Aspie-friendly business: commission furniture sales ? ?

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Baseline Statistic: 80% of new businesses fail.

So, here's the general idea.

We have a straightforward sales approach. For older merchandise or when other stores are having sales, we occasionally offer ten percent off.

I have the patience for giving a similar sales presentation over and over again, somewhat adjusting it for different customers, and paying attention to how different people react to this same or similar presentation. That is, I think I often have more interest and appreciation in people than a 'normal' person has (no such thing as 'normal' anyway and how boring the world would be if there were! ).

Now, I'm kind of a language/narrative/social studies type of Aspie. And I realize not everyone is. (According to Temple Grandin, this is one of three major types.)

And we try to have roughly 50-50 between people on the Spectrum and people not. That is, we try and have an integrated workplace. Maybe sometimes it will be 40-60 in either direction or even 30-70, and that's okay. We endeavor to treat each person with respect and to appreciate the skills we each bring to the table.

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The other part of the business is the delivery. In my one year as working in mattress sales, customers can get very angry if they feel disrespected during the delivery process.

So, we have a middle-of-the-road delivery price of about $50. We do charge a modest extra, say $10, for taking away the old mattress.

We have a little flex built into the schedule so that we usually make the 4 hour window. And when we don't we respectfully notify the customer.

Again, 8 out of 10 new businesses go out of business, and the biggest reason being undercapitalization. For example, a business doesn't have the money for a good location, so they try and make do with a sub-par location. That should actually be a time to reconsider the business or perhaps begin looking at online equivalents.

Good luck! I fall into that category of Aspie as well, and I still did terribly in the retail world. But I genuinely wish you success!

This is not something I'm planning to do anytime soon. But I do think this is a good idea if someone is looking for businesses which are potentially aspie-friendly, and businesses which can hire a mix of both spectrum people and 'normal' people (and no such thing as 'normal' anyway! )

And I do want our group to talk about jobs and potential businesses for those of us who are language/narrative/social studies types of Aspie.