[ad_1]
A woman has gone viral on TikTok after ordering room service for the first time – a huge achievement as she is autistic.
Paige Layle has more than 2.7 million followers on TikTok and the 23-year-old from Ontario documents life with autism and ADHD.
Autistic woman orders room service
“I’m at a hotel and I’d really like breakfast,” she says in the viral video. “I’ve never called the hotel or asked for room service before but I think that I can because I’ve looked at what I want for breakfast and it says all I have to do is dial star.”
She’s sitting in a hotel room holding the menu and freaking out because she’s never ordered room service before due to her autism. People with the developmental disability often have problems with social communication and interaction.
“I’m autistic if ya’ll are just seeing this for the first time. So this is weird. Oh my god I’m so nervous,” she continues before putting her head in her hands and trying to psych herself up to make the room service call.
Paige then practices what she’s going to say when she picks up the phone, reciting “Could you send a yogurt parfait up to room 3,003” before dialling star and shaking uncontrollably with nerves as she waits for the call to pick up.
The woman perfectly makes the call and also orders a coffee with milk, then hangs up the phone and drops to the floor as she is so happy and shocked that she actually managed to call room service all by herself.
“I did it, it’s coming and it was easy and it’s fine,” she says with her hands over her eyes, almost in tears of joy. “And no one’s mad at me or anything. That was awful.”
TikTok relates to heartwarming video
TikTok users are flooding the comments with heartwarming messages expressing how proud they are of her, and many are saying they can relate to the struggle.
One person wrote: “YOU DID IT!!!!!! YOU EVEN ORDERED A COFFEE!!! I’m autistic too so I totally understand the struggle.”
“You did amazing!!!!! I’ve never actually ordered room service because I hate phone calls… too much anxiety,” said another.
A third person added: “I’m proud of you. You shouldn’t be anxious about it, you did so great.”
“Wow. It was amazing to see you mask. Your cadence and tone changed completely when you spoke to reception,” someone else added.
Another wrote: “That was SO smooth. I bet he couldn’t tell you were nervous at all. Proud of you!”
Related Topics
[ad_2]
Deja una respuesta