Would a front line fast food job be a good fit for someone with Asperger Syndrome?

Question

I'm educated but a slow learner. People have to tell me things a number of times before I learn but eventually I get it. I compensate for my poor social skills so people can't tell I have Asperger's right away.

Thinking of applying for jobs at fast food restaurants (cashier, grilling burgers, etc) but wondering if it would be a good fit? Is this kind of job easy to learn or are there easier jobs out there?

Answer 1

It depends. A suitable job for one person with Asperger's might be a bad fit for another. It depends on what your strengths and weaknesses are. It sounds like the social aspect wouldn't be much of a problem for you. If you worked with customers, you would more or less follow a script. Fast food jobs have tasks that you need to learn, like learning to use the cash register, but once you master those you should be fine. And there will be employee training, too, which will give you more time to learn. If you have sensory issues, those may cause problems. That's why a fast food job would not be a good fit for me...but if noise sensitivity isn't much of an issue for you, then it wouldn't matter. The people I know who've worked at fast food places say the job is easy and repetitive, but sometimes stressful.

Answer 2

I know about the slow learner situation and having to be told the same set of instructions a number of times, before you get it, that fits me to a 'T' as well. People get extra irritated when they have to do this because I am educated and tend to come off as articulate.



For myself with Aspergers, I worked at a fast food, fish restaurant but didn't fit with being a cook or cashier, because I would tend to get nervous when the business would get super busy and had trouble juggling several things at once.



To compensate, instead of working front line, I excelled at the other jobs; like taking orders out, busing dirty tables and preparing food and closing the backroom. I made sure I worked at a brisk pace and since I didn't spend my time chit-chatting, the management would like to put me there.

Answer 3

Poor social skills won't affect your chances of applying for a job like that,however you need to be able to cope with the stress involved when dealing with customer orders and answering the telephone while on-duty,other than that you should be fine.



I have Asperger's.

Answer 4

I have news for you.



I am a slow learner in math but "faster" speed learner for other subjects. Don't self-pity yourself but knows that you can always be polite, followed the "customer always right rule", and become an excellent liason between your customer and the manager if things get too demanding, such as coupon. You may not have to be perfect because autistic aren't naturally adapt likes normal social being. Our social are modified and self-program. Only you can program yourself and allows what is changeable and acceptable.

Answer 5

Fast food counter does not require a lot of social skill.

It is fast food, you take their order, take their money and give them their food and the payment receipt.

The cash register is all automated, you just enter the order as they give it to you and the register adds it up and even tells you how much change to give.

You don't even need to be good at math.

Answer 6

Of course you can work as a front-line cashier. I work with disabled adults on many different levels and 3 of my clients work in a grocery store. They don't work as cashier yet but have trained. They bag the customers groceries and help them to there car and load the bags into the cars when needed and they do just fine.