An autistic woman hiding in a toilet cubicle at work can reportedly leave whenever she wants, alright?
Alma Montague, 31, has merely taken a brief respite from her colleagues on the Sales team, just so she can briefly curse herself for taking a job in what is traditionally the most sociable team in any company. She plans to return when she experiences the slightest bit of a motivation she has never once felt, but expects will arrive any minute now.
Montague said: “I came in here just to collect myself, step away from my computer for a moment and take a breather. I just need to recover from spending a morning under that excruciating lighting so I can go back and spend an afternoon under that excruciating lighting.”
“The constant background drone of water-cooler talk is not anathema to me. I won’t have to go straight home and lie face-down on the floor until it’s time to haul myself into bed and do it all again. It doesn’t cause me physical and spiritual pain to pretend to care about work.”
Montague was said to be contemplating whether she could somehow uninstall a ground-floor toilet and escape through the sewers “like Jean Valjean”.
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