tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post5309255609609631971..comments2024-03-01T03:37:20.420-05:00Comments on I'M SOMEWHERE ELSE: last chapter of a very long storyAmanda Foresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-13709256589168919552011-12-30T15:18:11.822-05:002011-12-30T15:18:11.822-05:00I just mean people would be more likely to take th...I just mean people would be more likely to take that seriously than the actual stuff you're talking about (basically different kinds of discrimination), not that you could/should make that argument. I don't even really mean I necessarily think that it would have worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-41777553381535023292011-12-30T11:02:16.226-05:002011-12-30T11:02:16.226-05:00My social disability? You know I'd rather eat ...My social disability? You know I'd rather eat glass.<br /><br />Besides, not only would I not want to return to work under people who dislike me so much, but I think the tactic you're referring to only works in movies and TV. Even if I was willing to sue them for the sake of a subminimum wage job, I would never be able to prove why they did certain things, and given the fact that those decisions really weren't caused by my disability, it would be obvious I was playing a card.<br /><br />What really happened is they failed to practice universal design, and they also didn't do their jobs competently. They never took the time to learn things like which counselors were responsible for which campers, and a lot of the time I would get told off for not doing something they thought I was assigned to do. This mostly happened when I was a float, which meant I was responsible for different campers at different times, so I'm guessing they would see me working with a camper and assume that camper was my camper, and then assume I was doing something wrong when they saw me working with a different camper. (They also seemed really angry with me for smoking, which I only did because the staff handbook said it was allowed--if we weren't allowed to smoke at camp I would have quit.)<br /><br />If you mean that I should try and guilt them into letting me come back by implying that they fired me because of my disability, I think I covered that base in the letter, but I'm not hopeful.Amanda Foresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-18775938772126706712011-12-30T08:48:12.559-05:002011-12-30T08:48:12.559-05:00I just realized that if you had disclosed to your ...I just realized that if you had disclosed to your employers you would have a decent chance of making the argument that people were discriminating against you on the basis of your social disability and you might would get to keep the job. <br /><br />I just thought I'd mention that in case the situation is not frustrating enough already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-79695607178068359602011-12-30T03:42:42.298-05:002011-12-30T03:42:42.298-05:00My mistake for making assumptions.
Doing the righ...My mistake for making assumptions.<br /><br />Doing the right thing is hard. =(Neurodivergent Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02815685510033244185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-70444271254977188712011-12-30T01:43:24.865-05:002011-12-30T01:43:24.865-05:00There are some preteens/teenagers at camp, but mos...There are some preteens/teenagers at camp, but most of the campers are middle-aged or older. Which makes them "adults like me," and I am so lucky to have known them. :)Amanda Foresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-23066709371598005442011-12-29T04:17:29.124-05:002011-12-29T04:17:29.124-05:00I am so sorry you're dealing with this. And I ...I am so sorry you're dealing with this. And I am so, so sad that those campers are missing out on knowing an adult like them.Neurodivergent Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02815685510033244185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-21846115749648974022011-12-28T13:47:42.235-05:002011-12-28T13:47:42.235-05:00I've noticed the phenomenon draws with pens me...I've noticed the phenomenon draws with pens mentions more times than I can count, and I do suspect that that could've been what happened... it really, really sucks to be caught on the wrong end of that.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13049791290350177559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-3374865672460855552011-12-28T09:35:16.349-05:002011-12-28T09:35:16.349-05:00I'm really sorry, Amanda. It sucks that a pri...I'm really sorry, Amanda. It sucks that a prick like that other counselor is apparently A-OK with whoever runs that camp, but somebody like you gets treated like an outcast and then asked not to come back.Mtthwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044477052374837348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-42815085112128038472011-12-28T06:51:55.512-05:002011-12-28T06:51:55.512-05:00I don't think you did anything that bad. That ...I don't think you did anything that bad. That guy is an asshole for talking about the campers that way. <br /><br />I wonder if he's friends with the people in charge though and if you're being singled out unfairly because you lack the connections he does or something. Like it's something weird and political like that. People will a lot of times treat other people differently just because they have a relationship with them and then they'll turn around and claim you did something wrong when it wasn't really any worse than anything anyone else is doing, it's just that you're outside the inner circle. <br /><br />I dunno. I've been obsessed with unfairness lately, so that's my take on it. I can't really judge, not having been there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com