@kumakurea_ thank you claire that means a lot :')<33 it's pretty baffling seeing the things people are saying as if it's somehow easy to just completely bypass the symptoms of a developmental disability fkfld;gk
as someone who's been fired for autistic meltdowns this thread is depressing & a stark reminder that the general public still has no idea what an autistic meltdown is, and thinks it's some sort of tantrum that can be avoided if you just try hard enough
Why not remove yourself from the situation before it gets to this extent? Of course you're being punished for acting out, you're at least 40 talking about lying on the floor and crying at work. That IS disstressful amd disruptive to others. I'm neurodivergent and would be FIRED.
@numptypants masking is what led to the meltdown lol. why are you surprised that autistic people would break under extremely stressful situations where they're not allowed even a minute to breathe to regulate themselves. not to mention i was freshly diagnosed with no coping skills
@thisischamina he probably tried to get to a safe spot beforehand but failed, meltdowns can come on very suddenly. sometimes you can feel them coming on and sometimes not, it can unfortunately blindside you
@spacemanonfire@DankNDerpyGamer i wish i was this naive 😭 employers don't care what's legal or not, especially if they're huge franchises with the money & power to back them up. you'd be shocked at how bad the working conditions are in north america at your average fast food chain
@50shadesof_EE@himederebunny genuinely no. on an 8 hour shift we were only allowed to pee during our 30 min lunch break between the 4 hours. they said we were 'too busy' to allow any of us to leave the floor even when it was totally dead lmao
@Baconpwn well yeah, that's the goal. but i can't access the services that help autistics with that. when i got my diagnosis i was informed that emotional regulation therapy started at $300/session. unfortunately many autistics live on the poverty line
@internet_xo many of us did, nothing happened bc it's a huge fast food chain & the manager was rich hopefully it's better now but even the employees who had been there for 15 years were so fed up they quit
@cabochon__nazar did you read the post 😭 just being able to step away for 5 minutes would be enough. the same time as a bathroom break. which we weren't allowed either btw!
@UnprobableP bro they dgaf as long as they can get away with it. 14 of us collectively quit in the span of 2 weeks bc of the working conditions, they stole hundreds from our paycheques too. this is a top fast food chain btw 😭 one of the signs behind the register literally says 'no water'
@GarfieldFan998 i did, nothing came of it unfortunately - but people were so fed up that 14 people quit in the span of 2 weeks and they were scrambling to hire people after that LOL