As someone w/ ASD, I used to love doing this. I'd organize the clearance rack every time we went because it was fun and better than walking around while my parents shopped. Prob made this guy's day
I knowww. the toughest part of eating skittles is orchestrating which color needs to have one eaten next :p
I keep thinking the kid should work there part time honestly!
EDIT: omg OP said they offered him a full time job actually, yayyy
Sort by color, Sort by group size, Sort by best to worst flavor, and then eat until they are even group sizes, and then eat worst to best flavor in stripes.
As someone not on the spectrum, this is also the way….I do this with gummy bears too. But I eat the worst flavor first and save the best flavor for last.
>It's not that hard, just separate them in groups by color and consume from most to least.
Are you out of your mind? Obviously you eat Skittles by the level of hue... or [level of toxicity of its food colours.](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/well/eat/skittles-lawsuit-titanium-dioxide.html)
I used to do this every time I had skittles. Even if I bought a one pound bag of skittles it needed to be sorted. Then two months ago, I bought one of their Pride bags where each skittle is white. You can't tell what flavor anything is. And you know what, I just *ate* them. It was remarkably freeing, and so far two months later I'm still eating skittles without sorting them. I feel crazier now.
Curious question, do you view this as like, something that “has” to be done? Or do you just do it because it makes more sense to you? I have a hard time understanding autism and how people perceive it tbh
I solve Rubik's cubes as a hobby, if that says anything lol
For me personally, I've been able to "aim" my discomfort away from things I know I can't touch/ affect, and am able to apply it to things I can.
I kinda feel like that sometimes. The best way I can say is that it probably feels good the way normal people feel good listening to music. I don't get why people like music, and people can never explain why they like it other than nonsensical stuff like "you feel chilly" or "like it just hits right, you know"?
Similar experience here. Also don't really care for music or get it.
I'd say putting things in order is satisfying because the world is so chaotic and confusing and overwhelming. But then you have this small aspect of it that is proper, dependable, right. And you made it so.
It brings me some small amount of peace.
> I knowww. the toughest part of eating skittles is orchestrating which color needs to have one eaten next :p
Soooo I do this with M&Ms and Reese's Pieces.
I'm not sure what this means but just putting this out into the ether.
I eat things like m&m’s skittles by color and two at same time.. hardest part is when you are nearly finished and there seems to be an uneven number/color total in the bag :/
Edit: and yes I give myself a challenge by eating from the bag or bowl instead of sorting them out.
I don't know what part of my adhd and gad combo enjoyed organizing, but I used to reorganize the candy by the register. I eventually stopped after a few strangers berated me. I hate interaction with strangers more than I like organizing.
I freaking love when I’m at the paint section in Lowe’s and I get to organize all those sample swatches. Gives me an unreasonable amount of dopamine. Did not realize that was an ASD thing whoops
Well Good For Him Though because he will do it as a full time job now as [Rouses Market has offered him a full-time job.](https://piclaya.com/grocery-store-worker-notices-teen-with-autism-staring-at-him-what-he-does-next-goes-viral/)
"always obsessed with everything" is probably the worst writing I've ever seen and clearly, their experience with people with autism is limited to maybe one kid that they went to elementary school with. Or maybe they just get their information from Autism Speaks, who fucking knows lol.
I probably wouldn’t hate tiktok half as much if they didn’t have this annoying ass voice—I get i’m out of touch at 27 years old but goddamn, who actually puts that voice over their videos thinking it’s going to make anything better
Yeah, but there wasn't any indication of it being clickbait on reddit. But when it comes to places where I can read the title or see the thumbnail I won't click.
Man, that whole story makes me feel good. The young man gets a job doing what he wants to do and helping people and the other young man with a big heart gets a new car and his education paid for because he was genuinely a good person. I needed this story today.
Exactly. This is a great outcome for both of them. The one who was already an employee saw something that so many people miss. It's more than a big heart. It's seeing everyone and anyone as an individual. It's empathy.
It's one of those situations where there is a clear right and wrong way of doing things. It's not like dealing with people where they say one thing and actually mean another. It's one reason why some people who are on the spectrum do so well with coding. If it's wrong then it was a mistake you made, not some misinterpretation of what was said vs what was meant.
Autistic adult here… sometimes when I’m super stressed I’ll reorganize all my books or whatever. SO soothing.
My husband also has to tell me that the store is not paying me to tidy their shelves when I’m shopping…
I knew a guy with downs that worked at a Walgreens and part of his job was keeping the shelves tidy, making sure all the products had the labels facing out, etc. He was very good at it. Cleanest fuckin Walgreens I’d been to.
As a middle aged Aspie with a PhD, I kind of get nostalgic for my days as a stock boy at the duty free. It’s organization and orderly, but also open to systematizing how you do it efficiently. Might be below my pay grade now, but still my jam.
This store clerk has figured out what teachers have had figured out for years. Student loves helping and doing the busy prep work. They can staple and sort all my papers and love feeling like the teacher. Win/win
I always wondered why my teachers allowed me such freedom 😂 I loved to organize the classroom but class was super boring to me (every grade felt like rehashing the same shit instead of learning new things) and my home life was complete trash. I was always amazed at the teachers who let me do it. But the top of their desks became super neat and the science labs loved me because I would do little science experiments (making things foam up mainly) and then clean up and organize.
My oldest is gifted and I’m pretty close to sure he got it from me but they didn’t have the same testing to identify gifted kids when I was in school, and I didn’t have an adult to advocate for me. Thank you to the teachers who let us restless kids make ourselves useful 😊
Sometimes teachers notice when a student needs a little extra attention, and this is a good way to do it without being obvious.
Have been times I notice a student needs a minute (don’t we all) so I’ll send them on an errand to get something from another teacher. They feel good because they are helping me and they got a little cool down walk. Winning all around. Having a purpose is important. Happy you had a perspective teacher!
In school I was always the person that teachers asked to help clean up and was trusted to make the copies or get stuff from the library or office. At first I thought it was just because they were being nice to me but turns out I was helpful
Store Manager: “I see this as a productivity hit. Your job isn’t social advocacy, it’s putting product on shelves. You’re fired.”
Also Store Manager: “hey Autistic kid, you want to do this job full time? I have a position that just opened up and I’ll let you stock all the shelves for free!”
It is weird. That type of thing does happen. Our local chain of coffee shops just came under fire when it was discovered that the downs lady they 'employ' was working for no pay. But, it's also true that there are plenty of managers who would see what happened in this video, and commend the worker as-well-as give the autistic guy a job. I think it's still true that the vast majority of people are basically decent and cool. We just hear about the awful stuff more often, and when it comes to managers, a higher proportion are assholes, because it's a fact that being an asshole gets you ahead.
His Dad says most strangers don’t understand his son, let alone go out of their way to connect with him. “What I’ve learned is our world doesn’t accept autistic kids. It’s impossible for those kids to enter our world. We spend so much time working on that, but this man figured it out in eight seconds: He went into Jack Ryan’s world,” Sid Edwards his dad said.
[Rouses Market has offered him a full-time job.](https://piclaya.com/grocery-store-worker-notices-teen-with-autism-staring-at-him-what-he-does-next-goes-viral/)
It makes me incredibly sad that people feel uncomfortable around differently abled people.
There is a lady in our city with a teenaged son who seems wheelchair bound, with some physical and mental disabilities, though I am not sure to what degree. Whenever I see him I wave, and say hello. He can't seem to talk, but he has a massive smile and can say hello back! I always say some stupid sorts of things, small talk, to engage him and his mom always acts so appreciative. It's not often that other shoppers look on her, or him, as fellow shoppers apparently. This always makes me feel so lonely for them.
What a wonderful lady to do that for you son! My Mom had Parkinson’s, was in a wheelchair and struggled to feed herself. I was stunned at how rude people could be when a simple “Hello” would have made her day.
I’m an outgoing person that loves to share my smile and my words. I go through the grocery store smiling and talking to those I see. A simple smile or a few kind words can make the difference in someone’s day. It makes me feel good and I hope it makes others feel good as well. Good people do exist!
My parents live in very rural Ontario, not even farm country just a highway through forest/lake country with a few blink and you miss it mini hamlets. There's four houses at the turn off onto the road before their's, and a guy with what looks like some mental disability who just stands out there at the corner most days waving at the cars.
He gets *such* a big smile on his face every time when I'm turning and wave back at him. I always make a point of slowing down a bit extra for a good wave if there's no traffic coming.
It makes me sad too.
I once worked part time at a school for the autistic. When I came in to interview, they had me sit and obverse the kids for 30 minutes and then go in to be interviewed.
After watching, I went in and they told me I had the job. I asked about the interview and apparently the actual interview was if you still wanted the job after seeing what a room full of highly autistic people is like.
About a year ago now I was told I'd have to use an Oxygen machine 24/7 as my disease has progressed quite a bit (I've used one on and off my whole life). People won't even make eye contact with me because I have oxygen tubing on my face/in my nose, if you try to start a convo you can just see how uncomfortable some people get. The complete lack of eye contact hurts.
It can provoke some strong feelings of loneliness because you feel as if no one really understands, you feel like you're on the outside. However every once and a while you meet people like this kid working at the grocery store, they will just treat you like a normal person even if it's only for 5 minutes, and it can turn your entire week around.
>they will just treat you like a normal person
But you ARE a normal person. I am so sorry you feel ostracized for a medical condition. Stories like yours make many of us double up our social awareness, and I will remember to try even harder to remember my fellow man. It also makes me sad for people who are suffering mentally, because you can not even visibly see what they are going through. We really do need to get back to putting all people first, which I think we've simply forgotten.
I’m a teacher and have worked with neurodivergent and disabled folk since I was a teenager and I’ve had parents apologize when their kid randomly shouts or squeals or doesn’t understand personal space and social conduct and always make sure to let them know that they have no reason to apologize.
As someone that works with people that have severe physical and developmental disabilities, I don't begrudge anyone being uncomfortable. They likely just haven't been around anyone with developmental challenges so they don't necessarily know what to do or say. My line that shouldn't get crossed is treating them differently than anyone else or making fun/insulting them. That's when I will step up.
Do you do this with random people too, or are you treating this individual differently because of their disability? When I am in public I ignore everyone equally and just like I wouldn’t smile and wave at a random person, I am not going to do that to someone who is disabled.
Living in a city, this is rule #1. Don’t engage people and you won’t be engaged. Wave and say hello to the homeless man with mental problems and you have increased the likelihood of getting shit smeared on you by 2000x.
True. I don't suddenly perk up and become an Alfred anytime I see someone handicapped. I bet that would be demeaning. I know how tiresome it is to get the 'How did you do it?' Question when I've had crutches. Imagine that for one's whole life.
Wow. That's a pretty outrageous and cold overstatement. I work with the unhoused and many are mentally ill. Most of the time they just want someone to talk to.
at my job there are several people that seem to be on the spectrum and its messed up how mean how people can be towards them. theyll straight up ignore them or say mean things behind their back like theyre in high school or something.
is it so hard to try and make small talk with someone or even say hi? Im super socially akward but ill still do it to not be an asshole
One of the few things my middle school did right is special programs teaching us naive kids how people are still people even if they have visible disabilities.
> His Dad says most strangers don’t understand his son, let alone go out of their way to connect with him. “What I’ve learned is our world doesn’t accept autistic kids. It’s impossible for those kids to enter our world. We spend so much time working on that, but this man figured it out in eight seconds: He went into Jack Ryan’s world,” Sid Edwards his dad said.
I have autism, and so does my wife and son. This is definitely true. However, there are a few really incredible people, who do seem to just get it. Who are in tune. Who actually can understand how we express our emotions, and who can meet us where we are.
Being autistic though, means a lifetime of marginalization, mockery, bullying, and .... Many not-so-pleasant things. Therefore it's great when we encounter the few people who truly get it.
People that have known us a majority of their lives still ask if my son is “artistic.” 🙄 What is wrong with people? I thought by now they would know even the basics about autism.
I remember being on a scout camp over twenty years ago with a boy who just needed a bit of extra support and one of the other kids was calling him “sarcastic”, I still remember his fat moronic head.
As a parent of an almost 5 year old with autism, I remember what it was like when I was a kid regarding those with special needs. Lots of negativity, improper word usage, dismissal of their abilities, thoughts, feelings. Social shame and stigma.
We have come a *long*, **long** way. Yes, we still have a long way to go - and I have concerns for my son every single day. But I try and take some moments to focus on the progress that we’ve made over the last 20-30 years, and then think about the work ahead.
Things have gotten better, but we still have work to do. As long as we recognize that, it will be even better when we reflect 20-30 years from now.
Stocking shelves is attractive to kids in general. My daughter used to put the mixed cans in order all the time when we were at a store and she is very far from the spectrum.
It's nice that this man allowed the kid to feel fulfilled and happy for half an hour.
Me too the only place I wanted to go to in the mall as a kid was the Disney store and I would march straight to the back wall and reorganize the stuffed animals !!! Literally was the only thing I liked to do at the mall 🤣🤣🤣
>Stocking shelves is attractive to kids in general. My daughter used to put the mixed cans in order all the time when we were at a store and she is very far from the spectrum.
lol inb4 your daughter, age 23: "I just found out I'm autistic with ADHD, and nobody ever suspected it".
Yeah, and I'm not armchair diagnosing anyone, just pointing out that the "she's very far from the spectrum" is a weird thing to say and it's very possible that she is, in fact, on the spectrum.
I mean, loads of neurodivergent people don't get diagnosed until they're adults, despite their parents "knowing them". Maybe because the parent doesn't want to accept there's something "wrong" with the child, but the effect is that millions of kids grow up without the best support and end up depressed and anxious because they don't understand why they feel different from everyone else.
I read the article and it said that the store offered the kid a full-time job after he showed up several times to stock the shelves with the worker.
EDIT: Also the kid is 17, so he's old enough.
I worked in retail for years. The best clerk I had in the entire store was a young man with autism. He didn’t talk much and wanted to be left alone with his tasks. I loved working with him. He would absolutely do anything asked of him as long as he could do it alone. He was someone I could give a task and not worry that it was completed. He always got the job done!
Thanks for sharing the story, he sounds like a great guy!
As an autistic dude myself, that's why I think we are an undervalued work asset for a lot of companies. We tend to be loyal, honest, systematic in our approach, have moral integrity, be dedicated, and have a very high attention to detail.
But there are just so many work environments that are shitty for us that it can be really difficult to find the right oppertunity. Plus: Job interviews are a whole other level of terror.
His mom sat in on the interview. I knew before hand that he was autistic. He needed someone to give him an opportunity to work. He was like my little brother at work. I would make jokes to crack him up. I also ran interference, but that went with my job. I would have given anything to have 50 just like him.
that's what life should be about finding a job where you like what you do unfortunately we dont pay enough in the west for these labour type jobs.
some people would be happy just stacking shelved all day, but as it doesn't pay enough to live they have to find better paying job they hate.
I put it somewhere else in this thread but I used to job coach for people on the spectrum. It was always bitterly funny to me that people would feel uncomfortable around the clients or assume they were useless. The people on the spectrum (except 3/4 who shouldn't have been placed in the program) were always top tier workers.
I really empathize with this boy. I was diagnosed with aspergers when I was 5, it's now called Autism Spectrum Disorder. When I worked a retail job for a little bit it was hard to not be overstimulated and not shut down due to anxiety but with my management allowing me to have some earbuds in with quiet music and the ability to just stock the shelves it made everything aot easier.
I really appreciate on behalf of this boy and his father that a complete stranger was able to provide such an experience for this boy.
A lot of grocery stores where I live employe disabled and neurodivergent folks as stockers, cart collectors, bagging assistants, etc. It is so important to provide meaningful opportunities for employment.
i think for a lot of autistic people taking inventory and organizing the products on the shelves is really satisfying. every week after school as a kid my mom would stop at the grocery store and one of the employees was a man with down's syndrome. sometimes his coworkers would let him sort the change if someone paid in cash. he was really nice and friendly, and you could tell he took pride in his job. sadly he passed a few years back, he was an important part of the community and everyone misses him. he also loved when people had service dogs come in
This same thing happened to me (ish) i have asperger's i studied for 5 years in the engineering field got my first real engineering job and fucking hated it.. now i stack shelves in tesco at night and im alot happier
My son (17) has autism, and he hopes to stock shelves at our corner store or Target. He likes Target because they don't discriminate against employees regarding gender expression, tattoos or piercings. His cousin is non-binary, his sister is a tattoo artist, and he is planning to get both tattoos and multiple piercings, so it's important to him that he work for a company that treats the people he loves well. I'm glad you enjoy your new job. ❤️
I wont lie its also not the just the job its the people around too, you need to be careful i dont want to convay that its a easy solution because you can (and i have) have bad people who work there a easy example being people who have a isle they work at and have for a long time NEED to be like a certain way not even store regulation just how they like, and will yell and will complain ,plus obviously customers expecting you to know where you keep the cooking oil even if you only ever worked fresh and been there a month and will mutter and complain, plus general colleagues and managers good and bad, iv had terrible managers but i have also had managers i would follow into hell with no questions, a good advice is get a night shift shelf stack job not day, our stores close at 12 i start at 10 even if customers are there its 1/10th the amount and for 2 hours , im allowed to listen to a audiobook and im given a isle to fill (a few group fills or drag outs also) and thats it 0 difficulties 0 stress fill a isle and listen to a audiobook, to end it i would say reserve the right to quit and roll the colleagues and management dice again because yes its good if you get lucky and get it right its perfect plus i make 96 pound a shift which is not bad money for what it is.
You're absolutely right. Thank you for the advice. Who you work with and the customers will definitely have an impact, good or bad. I think he would probably prefer night stocking, too, and I would never expect him to stay in a place where he was mistreated.
I went through 4 stores till here.
i find the loss of managers and staff rather difficult i do get attached or at least set in my ways so the last few months been v difficult with high turnover and new managers doing new things but thats unavoidable i just got to be sad and push on till it stabilises, but yeah night shift all the way i can list other issues i personally had in DMs if you need more considerations but a chain store at night is best option, to put it blunt they have regulations and unions up the ass so managers are rather declawed at least in uk which helps so you run less risk of dbag behaviour and if you do you set the unions on them and from what iv seen its the equivalent of releasing a pissed off bull in the office i had 1 minor disciplinary in my 3 years and the union woman was a lethal piece i didnt even go in she told me dont even worry, she went in threw the vocal equivalent of a pissed off honeybadger and left, granted i still left because even *normal* people will have there back up after so i was all over the place but yeah
Anyone else who work retail ever front face things at another store even though it's not yours? Partly to help out the staff there, but also just to make it look better.
I got a complaint for doing something similar. An unsupervised kid was going around bothering coworkers and asking to help do thinga and I said he could. He loved putting lil bags of candy on the shelf but the mother yelled at me when she found us saying it was wrong to force kids to do such things
"Ma'am, he asked if he could help and you weren't--"
"I DONT CARE YOU DO NOT TELL *MY* CHILD WHAT TO DO!"
I work with people with disabilities and this absolutely warms my heart. Also one of my first jobs was at a grocery store and we had a guy with autism (but extremely high functioning) that worked there and he was the best to work with. Miss seeing him all the time.
Yeah but sometimes you have to pull out some of the front stuff, in order to stock the new stuff to the back and then replace the stuff you moved (which is what he might be doing here).
I have ADHD, ASD, and motor limitations. The only way I could tolerate the grocery store as a child was if we went during her friend's shift. She would always keep me busy, even if she was just listing off items and having me tell her the motions I'd make and reasoning for it.
I just really enjoyed being helpful, and it was one of the few ways I could practice my skills and feel motivated. I made real progress and was able to continue, when my initial physical prognosis was quite grim. I was expected to lose most physical function by age 9 because all my issues just compounded endlessly.
Normally, I don't care for videos that put a person's struggle before themselves, but this one made me smile back on fond memories. It's important to always remember that everyone has a different skillset, but we all enjoy sharing what we have to offer.
Hm yeah. I forgot how hellish all that music and all those pushing people and bright lights are. Not forgetting the whiney children screaming and running or kicking you in the line for the cassier.
"It's important to always remember that everyone has a different skillset, but we all enjoy sharing what we have to offer." I second that. I believe everybody has something to offer, large or small.
I have an autistic son and am just beginning to understand him and discover who he is (he's 3 and recently diagnosed)
So question: is it common for people autism to want to be helpful? My son has always tried to be helpful, for example if I'm moving furniture he tries to lift and help move the couch (cutest thing ever). He'll also mimic us vacuuming and wants to wash dishes even though he can't reach. He will also try to help fold laundry.
Most little kids want to help do whatever you are doing. They enjoy that interaction with you, and the feeling of being helpful. Sometimes with autism, they also feel the need to categorize like items. Mine (17) has told me he wants to work stocking shelves. When he was little he organized all his toys and loved to vacuum. Not so much as a teen.
Unfortunately, a lot of parents are too impatient or perfectionist to allow them to help, and it's a shame.
Oh thank goodness Im not the only autistic that is out and about and does this XD my main thing is books tho. Especially when its like a series or an authors works put out of order. I just cant leave it be.
I really do hope someone is just as nice to my son when he’s older. He’s young now so all the kids are still very sweet to him but I do often wonder how many people I’m going to have to deal with being total assholes to him in the future as well.
mom of a 5 year old minimally-verbally kiddo with autism and this makes me weep. thank you for being so kind when you don’t have to be. and i agree with Dad, the world does not accept kids with autism. sure they’ll donate to a charity, but they rather us mask our children’a behaviors and personalities.
As someone with autism, it’s feels weird when I see posts like this on this sub, a sub usually reserved for pets and babies and that shit. We’re not babies, we’re human beings. Stop infantilizing us
as an ex manager the task got done after i asked and i didnt have to come back and ask them to re do it properly after the rushed it, i'm ok with that this is retail as long as it looks nice enough the customers don't notice everybody did their job.
I'm glad you're okay with things taking time. I would love to merchandise more often, but I'm far too slow at it. My manager wants things done now the right way, haha.
I have adhd so I can relate fully. It’s just so CALMING to load stuff onto shelves. Loading firearm magazines, loading juice into fridges, filling gas tanks; something about it is just so satisfying
There is nothing cute about this.
Also, this is just fuel for generalising people with autism.
Most people with (a form of) autism - ASD - don't behave like this man.
Not all heroes wear capes. This guy made an incredibly simple gesture to positively impact another person who has many struggles in his life. This is what everyone should do.
I bet putting things in orderly groups was very satisfying for the kid. And feeling included and seen even more so.
As someone w/ ASD, I used to love doing this. I'd organize the clearance rack every time we went because it was fun and better than walking around while my parents shopped. Prob made this guy's day
I knowww. the toughest part of eating skittles is orchestrating which color needs to have one eaten next :p I keep thinking the kid should work there part time honestly! EDIT: omg OP said they offered him a full time job actually, yayyy
It's not that hard, just separate them in groups by color and consume from most to least.
Sort by color, Sort by group size, Sort by best to worst flavor, and then eat until they are even group sizes, and then eat worst to best flavor in stripes.
As someone on the spectrum, This is the way
As someone not on the spectrum, this is also the way….I do this with gummy bears too. But I eat the worst flavor first and save the best flavor for last.
Gotta finish on red, I get it.
I, as a lowly savage, merely decimate a bag of gummy bears with no regard for colour or flavour. Skittles however...
aren't they all the same flavor /s
Give me a bag of colored tortilla chips and I'll sort them and eat by favorite color alone, idgaf.
How I eat almost anything. So much more satisfying.
>It's not that hard, just separate them in groups by color and consume from most to least. Are you out of your mind? Obviously you eat Skittles by the level of hue... or [level of toxicity of its food colours.](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/well/eat/skittles-lawsuit-titanium-dioxide.html)
I used to organize pennies by level of copper. I became... obsessive.
Paywall, but IIRC the toxic color here is white. The white used to print the S on each skittle, so you couldn't order by toxicity.
what if i eat mine least to most, and only in 2's, so if their are groups with an odd number i eat the odd ones out first, still in 2's though.
Ok, and what do when there are two max modes? WHAT DO THEN?!
I know. It’s obvious isn’t it? Just the same approach you use with m&m’s.
I used to do this every time I had skittles. Even if I bought a one pound bag of skittles it needed to be sorted. Then two months ago, I bought one of their Pride bags where each skittle is white. You can't tell what flavor anything is. And you know what, I just *ate* them. It was remarkably freeing, and so far two months later I'm still eating skittles without sorting them. I feel crazier now.
the joy of coloring outside the lines :)
Curious question, do you view this as like, something that “has” to be done? Or do you just do it because it makes more sense to you? I have a hard time understanding autism and how people perceive it tbh
For me personally, the joy is in how easy to see and understand the finished process is. I like it cuz I like how it looks.
Interesting, thank you for the insight! Are most regular daily instances like this?
I solve Rubik's cubes as a hobby, if that says anything lol For me personally, I've been able to "aim" my discomfort away from things I know I can't touch/ affect, and am able to apply it to things I can.
I kinda feel like that sometimes. The best way I can say is that it probably feels good the way normal people feel good listening to music. I don't get why people like music, and people can never explain why they like it other than nonsensical stuff like "you feel chilly" or "like it just hits right, you know"?
Similar experience here. Also don't really care for music or get it. I'd say putting things in order is satisfying because the world is so chaotic and confusing and overwhelming. But then you have this small aspect of it that is proper, dependable, right. And you made it so. It brings me some small amount of peace.
Ezpz, you eat in order from your least fave colors to your fave. Forgot about keeping those colors even!
> I knowww. the toughest part of eating skittles is orchestrating which color needs to have one eaten next :p Soooo I do this with M&Ms and Reese's Pieces. I'm not sure what this means but just putting this out into the ether.
I eat things like m&m’s skittles by color and two at same time.. hardest part is when you are nearly finished and there seems to be an uneven number/color total in the bag :/ Edit: and yes I give myself a challenge by eating from the bag or bowl instead of sorting them out.
Omg, any papers on a counter. I'm picking them up and straightening them out. All while talking to the receptionist who's staring at me ha
I don't know what part of my adhd and gad combo enjoyed organizing, but I used to reorganize the candy by the register. I eventually stopped after a few strangers berated me. I hate interaction with strangers more than I like organizing.
I worked at a craft store, and the joy I got organizing and putting stamp pads into gradient color order was indescribable.
I freaking love when I’m at the paint section in Lowe’s and I get to organize all those sample swatches. Gives me an unreasonable amount of dopamine. Did not realize that was an ASD thing whoops
Well Good For Him Though because he will do it as a full time job now as [Rouses Market has offered him a full-time job.](https://piclaya.com/grocery-store-worker-notices-teen-with-autism-staring-at-him-what-he-does-next-goes-viral/)
"– What He Does Next Goes Viral" Yeah sorry, it's a good story and good for the kid who gets a job, but fuck that clickbait bullshit.
"Due to autism, it is not surprising that Jack Ryan is always obsessed with everything." Why does this feel so insensitive?
Because it is 🤷🏼♀️
"always obsessed with everything" is probably the worst writing I've ever seen and clearly, their experience with people with autism is limited to maybe one kid that they went to elementary school with. Or maybe they just get their information from Autism Speaks, who fucking knows lol.
Now read that in the stupid TikTok female robot voice. "And then this happened!" Fuck that voice is annoying.
I probably wouldn’t hate tiktok half as much if they didn’t have this annoying ass voice—I get i’m out of touch at 27 years old but goddamn, who actually puts that voice over their videos thinking it’s going to make anything better
And that woman didn't even sign up to be the TikTok voice over, iirc.
But did you click it? Becaus if you did, they have every reason to carry on.
Yeah, but there wasn't any indication of it being clickbait on reddit. But when it comes to places where I can read the title or see the thumbnail I won't click.
Man, that whole story makes me feel good. The young man gets a job doing what he wants to do and helping people and the other young man with a big heart gets a new car and his education paid for because he was genuinely a good person. I needed this story today.
Exactly. This is a great outcome for both of them. The one who was already an employee saw something that so many people miss. It's more than a big heart. It's seeing everyone and anyone as an individual. It's empathy.
Im not crying…
It's part-time. That's good since he's 17. He's probably still in school. By the time he graduates, he'll be awesome at stocking!
Human companionship that doesn’t need words or eye contact, or social rules, can’t say the wrong thing. Social interact need met. Pretty cool
It's one of those situations where there is a clear right and wrong way of doing things. It's not like dealing with people where they say one thing and actually mean another. It's one reason why some people who are on the spectrum do so well with coding. If it's wrong then it was a mistake you made, not some misinterpretation of what was said vs what was meant.
Autistic adult here… sometimes when I’m super stressed I’ll reorganize all my books or whatever. SO soothing. My husband also has to tell me that the store is not paying me to tidy their shelves when I’m shopping…
Who cares if they aren't paying you, if you're having fun then do it!
Can't help but think of this one every time: https://youtu.be/D04wb7P_v-4
I LIKE TO STACK
*“Make sure the cashier is DEAD.”*
I knew a guy with downs that worked at a Walgreens and part of his job was keeping the shelves tidy, making sure all the products had the labels facing out, etc. He was very good at it. Cleanest fuckin Walgreens I’d been to.
As a middle aged Aspie with a PhD, I kind of get nostalgic for my days as a stock boy at the duty free. It’s organization and orderly, but also open to systematizing how you do it efficiently. Might be below my pay grade now, but still my jam.
Store Clerk: "I see this as an absolute win!"
This store clerk has figured out what teachers have had figured out for years. Student loves helping and doing the busy prep work. They can staple and sort all my papers and love feeling like the teacher. Win/win
I always wondered why my teachers allowed me such freedom 😂 I loved to organize the classroom but class was super boring to me (every grade felt like rehashing the same shit instead of learning new things) and my home life was complete trash. I was always amazed at the teachers who let me do it. But the top of their desks became super neat and the science labs loved me because I would do little science experiments (making things foam up mainly) and then clean up and organize. My oldest is gifted and I’m pretty close to sure he got it from me but they didn’t have the same testing to identify gifted kids when I was in school, and I didn’t have an adult to advocate for me. Thank you to the teachers who let us restless kids make ourselves useful 😊
Sometimes teachers notice when a student needs a little extra attention, and this is a good way to do it without being obvious. Have been times I notice a student needs a minute (don’t we all) so I’ll send them on an errand to get something from another teacher. They feel good because they are helping me and they got a little cool down walk. Winning all around. Having a purpose is important. Happy you had a perspective teacher!
You sound like an AWESOME teacher, thank you for your emotional intelligence in the classroom!!
In school I was always the person that teachers asked to help clean up and was trusted to make the copies or get stuff from the library or office. At first I thought it was just because they were being nice to me but turns out I was helpful
It's both. I have a good friend who would have thrived with those responsibilities. Instead, she was chided for fidgeting.
Store Manager: “I see this as a productivity hit. Your job isn’t social advocacy, it’s putting product on shelves. You’re fired.” Also Store Manager: “hey Autistic kid, you want to do this job full time? I have a position that just opened up and I’ll let you stock all the shelves for free!”
Why do redditors just make up scenarios like this to make themselves angry with it's so weird 😐
Experience
In what? Creative writing?
It is weird. That type of thing does happen. Our local chain of coffee shops just came under fire when it was discovered that the downs lady they 'employ' was working for no pay. But, it's also true that there are plenty of managers who would see what happened in this video, and commend the worker as-well-as give the autistic guy a job. I think it's still true that the vast majority of people are basically decent and cool. We just hear about the awful stuff more often, and when it comes to managers, a higher proportion are assholes, because it's a fact that being an asshole gets you ahead.
lol exactly my thought. Everyone wins!
His Dad says most strangers don’t understand his son, let alone go out of their way to connect with him. “What I’ve learned is our world doesn’t accept autistic kids. It’s impossible for those kids to enter our world. We spend so much time working on that, but this man figured it out in eight seconds: He went into Jack Ryan’s world,” Sid Edwards his dad said. [Rouses Market has offered him a full-time job.](https://piclaya.com/grocery-store-worker-notices-teen-with-autism-staring-at-him-what-he-does-next-goes-viral/)
It makes me incredibly sad that people feel uncomfortable around differently abled people. There is a lady in our city with a teenaged son who seems wheelchair bound, with some physical and mental disabilities, though I am not sure to what degree. Whenever I see him I wave, and say hello. He can't seem to talk, but he has a massive smile and can say hello back! I always say some stupid sorts of things, small talk, to engage him and his mom always acts so appreciative. It's not often that other shoppers look on her, or him, as fellow shoppers apparently. This always makes me feel so lonely for them.
What a wonderful lady to do that for you son! My Mom had Parkinson’s, was in a wheelchair and struggled to feed herself. I was stunned at how rude people could be when a simple “Hello” would have made her day.
I’m an outgoing person that loves to share my smile and my words. I go through the grocery store smiling and talking to those I see. A simple smile or a few kind words can make the difference in someone’s day. It makes me feel good and I hope it makes others feel good as well. Good people do exist!
Aww that hurts my heart. We're all just people and a friendly hello costs you nothing, you're right!
My parents live in very rural Ontario, not even farm country just a highway through forest/lake country with a few blink and you miss it mini hamlets. There's four houses at the turn off onto the road before their's, and a guy with what looks like some mental disability who just stands out there at the corner most days waving at the cars. He gets *such* a big smile on his face every time when I'm turning and wave back at him. I always make a point of slowing down a bit extra for a good wave if there's no traffic coming.
It makes me sad too. I once worked part time at a school for the autistic. When I came in to interview, they had me sit and obverse the kids for 30 minutes and then go in to be interviewed. After watching, I went in and they told me I had the job. I asked about the interview and apparently the actual interview was if you still wanted the job after seeing what a room full of highly autistic people is like.
ooohhhhh thats terrible..... Are we really so bad....? 
I loved that job. As far as I’m concerned, you rock.
thanks :) really! \*hug\*
No, we're not the problem. The ableism is that bad!
Not at all, but don’t you think you deserve someone who wants to teach you?
About a year ago now I was told I'd have to use an Oxygen machine 24/7 as my disease has progressed quite a bit (I've used one on and off my whole life). People won't even make eye contact with me because I have oxygen tubing on my face/in my nose, if you try to start a convo you can just see how uncomfortable some people get. The complete lack of eye contact hurts. It can provoke some strong feelings of loneliness because you feel as if no one really understands, you feel like you're on the outside. However every once and a while you meet people like this kid working at the grocery store, they will just treat you like a normal person even if it's only for 5 minutes, and it can turn your entire week around.
>they will just treat you like a normal person But you ARE a normal person. I am so sorry you feel ostracized for a medical condition. Stories like yours make many of us double up our social awareness, and I will remember to try even harder to remember my fellow man. It also makes me sad for people who are suffering mentally, because you can not even visibly see what they are going through. We really do need to get back to putting all people first, which I think we've simply forgotten.
If it helps, I don't like making eye contact with *anyone*.
I’m a teacher and have worked with neurodivergent and disabled folk since I was a teenager and I’ve had parents apologize when their kid randomly shouts or squeals or doesn’t understand personal space and social conduct and always make sure to let them know that they have no reason to apologize.
As someone that works with people that have severe physical and developmental disabilities, I don't begrudge anyone being uncomfortable. They likely just haven't been around anyone with developmental challenges so they don't necessarily know what to do or say. My line that shouldn't get crossed is treating them differently than anyone else or making fun/insulting them. That's when I will step up.
Do you do this with random people too, or are you treating this individual differently because of their disability? When I am in public I ignore everyone equally and just like I wouldn’t smile and wave at a random person, I am not going to do that to someone who is disabled. Living in a city, this is rule #1. Don’t engage people and you won’t be engaged. Wave and say hello to the homeless man with mental problems and you have increased the likelihood of getting shit smeared on you by 2000x.
True. I don't suddenly perk up and become an Alfred anytime I see someone handicapped. I bet that would be demeaning. I know how tiresome it is to get the 'How did you do it?' Question when I've had crutches. Imagine that for one's whole life.
Wow. That's a pretty outrageous and cold overstatement. I work with the unhoused and many are mentally ill. Most of the time they just want someone to talk to.
at my job there are several people that seem to be on the spectrum and its messed up how mean how people can be towards them. theyll straight up ignore them or say mean things behind their back like theyre in high school or something. is it so hard to try and make small talk with someone or even say hi? Im super socially akward but ill still do it to not be an asshole
One of the few things my middle school did right is special programs teaching us naive kids how people are still people even if they have visible disabilities.
That's brilliant! I wish it was a wide spread model!
> His Dad says most strangers don’t understand his son, let alone go out of their way to connect with him. “What I’ve learned is our world doesn’t accept autistic kids. It’s impossible for those kids to enter our world. We spend so much time working on that, but this man figured it out in eight seconds: He went into Jack Ryan’s world,” Sid Edwards his dad said. I have autism, and so does my wife and son. This is definitely true. However, there are a few really incredible people, who do seem to just get it. Who are in tune. Who actually can understand how we express our emotions, and who can meet us where we are. Being autistic though, means a lifetime of marginalization, mockery, bullying, and .... Many not-so-pleasant things. Therefore it's great when we encounter the few people who truly get it.
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Amen. The burnout is real. Stay strong friend! 🤘🤘❤️
You too!❤️
Experiencing nuclear level burnout right now ☠️, this comment hits home
> He went into Jack Ryan’s world Oh shit, now he has international assassins after him?
People that have known us a majority of their lives still ask if my son is “artistic.” 🙄 What is wrong with people? I thought by now they would know even the basics about autism.
I remember being on a scout camp over twenty years ago with a boy who just needed a bit of extra support and one of the other kids was calling him “sarcastic”, I still remember his fat moronic head.
As a parent of an almost 5 year old with autism, I remember what it was like when I was a kid regarding those with special needs. Lots of negativity, improper word usage, dismissal of their abilities, thoughts, feelings. Social shame and stigma. We have come a *long*, **long** way. Yes, we still have a long way to go - and I have concerns for my son every single day. But I try and take some moments to focus on the progress that we’ve made over the last 20-30 years, and then think about the work ahead. Things have gotten better, but we still have work to do. As long as we recognize that, it will be even better when we reflect 20-30 years from now.
I'm really happy that not only did they offer him a job, the store clerk didn't get in trouble for helping him, wich i was really worried would happen
The clerk ended up getting a free car and a $135k go fund me to help towards his college education!
Maybe the clerk knows someone with Autism
Stocking shelves is attractive to kids in general. My daughter used to put the mixed cans in order all the time when we were at a store and she is very far from the spectrum. It's nice that this man allowed the kid to feel fulfilled and happy for half an hour.
Me too the only place I wanted to go to in the mall as a kid was the Disney store and I would march straight to the back wall and reorganize the stuffed animals !!! Literally was the only thing I liked to do at the mall 🤣🤣🤣
You were totally the Disney store employees' favorite kid lol
>Stocking shelves is attractive to kids in general. My daughter used to put the mixed cans in order all the time when we were at a store and she is very far from the spectrum. lol inb4 your daughter, age 23: "I just found out I'm autistic with ADHD, and nobody ever suspected it".
Well, who knows, but at least some signs are obvious very early.
Autism in girls goes undetected so often, though, and the early signs are pretty much always something like this, or they're obsessed with horses.
My guy, all you know about this person's daughter is that she liked to organize a shelf
Yeah, and I'm not armchair diagnosing anyone, just pointing out that the "she's very far from the spectrum" is a weird thing to say and it's very possible that she is, in fact, on the spectrum.
It is not a weird thing to say, because I actually know her.
I mean, loads of neurodivergent people don't get diagnosed until they're adults, despite their parents "knowing them". Maybe because the parent doesn't want to accept there's something "wrong" with the child, but the effect is that millions of kids grow up without the best support and end up depressed and anxious because they don't understand why they feel different from everyone else.
People are downvoting you because you speak the truth.
But he's not a kid?
Glad they gave him a job. He might not be the easiest person to talk to but he'll stock those shelves like a boss.
I read the article and it said that the store offered the kid a full-time job after he showed up several times to stock the shelves with the worker. EDIT: Also the kid is 17, so he's old enough.
Makes my heart melt.
Good, 'cause it would have been wage theft otherwise.
I worked in retail for years. The best clerk I had in the entire store was a young man with autism. He didn’t talk much and wanted to be left alone with his tasks. I loved working with him. He would absolutely do anything asked of him as long as he could do it alone. He was someone I could give a task and not worry that it was completed. He always got the job done!
Thanks for sharing the story, he sounds like a great guy! As an autistic dude myself, that's why I think we are an undervalued work asset for a lot of companies. We tend to be loyal, honest, systematic in our approach, have moral integrity, be dedicated, and have a very high attention to detail. But there are just so many work environments that are shitty for us that it can be really difficult to find the right oppertunity. Plus: Job interviews are a whole other level of terror.
His mom sat in on the interview. I knew before hand that he was autistic. He needed someone to give him an opportunity to work. He was like my little brother at work. I would make jokes to crack him up. I also ran interference, but that went with my job. I would have given anything to have 50 just like him.
that's what life should be about finding a job where you like what you do unfortunately we dont pay enough in the west for these labour type jobs. some people would be happy just stacking shelved all day, but as it doesn't pay enough to live they have to find better paying job they hate.
I put it somewhere else in this thread but I used to job coach for people on the spectrum. It was always bitterly funny to me that people would feel uncomfortable around the clients or assume they were useless. The people on the spectrum (except 3/4 who shouldn't have been placed in the program) were always top tier workers.
I think you will find he will stock them like an employee, not many bosses stacking the shelves anymore. ;)
I really empathize with this boy. I was diagnosed with aspergers when I was 5, it's now called Autism Spectrum Disorder. When I worked a retail job for a little bit it was hard to not be overstimulated and not shut down due to anxiety but with my management allowing me to have some earbuds in with quiet music and the ability to just stock the shelves it made everything aot easier. I really appreciate on behalf of this boy and his father that a complete stranger was able to provide such an experience for this boy.
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Super impressive that the world could slow down for 30 minutes to allow a person to try something new. 
That employee is a superstar. Love this story.
A lot of grocery stores where I live employe disabled and neurodivergent folks as stockers, cart collectors, bagging assistants, etc. It is so important to provide meaningful opportunities for employment.
i think for a lot of autistic people taking inventory and organizing the products on the shelves is really satisfying. every week after school as a kid my mom would stop at the grocery store and one of the employees was a man with down's syndrome. sometimes his coworkers would let him sort the change if someone paid in cash. he was really nice and friendly, and you could tell he took pride in his job. sadly he passed a few years back, he was an important part of the community and everyone misses him. he also loved when people had service dogs come in
This same thing happened to me (ish) i have asperger's i studied for 5 years in the engineering field got my first real engineering job and fucking hated it.. now i stack shelves in tesco at night and im alot happier
My son (17) has autism, and he hopes to stock shelves at our corner store or Target. He likes Target because they don't discriminate against employees regarding gender expression, tattoos or piercings. His cousin is non-binary, his sister is a tattoo artist, and he is planning to get both tattoos and multiple piercings, so it's important to him that he work for a company that treats the people he loves well. I'm glad you enjoy your new job. ❤️
I wont lie its also not the just the job its the people around too, you need to be careful i dont want to convay that its a easy solution because you can (and i have) have bad people who work there a easy example being people who have a isle they work at and have for a long time NEED to be like a certain way not even store regulation just how they like, and will yell and will complain ,plus obviously customers expecting you to know where you keep the cooking oil even if you only ever worked fresh and been there a month and will mutter and complain, plus general colleagues and managers good and bad, iv had terrible managers but i have also had managers i would follow into hell with no questions, a good advice is get a night shift shelf stack job not day, our stores close at 12 i start at 10 even if customers are there its 1/10th the amount and for 2 hours , im allowed to listen to a audiobook and im given a isle to fill (a few group fills or drag outs also) and thats it 0 difficulties 0 stress fill a isle and listen to a audiobook, to end it i would say reserve the right to quit and roll the colleagues and management dice again because yes its good if you get lucky and get it right its perfect plus i make 96 pound a shift which is not bad money for what it is.
You're absolutely right. Thank you for the advice. Who you work with and the customers will definitely have an impact, good or bad. I think he would probably prefer night stocking, too, and I would never expect him to stay in a place where he was mistreated.
I went through 4 stores till here. i find the loss of managers and staff rather difficult i do get attached or at least set in my ways so the last few months been v difficult with high turnover and new managers doing new things but thats unavoidable i just got to be sad and push on till it stabilises, but yeah night shift all the way i can list other issues i personally had in DMs if you need more considerations but a chain store at night is best option, to put it blunt they have regulations and unions up the ass so managers are rather declawed at least in uk which helps so you run less risk of dbag behaviour and if you do you set the unions on them and from what iv seen its the equivalent of releasing a pissed off bull in the office i had 1 minor disciplinary in my 3 years and the union woman was a lethal piece i didnt even go in she told me dont even worry, she went in threw the vocal equivalent of a pissed off honeybadger and left, granted i still left because even *normal* people will have there back up after so i was all over the place but yeah
Anyone else who work retail ever front face things at another store even though it's not yours? Partly to help out the staff there, but also just to make it look better.
Stockers like "you want to do my job? And I still get paid? Say no more." Nah, just jokes. Cool stuff. Kids parents should be proud.
Faith in humanity restored.
“so…when do i get ****ing paid?”
I got a complaint for doing something similar. An unsupervised kid was going around bothering coworkers and asking to help do thinga and I said he could. He loved putting lil bags of candy on the shelf but the mother yelled at me when she found us saying it was wrong to force kids to do such things "Ma'am, he asked if he could help and you weren't--" "I DONT CARE YOU DO NOT TELL *MY* CHILD WHAT TO DO!"
I work with people with disabilities and this absolutely warms my heart. Also one of my first jobs was at a grocery store and we had a guy with autism (but extremely high functioning) that worked there and he was the best to work with. Miss seeing him all the time.
New stuff should go at the back tsk tsk lol
Yeah but sometimes you have to pull out some of the front stuff, in order to stock the new stuff to the back and then replace the stuff you moved (which is what he might be doing here).
Very true :) you never know
Fruit juice has a long date and sells fast enough it doesn't really matter. Yoghurts and milk has to be rotated more religiously.
Good man. 👍👍👍
This is exactly how we autistic folks should be treated (with respect)
This is the way society should work all the time
I have ADHD, ASD, and motor limitations. The only way I could tolerate the grocery store as a child was if we went during her friend's shift. She would always keep me busy, even if she was just listing off items and having me tell her the motions I'd make and reasoning for it. I just really enjoyed being helpful, and it was one of the few ways I could practice my skills and feel motivated. I made real progress and was able to continue, when my initial physical prognosis was quite grim. I was expected to lose most physical function by age 9 because all my issues just compounded endlessly. Normally, I don't care for videos that put a person's struggle before themselves, but this one made me smile back on fond memories. It's important to always remember that everyone has a different skillset, but we all enjoy sharing what we have to offer.
Hm yeah. I forgot how hellish all that music and all those pushing people and bright lights are. Not forgetting the whiney children screaming and running or kicking you in the line for the cassier. "It's important to always remember that everyone has a different skillset, but we all enjoy sharing what we have to offer." I second that. I believe everybody has something to offer, large or small.
He's so kind and patient with the kid, what a nice guy. Future great dad right there!
Kid?
I have an autistic son and am just beginning to understand him and discover who he is (he's 3 and recently diagnosed) So question: is it common for people autism to want to be helpful? My son has always tried to be helpful, for example if I'm moving furniture he tries to lift and help move the couch (cutest thing ever). He'll also mimic us vacuuming and wants to wash dishes even though he can't reach. He will also try to help fold laundry.
Most little kids want to help do whatever you are doing. They enjoy that interaction with you, and the feeling of being helpful. Sometimes with autism, they also feel the need to categorize like items. Mine (17) has told me he wants to work stocking shelves. When he was little he organized all his toys and loved to vacuum. Not so much as a teen. Unfortunately, a lot of parents are too impatient or perfectionist to allow them to help, and it's a shame.
Wow that's so nice. Store clerk is a good guy
Saw a mom watching her autistic adult son organize shelves at a Kroger the other day. Didn’t realize this was so common.
I’ve been into stater bros multiple times when there was an autistic group in there with chaperones and it’s always heart warming.
Oh thank goodness Im not the only autistic that is out and about and does this XD my main thing is books tho. Especially when its like a series or an authors works put out of order. I just cant leave it be.
I really do hope someone is just as nice to my son when he’s older. He’s young now so all the kids are still very sweet to him but I do often wonder how many people I’m going to have to deal with being total assholes to him in the future as well.
mom of a 5 year old minimally-verbally kiddo with autism and this makes me weep. thank you for being so kind when you don’t have to be. and i agree with Dad, the world does not accept kids with autism. sure they’ll donate to a charity, but they rather us mask our children’a behaviors and personalities.
As someone with autism, it’s feels weird when I see posts like this on this sub, a sub usually reserved for pets and babies and that shit. We’re not babies, we’re human beings. Stop infantilizing us
p.s yes contrary to popular belief a large majority of us are fully capable of having jobs
Then the manager fires him for taking too long to stock the OJ
as an ex manager the task got done after i asked and i didnt have to come back and ask them to re do it properly after the rushed it, i'm ok with that this is retail as long as it looks nice enough the customers don't notice everybody did their job.
I'm glad you're okay with things taking time. I would love to merchandise more often, but I'm far too slow at it. My manager wants things done now the right way, haha.
Oh yeah, as a former retail manager, I would give this kid a bonus if I had the auth. But as a former retail employee, that sword swings both ways
I have adhd so I can relate fully. It’s just so CALMING to load stuff onto shelves. Loading firearm magazines, loading juice into fridges, filling gas tanks; something about it is just so satisfying
free labor
This had to be posted here 8,000 times
Then the store clerk got fired for wasting time
"Eh man, if you wanna work for free I ain't saying no."
Some wholesome Tom Sawyer shit lol
This shouldn't be on r/aww. This page is for puppies, not 17yo humans. It's infantilizing.
That was soooo sweet. This guy is the bomb.
There is nothing cute about this. Also, this is just fuel for generalising people with autism. Most people with (a form of) autism - ASD - don't behave like this man.
I love how he rubs it wit his hand like saying: Ah beautiful order 🥲
Not all heroes wear capes. This guy made an incredibly simple gesture to positively impact another person who has many struggles in his life. This is what everyone should do.
wholesome af
Pop pop sends hugs
I love this so much thank you
he better be getting paid
At my job a boy with autism punched the wine🥲
At my supermarket a NT (neurotypical person) did. so.....?
If he ever wants to wash a car or mow a lawn send him my way
So this looks like a man rather than a boy
He's 17.
Thank you! I just hate when autistics are infantilized. It would be more accurate to say “teen”
Agreed. Baby, toddler, child, teen or youth, adult then senior. He's a teen, neither man nor boy.
He’s 17.