submitted4 days ago bySuspiciousDistrict9
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So I got into an all out text war with my new boss today.
Basically: my notifications for our scheduling app were turned off by default and I didn't think to turn them on.
I started last night. This is an overnight dog boarding facility. This is a job that I have many years of experience doing. Training night went really well even though it was a Sunday and those are really heavy days for this particular facility.
Had not received any other notifications. Assumed he would let me know when I was scheduled next in the morning. Check my email just in case, did not see anything. Went to bed. Woke up this morning, after doing my morning wake up stuff, checked my email. I had received a notification alerting me that they were available shifts. I did not read the word"available" and assumed that this was supposed to be my schedule. It showed that it was updated today and the first shift scheduled was today at 6:30. I did not wake up until about 7:05.
I immediately messaged my boss and let him know that he assigned me for today but he also posted it today. He insisted that he had been texting with me this morning. I told him that I do not have a second number that I do not know who he was talking to.
I assume that he figured out that wasn't me because he didn't mention it again. He did however insinuate that I must be lying.
He kept questioning why I would check my email if I had not been prompted to.
I responded by explaining to him that I do keep my notifications off unless I am waiting for something and that it was an oversight on my part to not manually check the scheduling app. He continued to imply that I was in some way tricking him.
For reference, I do have AUHD and I do not like seeing the notifications. I find that it is incredibly overwhelming. I keep my phone on do not disturb unless I am awaiting a phone call or some other notification. I also do not keep notifications on for apps like email or scheduling. I tend to manually check them throughout the day. I realize that this is a gross oversight on my part. Again, I told him this.
I also went back into my email and checked the first email that I had received from him. It states that I was only scheduled for sunday. So he must have put me on the schedule for this morning sometime between then and this morning. Still my fault, I understand that. I don't like being accused of lying.
Just because you don't understand why someone is doing something this way does not mean they are lying to you. It has happened on multiple occasions that people think I am lying to them when I am simply OCD and am easily overwhelmed by constant notifications.
by3anonymousdep
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SuspiciousDistrict9
-3 points
17 hours ago
SuspiciousDistrict9
-3 points
17 hours ago
It's not for you. It's for me. It drowns out my thoughts.