Today, I was interviewing a woman for a job. She told me that she may need days off because of her artistic son. I jokingly replied, "Does he color on the walls or something?" She then stared at me with a weird look on her face. Autistic, her son is autistic. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while at my friend's house, I noticed her brother had a bit of an accent. I laughingly said "Is it me or does your little brother have an accent?" She stared and replied with "No, he has autism." FML
Today, a girl I'd been crushing on for a little while and I were talking about autism. Some of the last words she said were "I try to not find autistic people so fucking annoying, but I can't help it. But can you blame me?” I'm autistic. FML
Today, I had to deal with a lady who claimed her son was autistic to try and skip the queue. Even her son was saying he’s not autistic, and she was screaming in his face that yes he was. I happen to be genuinely autistic. Security threw her out, and I was jealous that I didn’t get to do it. FML
Today, my wife, in all seriousness, told me she believed I am autistic. With all due respect to autistic people out there, WTF? FML
Today, I was at the park with my autistic son when I noticed a teenage girl imitating him by flapping her hands and walking on her toes. Fed up with children mocking my son, I went over and sternly lectured the girl's mother. Turns out, her daughter is autistic too and will be in my son's class. FML
Today, a guy at work pulled me aside to tell me that I probably shouldn't be working a job where I have to interact with customers, because of my autism. I don't have autism. FML
Today, I was shopping when I overheard a woman telling an employee that she was buying an iPad for her 5-year-old son. Annoyed, I turned around and ranted about how he should have more age appropriate toys. Then she explained that her son is autistic and will be using the iPad to communicate. FML
Today, my therapist mentioned we should look into the possibility of me being autistic. When telling my boyfriend what she'd said, he replied, “I don’t think you’re autistic, just damaged.” FML
Today, I asked the girl who has a crush on me if she was autistic. She replied without hesitation, "I can be whatever you want me to be." FML
Today, my coworker was going on and on about how her son was nice and got good grades but that she needed to find him a therapist because he's too shy in class, and how she didn't want her friends to think badly of her. She's a counselor. I sat in silence for almost an hour, because all I could think was, "WTF? Poor kid." FML
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Mynameislinh 24
Well, they do sound alike... You could explain to her the misunderstanding and everything may be cleared up.
Vagitarian1 10
You could see that one coming.
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corporatecasual 3
Original poster here, didn't realize I wasn't logged in when I posted it. Anyway, yes I cleared the misunderstanding up. For those of you saying I should have used context, I had just finished a lengthy interview process and had told her that I was very confident she would get the job so I genuinely thought she was making a joke. I do also feel like she should have told me she needed days off before the very end of the interview, but obviously everybody makes mistakes.
Syssy_fml 2
Yeah, because everybody busts out the I'm gonna need days off for an ARTISTIC child during an interview. Wow, I can't stop laughing..NOT! And she isn't gonna tell you first thing about neesing days off b/c as you point out...she should have told you sooner...meaning you would have illegally dismissed her for a job she is obviously qualified for! Your job needs someone new doing the interviews, you obviously can't hear and are prejudicial.
Syssy_fml 2
*needing
corporatecasual 3
Umm... First of all, you're just straight up wrong about that. It would be inappropriate if I asked her about needing days off for her son, and she really shouldn't have specified that she would need days off because of her son. Denying her the job because she needed days off is well within my legal rights as an employer. It only becomes an issue if she decides to sue claiming I discriminated against her which she could only claim if I knew about her son in the first place. And since she volunteered the information, I'm completely without fault. And as far as being prejudiced, I misheard her. I wasn't making fun of her son in any way shape or form. I think as a human being I'm entitled to the occasional mistake. Kinda like you saying prejudicial when I assume you meant prejudiced. So why don't you pick up a dictionary, human resources handbook, and generally all the written material you can find(because you really need the practice) and then come on back.
EnderWolf1013 9
did you tell you were mistaken
magikarpsmurfs 19
Guess you gotta give her the job now.....
andiesaur 18
Poking fun at others' children is never a good idea. It really sucks that it turned out like that, but you deserved it, OP.
lina21 12
Think before you speak OP. Obviously, you thought it was weird that someone would need time off for their "artistic" son. Think about it
FYoLifeLol 10
Assume autistic when in doubt. An artistic child doesn't logically explain what she said.
Ahaddad123 27
Dude just explain you thought she said artistic and that your very sorry
MRF1REMAN 2
I'm on the Autism Spectrum as an Aspergers diagnoses. personally I think it's hilarious.
paxtramp 1
I'm always amused at the abbreviation for the Family Medical Leave Act
Leawkward 6
Maybe she had an accent?