# Mental Retardation vs. Office Etiquette Poll

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-retardation-vs-office-etiquette-poll/385773>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 27, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-retardation-vs-office-etiquette-poll/385773 "2006-12-27T18:26:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-retardation-vs-office-etiquette-poll/385773/21 "2006-12-29T22:40:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Eva Luna]  
. Other attorneys  
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Other attorneys? I thought you were a paralegal–are you now a full fledged attorney now? If so congratulations.

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> Absolutely. I’m no mental health specialist, but he remembers things that are important to him in astonishing detail (the years movies came out, actors’ biographies, etc.) in astonishing detail. But tasks as simple as figuring the correct amount of postage to put on a letter elude him.
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Interesting…it sounds like he has savant like capabilities in some ways. Also it reminds me very much of a character in _I Am Sam_. One of Sam’s friends seems just like this guy–MR, but with an interest in Hollywood trivia and perfect memory for it.

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**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-retardation-vs-office-etiquette-poll/385773/22 "2006-12-30T02:01:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus]  
Other attorneys? I thought you were a paralegal–are you now a full fledged attorney now? If so congratulations.

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Nope, I have absolutely no desire to go to law school - one grad degree was enough thanks, and I’m still paying that one off. I meant that the group I’m supporting is composed of 3 immigration attorneys, but there are attorneys in the office who practice in other areas of law.

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> Interesting…it sounds like he has savant like capabilities in some ways. Also it reminds me very much of a character in _I Am Sam_. One of Sam’s friends seems just like this guy–MR, but with an interest in Hollywood trivia and perfect memory for it.

Haven’t seen the movie, but yeah, he definitely has a talent for certain kinds of detail. One of my less-patient co-workers has taken him to task for it on occasion; she thinks he’s capable of doing much more than he lets on. Myself, I know I don’t have enough knowledge to diagnose him, but I am kind of curious. Not curious enough to risk having him screw up a project I might give him, though. In law, accuracy is too damn important, and there aren’t a lot of second chances.

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