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What do you all do for a job

Sgt Romeo

Evening,

I had a completely rubbish day at work today.  I no longer want to be there.  I keep messing up really silly little things that I should be getting right first time.

I have no idea what I want to do as an alternative career (I've been a police officer for three years), so just wondered what everybody else does for work.

I'm still waiting for an official diagnosis but I'm convinced I have Aspergers, and it appears Aspergers & the police really don't mix!

Thanks,

Sgt R

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    I hope that nothing that we have said has caused offence. For the avoidance of doubt though...

    Most people in most jobs are trying to do the right thing and I think that most police fall into that category too. There are police, just as in all professions, whose prejudices and ignorance and stupidity interfere with doing the right thing. It is the same situation in IT (where I work), academia (where Longman worked) etc etc

    Working in the police will have its own special nature and I suspect that there may be more bullying and intolerance there than some other places. That shouldn't be tolerated and I wouldn't suggest leaving the police if that is the problem.

    My point is that the police is intrinsically a strict, rule following, institutional system where transgressions are met with punishment that might be intrinsically difficult for an Aspie to thrive in. We don't generally react well to punishment and I, for example, have defied authority all of my life. Others of us may enjoy the highly structured and predictable environment that an environment like that could provide so it's hard to generalise about how an individual may react to the environment.

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    I hope that nothing that we have said has caused offence. For the avoidance of doubt though...

    Most people in most jobs are trying to do the right thing and I think that most police fall into that category too. There are police, just as in all professions, whose prejudices and ignorance and stupidity interfere with doing the right thing. It is the same situation in IT (where I work), academia (where Longman worked) etc etc

    Working in the police will have its own special nature and I suspect that there may be more bullying and intolerance there than some other places. That shouldn't be tolerated and I wouldn't suggest leaving the police if that is the problem.

    My point is that the police is intrinsically a strict, rule following, institutional system where transgressions are met with punishment that might be intrinsically difficult for an Aspie to thrive in. We don't generally react well to punishment and I, for example, have defied authority all of my life. Others of us may enjoy the highly structured and predictable environment that an environment like that could provide so it's hard to generalise about how an individual may react to the environment.

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