https://wrongplanet.net/dear-aspie-how-to-handle-unexpected-conversation/ Autism Community Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:23:38 -0500 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 https://wrongplanet.net/dear-aspie-how-to-handle-unexpected-conversation/#comment-351 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 04:21:13 +0000 http://wpt1301.bptest.net/dear-aspie-how-to-handle-unexpected-conversation/#comment-351 I hate working in public positions, such as customer service or retail positions dealing directly with the customers, trying to do my job was enough by itself without random customers asking me questions like “where is ___?” To which I might know the answer, but getting my mind and body ligned up enough to respond with an intelligible answer was like trying to swim in a lake made of jello. I often would freeze up, I must have looked like a “deer in the headlights” I get the feeling that some people think I am stupid… I am very smart… I am not very quick on the draw, as they say.

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