How You Look is More Important Than How You See

The only job I can get is a janitor job because my thick glasses make me look bad. Thing is, I can’t see well enough to perform the job well. My near vision with bifocals is good and my vision 20 feet away is decent because that’s what they test at the eye doctor, but in between is not good. That’s one of the reasons I have a difficult time recognizing faces. This also makes janitorial tasks like actually seeing specks of dirt hard.

It’s important to note that when you have a disability, you realize there are two distinct tracks of what goes on, sayality and reality. The former posits that one will secure a job that leverages their talents (computer science, in my case). The latter says you get the job that your physical appearance affords. The thing is, nobody wants to admit that sayality is bullshit because that makes them uncomfortable. And if you have never been marginalized you will never encounter this disconnect.