[SPAM] Re: My job situation......

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That's just the way things are here in the States, where the focus is

on greed and capitalism.. " I don't care if you get yours, as long as

I get mine " type of mentalitty. It's even worse here in the southern

USA where much discrimination goes on even today. I was talking with

a couple, who are neighbors of mine, downstairs. I thought they were

going to use the " n " word, when referring to dark skinned people.

Then they said, " Oh, the politically correct term must be 'African

American' " . No wonder why I find it such a difficult time living in

the South. It's as if people still think it's the Civil War and such

from the mid 1860's. That's the general mentality of the people

here. Definitely, I cannot foresee myself living in this part of the

USA once I leave Chattanooga for good.

And people want to know why I find myself having a difficult time

developing new friendships in the South.

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> > > From: <msrpsilver@>

> > > Subject: My job situation......

> > > To: aspires-relationshi <mailto:aspires-relationships%

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> ps

> > > Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 7:26 PM

> > > I want to tell all of you about my work situation as well.

> > > I spoke with both people, who hired me for my current

> > > position,

> > > today. The first person encouraged me to be very positive

> > > and to

> > > think that way. Seemed like he understood my situation.

> > > That was

> > > one of the co-owners of the company. I thanked him for

> > > listening to

> > > me.

> > >

> > > On the other hand, I spoke with my immediate supervisor

> > > after work.

> > > When I disclosed to him that I was officially diagnosed

> > > with ADHD (I

> > > have most, but not all, of the DSM-IV symptoms for AS), he

> > > looked at

> > > the DSM-IV requirements for inattentiveness. All that came

> > > out of

> > > his mouth was the following:

> > >

> > > " If you can't be focused for long stretches of

> > > time in this position,

> > > I don't have a place for you here. I hope you get taken

> > > care of

> > > quickly whatever it is you need to do so. I take very

> > > seriously

> > > knowing that I have to feed 40 families every payday (we

> > > have 40

> > > employees in the company). If you don't get your

> > > situation taken

> > > care of quickly, I can't keep letting you work

> > > here. " He never

> > > encouraged me at any time (except for getting help). All he

> > > could

> > > think was bottom line, which I can understand with the

> > > company's need

> > > to keep itself afloat and such. He has a military

> > > background and

> > > acted as if I was nothing more than a cog in the wheel that

> > > makes the

> > > company go. His perception of me was a bad one - " I

> > > keep having to

> > > repeat to you time and time again on every project what to

> > > do and I

> > > am not sure how much more of this I can deal with and such.

> > > I don't

> > > understand you - some of the time you seem to understand

> > > what you're

> > > doing and other times, I don't know if you comprehend

> > > anything at

> > > all. "

> > >

> > > I am who I am with being officially ADHD and unofficially

> > > AS. I will

> > > keep doing the best I can, although my supervisor's

> > > perception is

> > > also one of " my perception of you is that you

> > > don't seem to care at

> > > all " . He went on to explain why and such.

> > >

> > > Given all that, I am convinced that this door at the

> > > company will

> > > soon be closing for me and another door will soon open in

> > > the near

> > > future. I am *not* at all convinced that my immediate

> > > supervisor

> > > truly cares for a lot more than the " bottom

> > > line " . He claims he is

> > > concerned about all his employees, but I don't see that

> > > in him much

> > > (other than his exclamation of what I mentioned earlier).

> > >

> > > I am taking this in faith (or whatever way anyone wants to

> > > call it)

> > > that things will work out for the best. The great news is

> > > that I

> > > have an incredible amount of support if what I think will

> > > happen does

> > > happen. Moreso, I'll force my immediate supervisor to

> > > fire me with

> > > official notification if needed, so I can get the services

> > > I need in

> > > my community and from the state I live in the interim. My

> > > gut

> > > feeling is that I'll no longer be working there after

> > > another two

> > > weeks to a month at most. I'm getting my resume

> > > updated and

> > > notifying past references as well. I'll be just fine,

> > > as I know this

> > > could be a very rough time for me (and I'm preparing

> > > for a rough

> > > time).

> > >

> > > Thanks for reading this, and best of wishes to all of you -

> > >

> >

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