Published on 12, July, 2020
I had to go into work this morning and deal with a customer, I can act really slick and spend 15 minutes talking in a way I’m expected to. It leaves me drained, my wife was with me and we went to the nearest supermarket afterwards, I know in hindsight, I shouldn’t have gone. The supermarket was very busy, I started to lose words in sentences and spike.
What I have noticed is in the entrances, there is always a charity collection, last week they had covered 3 different entrance points, I’ve noticed, the same people are there for different charities. What I really struggle with is that they actually approach people and ask for a few minutes of time, I find it a big struggle to engage, it’s hard sell. I can’t blurt it out to them but, I’m autistic, please leave me alone. They don’t want some change, they want a direct debit signup. It can upset my day for hours. I can leave feeling physically sick. Has anyone else had to deal with this?
That sounds dreadful Roy, I don't mind doing a DD to charity but let us sit at our computers and do it at leisure for charities we prioritise, otherwise they should stick to holding a collection bucket and let folks come to them, I'm sure walking up to and accosting people in the street for money (for anything) should be illegal, surely it can't be charity if it isn't given freely with 0 coercion.To do that to you when you just need to get in and out of the shop is awful, sorry to hear you had to go through that Roy.
Actually now I think of it a legally defined "group" of people obstructing entrances and exits is a fire hazard, and probably is illegal.