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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Zero "friends" at work |
| shortfatbalduglyman |
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| Been working at home Depot for three and a half years and counting as a Lot Attendant Zero "friends". It amazes me how quickly new hires make friends. Home Depot hires convicted felons You never know who has : Felony conviction Psychiatric diagnosis Concealed weapon Gang membership Drug ad... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you UNHAPPY today. |
| shortfatbalduglyman |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:00 pm
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Replies: 32,002
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dog bark scared the s**t out of my worthless corpse.
ass holes had the nerve to grunt "huh" @ me. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you happy today. |
| shortfatbalduglyman |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:59 pm
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with pliers, finally started the dryer. 
fedex store lemmie go to their litterbox. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Constantly afraid |
| shortfatbalduglyman |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:55 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Why would you get sent to jail Framed for a felony Because sometimes someone thinks I look suspicious. The way I walk is weird (according to them). Inadequate eye contact. Whatever. Someone would likely have to invest significant effort in order to frame you for a felony. It's very unlikely that so... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Safeway security guard |
| shortfatbalduglyman |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:53 pm
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Replies: 9
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| bee thank you very much for your answer. plenty of people tried and failed to achieve (what they correctly or wrongly) fancied as their ideal jobs. not everyone has the same ideal job. plenty of people do not work at their ideal jobs, for many reasons: personality, health, luck, intelligence. not ev... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Safeway security guard |
| shortfatbalduglyman |
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Posted: Yesterday, 2:16 pm
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Replies: 9
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| I think the "real" reason why some companies put on "song and dance" about "diversity", is b/c the companies want to appeal to a larger customer base. I think that's very likely. There really is a Human Rights Buyers' Guide, Safeway claims to be in there, so I guess th... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Constantly afraid |
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Posted: Yesterday, 2:10 pm
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Replies: 8
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babybird wrote: Why would you get sent to jail
Framed for a felony
Because sometimes someone thinks I look suspicious. The way I walk is weird (according to them). Inadequate eye contact. Whatever. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Constantly afraid |
| shortfatbalduglyman |
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Posted: Yesterday, 11:47 am
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Constant anxiety
Fear of
Getting sent to jail
Getting hit by a car
Getting physically assaulted
Getting sued
Getting made redundant
Diseases and disabilities |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: "can you" |
| shortfatbalduglyman |
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Posted: Yesterday, 11:16 am
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Replies: 8
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| Rse I do not go around micromanaging their speech patterns or anything else. However that is not because I don't want to or because I am morally superior to that kind of behavior. Instead it is because home Depot hires convicted felons. I don't have any method of finding out which particular one has... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you UNHAPPY today. |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2024, 8:33 pm
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| knob broke on the dryer. now i have to waste time, $$ and energy hiring someone to fix it. and have to hang the wet clothes to dry. Good thing it's april and not that cold. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: "can you" |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2024, 8:31 pm
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Replies: 8
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| "Please" is not a tongue twister and not hard to pronounce, for me. "Can you" is two syllables and "please" is just one syllable. "please" is short for "if you please", which means "if you want". "Can you" sounds like just b/c you... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Safeway security guard |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2024, 8:09 pm
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Replies: 9
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| My guess is that he was being a tad malicious but backed off when he figured out he might get into trouble for it. Safeway's management crows about its reputation on diversity and inclusion, and wouldn't take kindly to an employee bringing them into disrepute in case they get downgraded by the Huma... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: "can you" |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2024, 6:39 am
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Replies: 8
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| "precision of language" ("the giver") At my job at home Depot, all customers and associates phrase requests as "can you". "Can you" is not specific enough. "Can you" could mean "do you know how", "will you", "are you allowed ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: "helping people" |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2024, 6:28 am
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Replies: 10
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Bee
Nobody is perfect
One quality could be a good thing in one situation and a bad thing in a different situation
For example, some job descriptions specify "outgoing", but outgoing is not always a good thing
It is not possible to objectively measure the quality of a character trait |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Safeway security guard |
| shortfatbalduglyman |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2024, 5:58 am
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Replies: 9
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| Bee Not everyone defines and measures "friendliness" the same way Yes, like you said, it is possible he was trying to be "friendly", but I don't think that was a good way to be "friendly" or "engage in conversation ". However I am not telepathic. For all I kno... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Safeway security guard |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 11:01 pm
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Replies: 9
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| Today I had barely walked inside Safeway when some dude in a security guard uniform had the nerve to walk towards me, with an over exaggeration of my walking gait. "You got a pimp walk", he had the nerve to tell me. "The way that I walk is a function of autism", I told him. Then ... |
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