Post 465 - (I've got a job!)

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animallover
Phoenix
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:58 pm Post subject: I've got a job!

And it is the perfect job for an aspie - a 911 operator - so I get to help people, but never have to worry about eye contact (except with co-workers, but that can't be helped unless you work at home) and I never have to form deep relationships - we are talking 5-10 minutes with each person tops . . . Oh - and I will probably be working nights - even better! My parents are not thrilled as they think the job is 'below' me - but it pays good and I think it is perfect - and the best part is that it doesn't start until 7/19 so I have two and a half weeks of 'fun time' to go to and do some stuff I want to (like go to the zoo and get a squished penny from there - you know those things they have at a lot of public attractions) and finish up this quilt I'm working on . . . Wow! I'm stunned . . . I wish I had a live person to tell, but you guys will work also . . .

NeantHumain
Phoenix
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Joined: Jun 25, 2004
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Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 12:06 am Post subject:

Congratulations! I got a job for the first time in a couple of years a few weeks ago. I'm working a lot now, but it's okay because I need the money.

sparkplugloy
Deinonychus

Joined: Jun 24, 2004
Posts: 316
Location: South of France

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:49 am Post subject: I got a job.

Being a 911 operator seems a great job. It is cool to help people this way. So congratulations. I also got a job recently - I was told yesterday night actually. This is a part-time job so I can continue my studies at the same time. I will work as a translator for the website of an online shop which sells movies products. The webmaster and owner of the shop is a man I met online and I have already translated one of his websites. Loy _________________ Nicolas (spark).

flamingjune
Blue Jay

Joined: Jun 26, 2004
Posts: 96

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 3:09 am Post subject: Congratulations

I hope it goes well. It sounds like a job that will be extremely rewarding in a personal sense. I wanted to be a nurse, but I'm so against touching people it'd never do. I never even thought about doing 911. Let me know how it goes, I might like to try that myself...

Taineyah
Pileated woodpecker

Joined: Jun 25, 2004
Posts: 194
Location: Ontario, Canada

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 8:17 am Post subject:

Best of luck with your job. It sounds great!!!!!!!! and remember, no job is below you, ever. Aspies (in general) are theoretically a lot more intellectually capable than is practical because we just can't relate. I don't know if that sentence makes sense, but what I'm trying to say is that, although we are very smart, we can't always use that intelligence in a practical application because we can't always get our points across in a polite manner in face to face encounters. I hope that made sense and didn't come across as insulting. I just think that people, like our parents, put too much pressure on us because we are intelligent people and we get bogged down trying to live up to unreasonable expectations. _________________ Without the weird people, how could anyone define normal?

animallover
Phoenix
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 12:19 pm Post subject:

Flamingjune - you sound like me a lot - I've always loved criminology and police work and paramedics and stuff like that - but I don't think I could be on THAT end of things - right there with people while they are hurt or dying or something - there would be too many sounds and sights and flashing lights . . . I had thought about nursing or being a Dr. or even a vet, too, but, same thing - too much to process at once . . . and also, can you think about how many facial expressions and eye contact you'd have to interepret at once?! BUT 911 - you are on the phone and your job is very set out - you find out what is wrong and where the person is and then you send someone to help them . . . and maybe talk to them for a little while to help them feel better . . . so that is perfect . . . all the helping with none of the scary stuff

TyroneShoelaces
Snowy Owl

Joined: Jun 19, 2004
Posts: 150

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 12:31 pm Post subject: Well done Animallover

Hi Animallover Molto Congratulations on your new job! Your theoretical understanding of human behaviour would make you quite an asset in such a position, I daresay. Strangely enough, I secured a permanent teaching position in the special education class of my former high-school - needless to say, all is good in the world! QUICK ASPIES! APPLY FOR JOBS BEFORE OUR LUCK RUNS OUT Well done once more Tyrone Shoelaces

animallover
Phoenix
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 12:21 am Post subject:

That is great! I think special education is a perfect place too, for obvious reasons . . . This is funny - before I found out about this job, the special olympics called me for a donation - and I do like them, but I nearly hung up on them because I didn't have a job, but I literally thought 'Oh, wait, some of those people have something very similar to me . . .' so I said I'd give them $10 My reasoning just made me laugh . . .