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Methods

The day was over, as the employees were calling it quits for the day, Jim was doing some last minute calculating on his computer. Bonnie walked up to him and looked.

"Sum all those up and you get $708,999.85. Round it to the nearest whole number and you get $709,000.85, then $710,000."

Jim chuckled.

"That's incredible, I was gonna find the answer since I'm on Excel."

"Just trying to help so you could go home."

"Thanks, I really appreciate the thought."

Robert watched from the doorway of the conference room. 

"Bonnie, I'm trying to report how many calls I received today-"

"I heard your phone ring exactly thirty five times the whole work day. Each call time on average  thirty seconds."

"Wow," Erin said.

"And Jim, the square root for 710,000 is 842.614977318. If you use the Babylonian Method, it's 0.0000060551."

"You're literally a human calculator Bonnie," Jim said.

They looked at a smirking Robert who started lightly clapping.

"Very impressive Bonnie, why don't you stay after work for about maybe half an hour."

"For what sir?"

"I just wanna converse...and don't call me sir, call me Robert. You address your coworkers by their first name."

"I've been here for a long time, they know me and I know them very well. This is home away from home."

Jim smiled, got up from his desk, patted Bonnie on the back, and left along with Erin.

"Come into my office."

Bonnie and Robert walked in the conference room.

"You're a very intelligent woman Bonnie, I highly admire you for that, you really impressed me back there, the Babylonian Method, I never heard of that before."

"The difference is that it's easier to do it by hand than doing the method we all know by hand."

"I guess there's different methods for everything huh?"

"Yes, correct."

"So...what's it like to have what you have?"

"Could you be more specific?"

"For example, the stimming and the meltdowns."

"Meltdowns are emotionally draining, it feels like claustrophobia even though it really isn't depending on the situation I'm in. Change in routine or over stimulation are the most common causes."

"Is that why you rock back and forth?"

"Coping mechanisms, for meltdowns, and when I get over excited. I even rock side to side which is common in people on the much lower end of the spectrum. I stim over the five senses; like for example, I touch sequin which has a very calming effect on me when I touch it, I don't know what it is, but I'm Rain Girl, I'm supposed to know everything. You know what they say, everybody didn't pop out of their mother's hoohaa knowing everything..."

Robert speaks to the camera.

"She rambles, but I think it's cute."

Bonnie noticed.

"I'm sorry Robert, don't hesitate to stop me if I do this. It aggravates my coworkers sometimes."

"Don't be sorry, I think it's beautiful you were blessed, autism can be a blessing. Are you familiar with Autism Speaks?"

"Fuck Autism Speaks, it's offensive to me, they only want you to see the negative side of autism, it makes parents look like the victims."

"I see. I also see that you're an honest girl. That's one of the most important things in the workplace, loyalty."

"Another thing Robert, what was with the winners and the losers list, you wanna form a clique in the workplace? And you think I'm a loser."

"Didn't we already get passed this after lunchtime?"

"I'm sorry, I just feel insulted, the other 'losers' probably do as well. We all work hard..."

Bonnie started rocking back and forth.

"I-I've been working here for eleven and a half years, the same office, same routine. I don't well under pressure!"

"Don't be upset Bonnie, calm down."

She took deep breaths and started to calm down, she was no longer rocking.

"Let's call it quits for today ok, we can forget this list ever happened. From now on, we'll treat everyone as an equal."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Bonnie got up.

"I'll see you tomorrow, have a good evening."

"You too."

They left.

Bonnie speaks to the camera in the conference room.

"The list is no longer on my list of worries. Me and Robert worked things out. And maybe I could be as close to him as I am with the others. He seems like a nice guy, other than he's weird as Dwight puts him."

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