Just a thought

It might be a super silly thought but it’s just crossed my mind so here it is (don’t beat me up please): are people on the spectrum tend to be bureaucratic? (because of adherence to the rules, need for clear and detailed rules and procedures) Would that mean that autistic folks like red tape?

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  • I thought about it and I think I’m just angry and confused. At work there are lots of procedures everyone needs to adhere to but, what annoys and confuses me, they change. Or being ignored from tome to time.

    Example 1. Everyone has to do obey some rule and it’s a big deal and suddenly someone higher decides it’s not necessary and they just change it or scrap it altogether (if it can be changed/abandoned why bother in the first place and make big issues of it? if it was important it should stay important and not suddenly change status to “not important at all”)

    Example 2. Some rules are being ignored and it’s apparently not that important so what’s the point if the rule if it can be ignored? Or rather-can be ignored by some? Others are being told off if they are not adhering to this rule. Why I should obey a rule if someone else doesn’t have to? 

    Example 3. Rules that are not bad themselves but because of other circumstances are creating problems including health and safety one

    Looking at people in my workplace I see there are some that stick to the rules no matter what (do they have ASD traits?) and others who stick sometimes(attitude: ok,whatever, I’ll fo it if I’m told to do it)

    And I’m the one annoyed by the rules because they not clear, I don’t know which are important and which are not (I don’t consider something an important rule to follow if it’s only something someone else’s thought it would be a good way to do, without even explaining why they thought so) 

    And I’m annoyed at others that they don’t really care and they officially agree and accept to the rule and then keep ignoring it.

    So because I’m defying nearly every new rule in the workplace I thought-maybe it’s a prove I’m not on the spectrum at all. Because there are other people who are real sticklers(ASD trait) and I’m a bit of a rebel.

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  • I thought about it and I think I’m just angry and confused. At work there are lots of procedures everyone needs to adhere to but, what annoys and confuses me, they change. Or being ignored from tome to time.

    Example 1. Everyone has to do obey some rule and it’s a big deal and suddenly someone higher decides it’s not necessary and they just change it or scrap it altogether (if it can be changed/abandoned why bother in the first place and make big issues of it? if it was important it should stay important and not suddenly change status to “not important at all”)

    Example 2. Some rules are being ignored and it’s apparently not that important so what’s the point if the rule if it can be ignored? Or rather-can be ignored by some? Others are being told off if they are not adhering to this rule. Why I should obey a rule if someone else doesn’t have to? 

    Example 3. Rules that are not bad themselves but because of other circumstances are creating problems including health and safety one

    Looking at people in my workplace I see there are some that stick to the rules no matter what (do they have ASD traits?) and others who stick sometimes(attitude: ok,whatever, I’ll fo it if I’m told to do it)

    And I’m the one annoyed by the rules because they not clear, I don’t know which are important and which are not (I don’t consider something an important rule to follow if it’s only something someone else’s thought it would be a good way to do, without even explaining why they thought so) 

    And I’m annoyed at others that they don’t really care and they officially agree and accept to the rule and then keep ignoring it.

    So because I’m defying nearly every new rule in the workplace I thought-maybe it’s a prove I’m not on the spectrum at all. Because there are other people who are real sticklers(ASD trait) and I’m a bit of a rebel.

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