Being late to work

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I'm usually five minutes late to work but that is because of the bus. I catch it around 10:35 and I don't get there till a few minutes before 11 and then I have to use the restroom before I start my shift. I have to go so often and if it were a problem for my supervisor, I be taking an earlier bus and it make me be about 15 minutes early to work.

I always try to be half an hour early. When I worked at Hershey Park( ugh) I would have to leave an hour or more before my shift because of traffic and all the walking I had to do. It was a pain in the you know where...

I'm always late, too. I worked hard for years (literally) and have achieved the ability to be on time or early. It was an ephinany, though in a small way disappointing as it felt
so 'ordinary' that I was at a loss.

I believe anxiety around deadlines (or whatever other description you may care to give it) can be an aspie issue. That would explain the tendency of some people running always late, and others being constantly and consistently punctual.

I believe I have a generalised and irrational anxiety around deadlines. I have no idea why. I just hate the thought of one point being the end or absolute point of something and my generalised philosophies in life, in general, seem to also clash with the idea.
I think it also has to do with being imposed on by others.

Perhaps aspies who can be perfectly on time are not subject to this feeling of imposition ~ I was rather amazed to find that when I AM organised (and, possibly punctual) I am almost perfectly so.
However my issues around being disturbed by others are such that I cannot realistically expect to have life or career based on anything other than my own terms. To expect otherwise is not, despite how it may sound, inconsiderate. Quite the contrary ~ to expect otherwise is to court uncontrollable disaster for all in the immediate vicinities.

I'm practically never late for work. Something needs to go wrong for me to run late, like the road being blocked because of an accident or something. That only happens a few times per year and usually doesn't result in more than a few minutes' delay at a time.

I used to always show up at work around 15 minutes early. After both the company and some of my colleagues started treating me extremely badly (and I couldn't change jobs due to the economy), I started showing up to work exactly on time or max. 1 minute early, and I've stuck with that arrangement ever since.

I am always on time for pretty much everything, being late aggravates me to death and I often get frustrated with people if they are more than 5 minutes late for appointments/gatherings.

It drives me crazy, the thought of being late (for work mainly). I plan my schedule and any route changes in advance with time built in in case of un-forseen delays. Being late tends to ruin my day.

I have worked at the same place for 10 yrs and show up all over the place, late early just never at the same time every day. They value me and are used to it so long as I get there within a certain window its all good. I think it may have a little more to do with personal discipline and how well motivated for that job for some people. I feel somewhat disappointed in myself for settling, always wanted to be a scientist in the natural sciences, had the whole life plan, then had a baby. Time to get whatever job paid for diapers the best.

i am all over the place on being on time. perhaps social anxiety? perhaps lack of focus? perhaps immaturity? perhaps thinking that no one is out on the streets and every light is green sort of thinking. perhaps as others have said unconscious rebellion. im not very good with deadlines. to me a deadline is a goal, an end to the finish. just another made up word in the world just to keep things on track in whatever way it feels to be on track. i was told by my mother a long time ago that i was not a time oriented person before i even knew what that really meant to employers. it cost me one job so i had to learn my lesson the hard way. unfortunately most jobs are not going to be right next door so either i deal with it or get away with it as much as i can. its just all so silly, really. oh im a 3-4 minutes late to work. my mind thinks whoopdee freaking doo! other people dont think that. darn. lol.

Really? I thought it was the opposite? Or is that sarcasm? Anyway...


I have the exact same problem.