Are McJobs Asperger's Friendly???

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Hi yall,
I am only qualified for McJobs despite having multiple college degrees. Are Retail McJobs Asperger's friendly???

I have no experience working in fast-food but I highly highly doubt that would be Asperger friendly due to needing to do multiple different tasks in a short time span if not having multiple things to keep track of at the same time like keeping track of cooking fries while taking orders, stress of rushing when busy, & talking to various customers in a short amount of time to name a few.
My first job was a dish-washer at IHOP & I bet dish-washing in a restaurant is generally more Asperger friendly than working in fast-food. Dish-washing has less customer interaction, is more routine, & has less tasks to keep track of at once.
My second & third job were retail doing custodial stuff while the stores were open. I had less customer interaction than the cashiers & stockers did & I was usually left alone by management more & not rushed as much as they were. Perhaps custodial stuff in non-retail like offices, hotels, & hospitals could be mangeable for you as well.
While my types of jobs are not super Asperger friendly, may only pay minimum-wage, & might not have benefits but not having qualifications, skills, experience, or network connections is a majorly limiting factor with employment even for non-disabled NTs. You need to start somewhere as the saying goes. Try applying for most any job you think you might could do & get to & try your best when you get hired. After being there a bit you could start applying for other jobs that you think might be a tad better for you. I really wish you the best of luck.

Are there any government or school jobs available?
Maybe not for profit organizations that have part time jobs?

A lot of places have healthcare jobs.

It depends on you.

I worked in a bakery once and it was horrible because the culture
required a lot of socializing with the other bakers who were
kind of weird, and did not understand my particular mindset.
Some were reformed criminals.

However, now much later in life I could handle that environment
as my social perception has improved, and I could even come to
enjoy it over more scheming corporate places.

mcjobs, being highly franchized, would be different. I think that
there are very specialized roles and a very clear system for how to make the burgers.
I think that this would actually suit someone with autism, provided they could tolerate
the sensory aspects.
So it is possible. You would need a good manager initially, as you would probably
take longer to learn what they mean in aspie-level detail.