Tired of this "elitist" BS

[Flyndaran]

Me neither

FWIW, anything more complicated than addition/subtraction with fractions confuses the hell out of me still. I can do some simple multiplication, but tend to take a somewhat complex-to-anyone-else shortcut.

I've had one or two employers think I was "slow" (GameStore owner sticks out in that regard)...I didn't disclose my Aspergers because it wasn't relevant to the job/would not affect my performance. Either way, condescending to me if I don't catch something the first time (most likely case of this is someone going too fast) pisses me off bigtime.

An inability to do basic math is a learning disability. Most people think that everyone has levels of intelligence even across the board. Of course they might think you are slow if they initially only know this aspect.
We all make assumptions. You were angry because they made an assumption that wasn't true but only because of information they didn't have?
That seems a bit unfair.
Now, if after they were given sufficient information they still treated you differently, then they were idiots irrespective of testable intelligence.

[kiwi]

Grammar Police

I thought you people would like this

[Dreamstalker]

An inability to do basic math is a learning disability. Most people think that everyone has levels of intelligence even across the board. Of course they might think you are slow if they initially only know this aspect.

Math itself I have little trouble with, it's only fractions that throw me at times (and only then specific ones)...interestingly, convert the same fractions to decimal notation and have no problems at all. I can handle a register, and was always one of the few people who could still process transactions if the register was down.

Any disability I may have has little if anything to do with academic/executive functioning. GameStore guy was a control freak who didn't like my taking the reins of what I was hired for.

[Flyndaran]

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Any disability I may have has little if anything to do with academic/executive functioning. GameStore guy was a control freak who didn't like my taking the reins of what I was hired for.

The a-hole ex making a mountain out of a molehill, again?

[the_std]

Aaaarrrrgh... I just saw another thread on CS that makes me want to bash my head against a wall. It's called a SPELL-CHECK! Hell, Firefox does it automatically for me! That little red underline shows up and all you have to do is right-click and it will show you the correct word!

I don't know why, but mistakes in the titles of threads piss me off the most. It's the initial presentation of the post, why not take the time to make sure it looks good?

[katie kaboom]

I don't know why, but mistakes in the titles of threads piss me off the most. It's the initial presentation of the post, why not take the time to make sure it looks good?

My guess is some people just get so caught up in needing to vent they just don't notice it until it's too late. At that point, I would assume that only a mod could go in and correct the thread title.

[Rapscallion]

It's a strange quirk of the software that the original poster can change the title inside the thread, but the alteration outside has to be done by a moderator. Not sure why, but we're quite amenable to changing something if it's pointed out to us.

Rapscallion