26, 2024 22:21
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Nice to see some solidarity with auditory processing issues. Even people that really care fuckin' HATE repeating themselves.
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I don't like it because I'm not listening to what I'm saying either and trying to remember what it was makes me flustered
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peanut posted:So far this has been effective with large groups, bored teenagers, and autistic preschoolers with echolalia, so please try it on your coworkers too. You have to understand the people we work with aren't nearly as competent as your audience.
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Bixington posted:Nice to see some solidarity with auditory processing issues. Even people that really care fuckin' HATE repeating themselves. I have the variety that makes me say "What?" and by the time the person is halfway through repeating themselves, my brain has finally put the words together and I don't need it repeated. So much fun. E wrong quote
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Ravus Ursus posted:Not only can the people you worked.irh see it, if they suck they'll pull you into the office and panic and demand you take down your resume. In Australia they won't demand poo poo if they know what's good for them. I'm looking forward to a future out of that horrid place, but god knows how long it will take in this market 
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Shoehead posted:It literally sounds like Charlie Brown's parents talking to you, it sucks rear end. I can manage everything else (and really should get assessed once I sort the rest of our poo poo) but the Auditory Processing poo poo is legitimately a massive issue, especially with background noise like phone static, or tattoo machines or my kid's white noise machine. People take it so personally too, my wife is wound up over it because I can otherwise hear a pin drop but talk to me in a room with a kettle boiling in it and I'll have to like bear down and concentrate like I'm charging a psychic attack to actually know what you've fuckin said to me Ohhh this describes me frequently, background noise messes me up especially phone calls and this is a challenge because I'm an interpreter getting blasted with two languages at once
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For anyone who struggles separating background noise from the thing you're listening to I highly recommend getting some misophonia earplugs. I got Flare Calmers for only $25 and they solved a whole lot of issues for me. They're not standard earplugs that block out noise, they're specifically made for people with misophonia or hyperacusis and they just block out the parts of noises that make it difficult to concentrate or cause distress. I've heard the more expensive Calmer Pro is better (easier to insert/remove, more comfortable even though the regular isn't exactly uncomfortable, works a lil better), if I could go back in time I'd probably buy those instead
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StrangersInTheNight posted:My partner has ADHD and has gotten medicated this year, it has helped immensely with the executive function but it doesn't necessarily automatically resolve the hearing/processing difficulties. ADHD is a disability and some portions can't be medicated away - even if your dude was medicated, there's a high possibility you'd still be doing this. And if someone had physical hearing difficulties, you wouldn't be like 'gently caress I gotta repeat myself for this loving deaf guy all the time, what an rear end in a top hat, learn to lipread' Quoting this post but could have been one of a few here. So I managed a small team and I had someone in my team a while back who suffered from severe ADHD. Problem was they would not engage with the business at all about thier issues. So from the outside thier performance looked all over the place, like they were just a lazy bad employee. I was getting asked to put them on a PIP for performance but I can't raise thier medical issue with HR. I don't even need to know the issue, I just need HR to know so it can be factored into performance goals. The business cannot make accommodations if they don't know there's accommodations to make. Mental health issues are just as relevant as any physical disability and in my experience folk are happy to make an effort. But someone in the business needs to know. Did eventually get them to chat to HR about it and everything got sorted out in the end. They still work there. So all good in the end. Not all businesses will welcome that information but even the US has fairly strong ADA protections as I understand.
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Not sure if it's similar overseas but here in Australia, you don't even have to tell your employer what your disability is, just naming the accommodations you need is enough to get support. I work in HR and specifically within disability inclusion and there's lots of things I've gotten sorted for employees (noise cancelling headphones, light diffusers, etc) but what really seems to make a huge difference for people is having a manager who is able to have a conversation about how they can best support their employee to do their role.
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Collateral Damage posted:People with ADHD were at some point asked "Can I have your attention?" and didn't realize the person asking was a fae. gently caress, suddenly it all makes sense Shoehead posted:It literally sounds like Charlie Brown's parents talking to you, it sucks rear end. I can manage everything else (and really should get assessed once I sort the rest of our poo poo) but the Auditory Processing poo poo is legitimately a massive issue, especially with background noise like phone static, or tattoo machines or my kid's white noise machine. People take it so personally too, my wife is wound up over it because I can otherwise hear a pin drop but talk to me in a room with a kettle boiling in it and I'll have to like bear down and concentrate like I'm charging a psychic attack to actually know what you've fuckin said to me Auditory processing is the absolute worst. How do you explain to someone "yeah, I heard you, in the same way that you hear someone speak a foreign language you don't know" without sounding like a tool? And then there are people with strong accents; I don't want to seem racist! I just want you to take my request that we do text only or video calls seriously because I literally cannot understand you otherwise! I especially hate, hate, hate voice only phone calls. Video calling is the absolute best and I absolutely prefer it whenever possible, and I'm glad that it exists. I utterly hate that some people feel "let me just pick up the phone and talk to the person that way" is the best way to communicate, I'm sure it might be for them but fffffffffffffffff
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Seems to me like you're just not a team player. Kidding, I have ADHD and processing issues too. 
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Samuel L. Hacksaw posted:Sounds like just a guy. Most people are loving stupid. If you can read and retain information the first time you're in the 99th percentile I literally had to tell people to get the gently caress out of an aseptic cleanroom and never come back because they had a couple claustrophobic panic attacks in the room during drug fills after 2 months of training that included 2 weeks of daily gowning practice.
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