UK restaurant says customer is not right his server is

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Restaurant sticks up for server with autism after customers refuse service

That was cool. Maybe people will start insisting on having him as their server.

Thanks for sharing. To me the most illuminating things was when the man said he understands, but always feels like should apologize.

Very interesting end note.

Thanks

The Restaurant must be happy that they have a good server like him! I would say the same thing like they posted on there facebook page! If I was the owner i would kick them out immediately for disrespecting my worker.

That's a great story

There's a cashier at one of our local stores who seems to have high-functioning autism, but is still much lower-functioning than I am. There is definitely something obviously different about him; I don't think he could "pass" for NT for a second. It's possible that he may be slightly intellectually disabled, but he doesn't seem to be.

He never looks anyone in the eye, and moves in a very rhythmic manner when he's scanning and bagging items. He also talks to himself a bit. However, he always makes conversation with the customers, and he does his job just as well as the rest of the cashiers. He's not in the least bit unpleasant.

I can see how some people may avoid him because he's so obviously different, but that's their problem. It's clear to me that he tries his best (which is more than I can say for most people), and I've never seen him cause any problems.

The sad thing for autistic people is most often they are great workers even if in some cases a little slow. NT people often overlook the positive things they bring to the job due to often minor idiosyncrasies. I struggled with my general slowness for my whole life even though I was a hard worker. I just couldn't work at the pace they wanted. I also sometimes misunderstood instructions & could not remember multiple step directions that had more than 2 or 3 steps, they had to be written for me. I could not write fast enough myself to do so myself when I was being given multiple directions. These shortcomings have been a real pain for me. Fortunately I don't have to worry about that with my current job.

Fantastic story! I wrote an e-mail message to the owner. I told him that he might want to prepare for many, many more customers who appreciate what he did.

Despite what I have been able to do in my life, I was never able to sustain employment for more than a few years at a time. I lost most of my jobs in weeks or months. I had many supervisors who acted like the insecure hooligans described in the news reports. I learned the hard way how jobs for autistic individuals are, more often, a rug pulled out from under them.

I wish I could visit the restaurant. Its web site makes it seem quite nice with a yummy menu!