Can an autistic be comfortable working at a store?

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Hello I'm back with a new topic related to autism & I just wanna say I'm sorry about the last post but I kinda figured something out for the moment, I will delete my first post eventually but I don't know how though.....anyways here's my least problem.

Okay so my brother (who isn't disabled) works at walmart as a stocker during night shifts, & I wanna do the same thing he does which is to work at a different walmart doing the same thing he does. The other walmart in my state isn't hiring anyone at the moment but here's one of my fears working at a store or somewhere else.

One of my fears about getting a job is getting uncomfortable out in public surrounded by people that I know or don't know & if I were to work at walmart or somewhere else during the night I wanna be comfortable knowing that things are okay, usually when I go out in public I wear sunglasses so that people don't assume I'm a stalker or whatever, of course I don't know if making new friends (or possibly getting a soulmate) would be possible working at place or not.....sometimes I prefer to keep to myself so that I don't make things awkward/uncomfortable.

I don't know if there's other people out their who feel uncomfortable out in public or not but if anybody is reading I would like some advice on how I can feel comfortable working at a store or somewhere else (during the night that is) please, until then thank you for reading & have a good day.

I worked in retail when I was your age and one of the things that made it possible was that I only worked in places that had something to do with one of my interests. As far as I know, Walmart is a large company that does not specialise and sells a lot of different things? I don't think I would particularly like working there unless I could stay in the film, music or book departments where I could use my knowledge to help people. Working in the clothes department would (metaphorically) kill me as I couldn't care less about fashion.

Another thing to remember is that you can always walk out on a job. If you don't like it then leave - I did this many times. It gets much harder to do this as you get older and have a mortgage and family.

I know I wouldn't be. But then, I'm only one end of the thread. If you think you'll manage, by all means, go for it.

I think this job will be very suitable for you. You must follow directions, but otherwise work on your own. You won't meet too many customers at night. If you want to socialize with other employees, it is up to you. Good luck.

I found the customer service side of retail the hardest aspect of a fairly typical store job; I previously worked in a popular herbal supplements chain as an assistant for some time. Being asked to ask customers if they needed help led to some awkward situations. People can be very mean and insulting, or otherwise creepy or incomprehensible. Having to do this did technically improve my ability to approach and talk to others though, so it did provide some impromptu social skills training. I liked the stock management aspect, though. Sorting through boxes of goods, re-stocking shelves and recording sell-by dates was something the others all dreaded but I loved it, just pure organisation without interruption or conversation! They'll always be good and bad parts to any job one takes. Nothing for it but to use all the information you have about the position to weigh the pros against the cons, and see where you stand.