do aspies have very little patience?

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This one does.
Sometimes I have more than others though and then the roles are reversed.
I think it might be because I want things to go a particular way and if they're not and people take even longer doing things their own way, there will be trouble.
I really hate waiting in line though, or even for my chance to speak. Worst of all is waiting at a pedestrian crossing, being the pedestrian who has to wait for the green man.

I am as patient as a rock.

With the following exceptions;
I'm dealing with someone dumb. (by my qualification)
I am dealing with someone's irrational emotions. (again, my qualification)


My tolerance of those exceptions dwindles each passing year. And my qualifications for what they apply to grows...

i hate ciggarates to the bone i can`t stand the smell.

i hate ciggarates to the bone i can`t stand the smell.

I've been told I have the patience of a saint... little do they know just how draining it is to pull it off.

Patient, extremely
Tolerant of fools? NO!!

I have little patience too. A lot of it involves driving. I am tired of people driving left of center (in the US). I am tired of people pulling out in front of me (and others---it happens so often anymore) when they should have waited---then they often turn not long after. I have a saying, "Pull out in front of you, turn within a mile." At least a couple times a week I have to be on the alert as some car begins drifting toward my lane due to their texting. I also get fed up with people running stop signs and ignoring traffic lights when they have just turned red. There's more, but I'm getting angry .

This is why I've discovered I don't want to work with the public. I had the public. People get on my nerves. I don't mean it personally, but I'd rather work somewhere where I don't have to interact with the public, like just packing boxes in a factory or something like that. I get so impatient when I'm a customer myself, so I definately will if I was put in a position where I had to deal with customers all day.

Patience is NOT one of my virtues. I'm very impatient. But strangely, I'm also really tolerant....of most people.

I can be very tolerant. I have an elderly relative with Alzheimer's, and my mum says I'm really good with her, whilst they all get impatient with her. Perhaps it's because I understand how being a bit different from the norm feels.

But, like I said, I am extremely impatient with things like people in shops, etc. Maybe it comes from having Social Phobia, though.

I'm OK with other workers. I know they can be annoying, but I can't avoid people all together, and I don't expect to be left completely on my own every day. But working with the public is more daunting for me because you got to speak to different people every day. At least with other workers you can get used to them and know what each individual is like.

It depends. I can have tremendous patience sometimes and at other times I'm impatient.
I think it depends solely on the situation. Who asks me for my patience? What can I do while waiting? Am I stressed or relaxed? Is it something that needs to be done/seen/..?....etc.