The short answer is just about any job a sighted person can do, but the realistic answer is that things in the fast food world are fast paced. Is there any way your friend could do any duties which would allow him some extra time if needed to get tasks done? Or perhaps extra practice so that he can increase his speed to expectations?

Does he already cook? What kind of stuff does your restaurant, for lack of a better word, make? What kind of jobs do they have already there?

I'd doubt cashiering since many use weird buttons for everything, and most blind people could *learn* to safely fry things, but then again, that's also in an ideal situation where you don't have a ton of other buzzers and yelling and all that.

Prep, food running, wrapping, stuff like that is all reasonable. Grill is somewhat reasonable, but I'd lay that more at someone experienced with blindness and with really good spacial awareness.

There are few things he *couldn't* or *shouldn't* do, but it also depends on how things are ran.

I know a lot of blind people who do dishes for a living, which isn't great money but it's better than no money.

If he is interested in working for you but unsure about anything, have him contact your state’s commission for the blind. They have vocational and independent living counselors that can get him any mobility training, accessibility equipment or other things he might need.

Thank you for being motivated to hire a person with blindness. I have been looking for work for ages and you give me hope.

Umm.. Can you please phrase your title better next time? We are not an object to be “used. “

You may do best trialing say a day on each station or something. Since food courts often demand speed and execution I could forsee issues making sandwiches in front of customers with little idea of which tub is the lettuce.

Your friend would probably do best in a situation where they have a little extra time to get stuff done and some tlc to learn the layouts.

Some jobs like tidying up the tables are totally possible for someone who is blind to do. That being said roaming around customers and their sprinting children trying to gather up disorganised plates without accident is not that likely.

Your friend may do well with at least initially some job that allows them to duck out of the way of needed and can help them learn the lay of the land. It sounds crap but something as simple as sweeping up can really help reinforce the layouts of areas that they don't usually go into. Also make sure not to randomly move the lettuce box.

Additonally if your friend will be preparing food you may want to check in your local laws. It's not an easy mistake but it's possible that your friend could accidently serve someone something that they are allergic too without noticing.

In my last year of High School, I cleaned and restocked cafeteria tables. They were a lot more haphazardly arranged than most foodcourt tables, IME, but this was also after hours when no one was around besides staff.

He could probably do anything, even cashiering. You would just need a accessible device. Don’t a lot of those restaurants used ipads anyway? Blind people can cook, so why not?