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    Dumpy Old Fart
    Joined dxpnet on September 29, 2010.
    I find that when I ask for help, I get some very mixed reactions. For one thing it seems that I can't speak my native tongue, or perhaps it is the thick accent I have from using that language my entire life. Really, how hard is it to understand some things. "Hey, I hit my thumb with a hammer, and it hurts!" The response is so very often "Huh?" "Hand me that green screwdriver, please." Of course, I am handed that stupid black hammer, instead. Really, I cannot begin to tell you how often that sort of thing happens to me.
    I also have to slow wwwaaaayyyyy down for most other people. That tends to make it hard for me to ask for help, and for others to give that help. Seriously, routine tasks that should take maybe 2 minutes can take 5-10 minutes by some people. They have done this very task, hundreds if not thousands of times, but it seems they are doing it for the very first time. Fumble, fuss, "Say, does the paper go HERE in the printer?"

    I think that this is a combination of things. 1) People are not used to me asking for help, 2) they keep looking for some sort of hidden message, that is other than my thumb hurts cause I hit it with a hammer, 3) they move way slow from my perspective, and they tend to feel a bit pressured when I zoom by and do it myself without their help.
    This feeds back to the emotional detachment that is the genesis of this thread. Put up the wall, keep calm and heavens sake, don't tell them that they are clueless idiots.
    As for "giving in" glassblowing, it feels more like giving up, cause those dimwitted slow pokes just don't get what I am saying or trying to do. I just have to give up and find another way.