Salespeople?

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I know this sounds like a really masochistic job choice for someone with autistic-like tendencies... But, are there any socially-retarded salespeople on here? I'm one I misinterpret things people say, and have a few times been accused of being rude when i didn't mean to, but i think that just getting to walk around, ask people if they need anything, and ramble on about video games and TVs all day is kind of cool. I've explained the pros and cons of different video game consoles to many a confused parent, and i think that kind of thing makes up for getting easily confused by a lot of things at work. My reviews are always "you keep your hands in your pockets too much and don't make good eye contact, but you know a lot about electronics. here's a few cents raise." It also gives you a sort of controlled atmosphere(you're a salesperson, they're the customer. set roles.) in which to be social, and i really like that... since i do thoroughly enjoy interacting with people no matter bad i am at it or how much stress it can sometimes cause. I doubt this will be my life's work, but it's okay for now. I usually see people say that quiet jobs like accounting or data entry are more suitable for Aspies and such, but i can't see myself keeping my mind on something like that. Here i can focus on something that interests me... and, even when i can't, it's not usually for long enough for me to get really bored with it.

I did try to be a cashier briefly in high school and it didn't go nearly as well, though.... Quit on the second day... And the managers didn't even know i had quit for awhile, because i asked another employee what i should do if i wanted to quit and they said "i don't know, just leave i guess"... So, i just left. lol. That day and a half of work was hell. But for some reason this sales job is totally fine most of the time(Christmas time sucks, though).

Just seeing if anyone else can relate.

I used to work in bank in a job where I had to sell lots of things like all kinds of insurance, and also convince people to buy other bank's products and to apply their money on mutual funds. I was a complete disaster cause I couldn't tell by looking at a person face if that person was interested in buying something like insurance or not. After two months I quited.

Unfortunately yes. I used to have a perfect job, I delivered pizzas every evening with my motorbike, friendly environment, I was friend with everyone, some made fun of me but in a positive way, I was appreciated and I loved it. But family pressures forced me to make other applications and in the end a filthy bastard called me for a kind of call center, I could handle it but mobbing made me quit, I immediately came back to the pizza place but they didn't need me at the moment. So I was happily jobless....and then came out the idea of taking a small shop (cigarettes and stuff). I said yes buteverything was done by my father (bad relationship with). Now I'm here all afternoons, don't really know what I'm here for. First months were terrible, headache, meltdowns and sky-high stress. Now it's a bit better, sometimes I feel hated, there'salways the awkwardnees of having to be face to face with strangers and I often just freeze, I'm often too mechanic, when there are more people at the same time it's harder, it's getting better but it's still far from ok. I have no desire to find anything else, I just wish I could stay home all day, i don't want a lot of money, just the few I need to buy games, coming back to pizza seems wrong right now (idk why, mabe because here my family is involved), how comes in other countries people with AS take money from the government and instead I have to do what I'm terrible at ?

I think people on the spectrum can be good at sales if they are interested in what they're selling. I worked at a Borders for a while and was pretty good at it because I knew a lot about books, but then I transferred to another store where the customers weren't very book-oriented and I hated it. Quit after a couple of weeks.

I did a very short stint selling utilities contracts, which was ok. I sold a few.

Also, a while back when I was stuck in a rut I considered volunteering to be one of those dudes who stand in the street with a clipboard asking people to donate to charity.
I am so glad I didn't do that! Being turned down a hundred times each day would have done my self-esteem no good at all.

I found out several years ago that I should never work with the public in any kind of sales situation. I am simply dreadful in every possible way when it comes to those kinds of jobs.

Yeah, I would think that if you are interested in what you are selling, then that would help a whole lot.

Anyone see this movie? "Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise"? It's about these two vacuum cleaner salesmen. Neither is ASD, but Timothy Spall's character is a total nutcase, and completely obsessed with selling vacuum cleaners at all cost. It's really funny, and probably even more so for someone in sales.