You make a good point which I hadn't thought about. It certainly is frustrating to demonstrate a skill which has prooved useful to the company or to even push the envelope of what anyone has done or thought of... and then have it brushed aside by a headshaking laugh and comments like "you must have too much time on your hands" "you're too anal" "you're weird". Or, they just brush it out of their mind because they don't easily grasp it.
I used to fantasize about solving a computer problem that nobody else could and that they'd all be so grateful and impressed and telling me I was AMAZING. There was a computer program at work that caused problems every day and the programmers couldn't resolve it. So, one night I fixed it. To my shock, the reaction from the programmer was "I WOULD have fixed it but didn't have time". He was angry with me. It was the last time I one. Now I just point out where the errors are and they take the credit.
What unusual skills do you think are going unrecognized?
Can someone list some of these unusual skills though?
I hate that when I get the right answer to something, but because it was me people automatically assume it was wrong!
And yes. Group work is the worst because people ignore your ideas, ne?
me too.
me three 
the person who's most charismatic gets listened to, not the person with the best ideas (which may or may not be, but often is, the uncharismatic 'geek').
Yes, interaction between individuals tends to become a popularity contest. When I express my ideas I normally don't expect the support of others. I've begun to accept that I'm a person who sees the world in his own unique way.