• bleistift2@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    If a waiter thinks their guest can digest such a blurt of information, they don’t know how humans work. This isn’t ADHD, this is being in a new environment with lots of stuff already there to process. And then you want me to listen to your TED talk about your diner? Just gimme the fucking menu, I can read!

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      6 months ago

      Like so many other ADHD symptoms, it’s one of those things that’s a pain for some neurotypicals but much worse for people with ADHD.

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      6 months ago

      It’s beyond that. People also have trained themselves to tune out of greetings and handle them on autopilot.

      Decades ago I was required to answer the phone with “Thank you for calling Domino’s Pizza, will this be for pickup or delivery?”

      Around 50% of the time, the response I got was some variation on “Yeah hi, do you deliver?”

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      6 months ago

      The specials aren’t on the menu. I actually get something out of the little talk.

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        6 months ago

        The person who downvoted you for listening to someone else talk is a hilarious reminder of what kinds of mindsets are out there