Shit I Didn't Say:

"Is it poor socialization, Asperger's, or are you just an asshole?"

From eons ago, my father went to Mickve Israel (the Gothic synagogue in Savannah) while growing up, and my grandmother was a docent for years. I dunno about the church story, I might have to ask. (3rd oldest reform congregation in the US, btw).

I've had okay results with Match, although whether you agree with that may depend on your opinion of KBD. Heck, my opinion of him is in flux.

Yay for askye and SLNRLBF!

Uh-oh, Steph. How are you feeling today, BTW?

who, Nora will be glad to hear, was half-joking about collecting on all the weddings and showers she's attended

Heh. I am sure she was, if she is a friend of yours. Sadly, I hear that kind of talk in all seriousness.

Ugh, I stupidly got sunburned on my back on Monday. I thought I sprayed on sunscreen, but I didn't pay that much attention. Now, I've got some sort of rash spreading on my front/non-burned half.

Yay, askye!!!

Nervous today...should hear back from a job interview that I really really want. Feeling very anxious.

Stephanie, when my skin has been irritated by something (like poison ivy) I'll sometimes get a random contact dermatitis rash somewhere else (usually on my belly).

Fingers crossed, ChiKat.

I'm hoping it's some sort of harmless connection and not some new random thing. I don't want to go anywhere because wearing a bra is so painful.

ChiKat, will be sending positive vibes.

Uh-oh, Steph.

Chatty!co-worker is inappropriate and rude, and manages to cover it with a veneer of politeness, so that apparently only I am annoyed by him. I sometimes think it's Asperger's, since he takes some statements so literally that it leaves me agog. (As in, saying "Have a good evening," which is a linguistically lazy way of saying "I hope that you have a good evening." However, he takes it literally, as a command, and says that it's presumptuous to order people to have a good evening.)

Asperger's, or deliberately asshole-ish?

I found out this morning that one of my co-workers is pregnant. Apparently everyone else knew yesterday, but I get to work later than most people (yes, 8:15 is "late" in my office). So I asked Chatty and Other Co-worker, "Did you know [co-worker] was pregnant?!?" They said yes, and I said "Gee, thanks for telling me!"

Chatty said, "Maybe she didn't want you to know."

I asked, "Did she pull you aside and tell you in confidence, one on one, or did she mention it to a group?"

"A group," he says.

"So it wasn't a secret, then," I say.

"Well, you weren't there, and she didn't say to tell you, so I assumed she didn't want you to know."

Again, is it a taking-things-literally Asperger's thing? Or just being an asshole?

He always comments on people's food choices, which drives me batshit. Boss was eating a bagel this morning, and it was one of those big-as-your-head bagels, like many places have these days. Chatty says to her, "I guess you won't be eating any more starches for the rest of the day."

She says, eloquently, "Huh?"

"Well, that bagel is at least 6 servings worth of starch, you know."

She replies, "And?"

"Well, if you want to eat more servings of bread than you should, it's your life."

Also popular is his, "Do you KNOW how many calories are in that?!?" Or, "Wow, if you eat that whole thing, it's more than half a day's worth of calories!" (Usually said about a Chipotle burrito.)

Poorly socialized, or just an asshole?

How are you feeling today, BTW?

Still peeing 800 times a day and having pain. Doctor prescribed an antibiotic yesterday, and took a urine sample, and said that if the test comes back with a bacterium that is resistant to the antibiotic she gave me, she'll switch me to a better drug.

But for now, still uncomfortable. I await relief any second now...

And still I wait.

Does Asperger's correlate with chatty? I don't claim to know a whole lot about it, but it seems like it wouldn't.

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