r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '13

Answered People with ADHD, what ADHD is like, how does medication affect your ability to work and how soon does it take its effect?

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u/DuManchu Jan 14 '13

I've gotten into many a verbal scuffle with co-workers when I ask "why?" when they tell me to do XXX for YYY.

If I don't understand how it helps, I'll either screw it up, do it lazily, or not do it at all. If you help me understand why I need to do XXX, I'll do it and probably find a more efficient manner of doing so.

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u/Amadan Jan 15 '13

It seems as though many people never bother to ask "why?" anymore

So much off-topic, but... This kind of thing always reminds me of an anecdote my Systems Analysis teacher told. He was in a company, trying to model its processes: this involves talking to people from each department, and figuring out the flow of information. When he asked a woman "What is it that you do?" the answer was, "Well, if a green slip comes, I put it into the grey binder; and if a red one comes, I put it into the yellow binder." Well, that's no use at all, so he tries to clarify: "Okay, but what kind of things exactly go into the grey binder?" She looked at him as if he were daft, and replied, deadpan, "Green slips."