Math good, social interaction bad
Dec. 2nd, 2012 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetRestaurant reconnaissance homework + social phobia = recipe for disaster poorly completed homework.
I'M SORRY I FEEL TOO INSECURE TO WALK UP TO THE COUNTER AND LOOK AT THE FOOD OPTIONS WITHOUT ACTUALLY ORDERING ANYTHING. I'M SORRY MY ANXIETY MEANS I'M MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE TO OBSERVE FROM A DISTANCE FROM WHICH I CANNOT ACTUALLY SEE ALL THE RELEVANT DETAILS SUCH AS WHETHER SERVERS ARE WEARING JEWELRY OR HAIR NETS BUT WHERE I ALSO DON'T HAVE TO INTERACT WITH THEM. I'M SORRY MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE ASSIGNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS. (Note: Not actually sorry.)
But most of all? I'm sorry (read: regret that) I misinterpreted the assignment as something I conceivably could do from a distance of twenty feet/six meeters away or more, that had little to no direct personal interaction. Had I once believed otherwise, I would have asked if there was an alternative assignment option available for the socially phobic like yours truly. It's not like I wasn't thinking about it since practically the day you announced we would be doing some sort of on-location restaurant assignment. I just thought, given the description, that I wouldn't have to do anything particularly social and thus was safe. Clearly this was not the case. I guess I just fail at interpreting things sometimes.
And now it's too late to ask for accommodations, because it'll just seem like I'm just looking for an easy out for not completing my homework on time.
It really sours my milk that society makes me feel like I have to apologize for my atypical brain chemistry. Anyway, math time now. <3 math.
I'M SORRY I FEEL TOO INSECURE TO WALK UP TO THE COUNTER AND LOOK AT THE FOOD OPTIONS WITHOUT ACTUALLY ORDERING ANYTHING. I'M SORRY MY ANXIETY MEANS I'M MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE TO OBSERVE FROM A DISTANCE FROM WHICH I CANNOT ACTUALLY SEE ALL THE RELEVANT DETAILS SUCH AS WHETHER SERVERS ARE WEARING JEWELRY OR HAIR NETS BUT WHERE I ALSO DON'T HAVE TO INTERACT WITH THEM. I'M SORRY MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE ASSIGNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS. (Note: Not actually sorry.)
But most of all? I'm sorry (read: regret that) I misinterpreted the assignment as something I conceivably could do from a distance of twenty feet/six meeters away or more, that had little to no direct personal interaction. Had I once believed otherwise, I would have asked if there was an alternative assignment option available for the socially phobic like yours truly. It's not like I wasn't thinking about it since practically the day you announced we would be doing some sort of on-location restaurant assignment. I just thought, given the description, that I wouldn't have to do anything particularly social and thus was safe. Clearly this was not the case. I guess I just fail at interpreting things sometimes.
And now it's too late to ask for accommodations, because it'll just seem like I'm just looking for an easy out for not completing my homework on time.
It really sours my milk that society makes me feel like I have to apologize for my atypical brain chemistry. Anyway, math time now. <3 math.
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