Just wanted to share this story that this guy told me yesterday.
I have been tutoring this young man diagnosed with ADHD since he was in his second year of Law Degree. His father was friends with my father and I'm a lawyer, so years ago they asked me to help him (well paid), because he was having difficulties. To my surprise, and everyone else's, he got his degree on the first try and now is about to pass the exam to enter the Bar Association. He is by no means stupid, but he has this clueless air and when you talk to him you can have a feeling that he is not following or understanding you. We have gone through some hard times (doc tried to stop his medication) but he is mostly ok now.
The thing is, since he is about to become a lawyer, he is doing his first interviews to find a job in a firm. He told me yesterday that he went to one in which the big boss introduced him to a relatively young lawyer who would be his immediate superior. The woman sat down with his resume and he saw that she had drown a sad face on it. He thought that was rude and unnecessary. She was very agressive and unpleasant and at the end he made as if to leave and she said nastily “where do you think you are going? we are not done yet”. To which he answered that he thought the whole interview was rude, that the sad face draw was unprofessional, and that if she didn't like his resume why the hell had they called him. He added that he didn't like the work environment, he had lost every interest in working there, stood up and left.
Now I admire that. That's some lesson in self respect. I'm not sure what future this guy has in the law field. It's a very competitive field, he has ADHD and to be honest you don't think he is outstanding the first time you talk to him (so, like in an interview). He may regret doing this in the future but man, he has guts.