do other Aspies get irritated at the littlest thing?

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I get irritated at the noise in the Burger King I am in right now. I got irritated on the way here (it's cold here in Michigan right now) bumping up and down on the crusty/icy snow on my bike on the way here. It drives me nuts!

I definitely do all the time. Although I don't know if mine is just part of being a teenager.

Yes I do.

I hate pretty much everything about fast food restaurants. They're too noisy.

I hate when people don't rinse their dishes and stack them appropriately on the side of the sink.

I hate when too many people love one thing even if it's something I'm into.

What irritates me right now is the heat.

To me, though, it's not so much the things people do, but a situation about which I can't explain the reason for my irritation.

WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT???

Yeah, I get irritated a lot. I hate it when people who should know how to behave correctly, don't.

I hate it when I'm in a fast food line, and the people in front of me have to ask questions about every item on the menu before they place their order.

I definitely do. I seem to be in a constant state of irritation many days.
I feel like it happens to me when there is too much going on... too much sensory input, too many things to do, etc. I get overwhelmed and so every little thing irritates me.

I get irritated in fast food restaurants because I cannot stand the sounds of eating, slurping, cup-stirring, etc. So if people sit near me I get really anxious and try to gulp all my food and drink down quickly so I can get out of there.

However, I would also think - even if you don't have that particular type of sound sensitivity (the majority of Aspies don't seem to) - you would be affected by the general level of noise, its disruptive nature, sudden loud or sharp sounds, the general visual clutter of bright decor, people moving around, people talking loudly, fluorescent lights, smells, the tastes of the food you are eating yourself, etc. In other words, you may well be suffering sensory overload without realising that that is the problem. I was just like this in a similar public situation on many occasions until I realised that my agitation and stress was caused by serious sensory overload (plus stress at all the unstructured and unpredictable activities that left me feeling insecure and hyper-alert).

Yes, about once a week my mom and I go out to a restaurant for lunch, and if there's a lot of noisy people in a small space I find it difficult to have a pleasant conversation with her. I sometimes have trouble hearing what she's saying and my personal space feels invaded. I also hate going almost anywhere else that's noisy and crowded so holiday shopping is really stressful. I can't stand the sounds of whiny, screechy children and snarling, cursing teenagers and I worry about germs and viruses. But there's not much else to do where I live outside my home. Nothing that interests me, anyway. I'm also very sensitive to many different types of fabric I usually only wear jeans and T-shirts. My mother and I seldom eat at fast-food places, we usually go to family restaurants that are usually less crowded and the food is somewhat healthier.

loud, sudden noises nearly drive me insane, especially if they're high pitched (like that "mosquito" ring tone that was so popular with students a few years ago), but also that loud BEEP BEEP noise from older alarm clocks.

something that everyone can relate to is that old woman in the front of the shopping line we're all waiting for... First off she's usually got like 48302890 rubber bands to keep her wallet closed and then she pays for her stuff with the smallest coinage available... At my local grocery store thay usually wander about the place at about 4-5 PM when all the working people drop by the store to pick up dinner, considering they have the entire goddamn day to do their shopping

people wearing impossible amounts of cologne or some other horrible-smelling perfume.

screaming kids, especially when they're throwing a gigantic tantrum in order to get candy. I know sugar is the closest thing to cocaine for them, but DAYUM... the sheer sound pressure of just one could have usefulness as a power source.

stores where any sound bounces off everything meaning that you can hear every child throwing a tantrum in the entire store...

ice on the INSIDE of car windows that takes at least a millenium to thaw

people on youtube that make video tutorials by filming their desktop and write everything in notepad... meaning you have to get dragged through every goddamn spelling mistake they make... a microphone costs five goddamn dollars dor crying out loud.

banner ads that play sounds automatically when you enter a page... especially if you have to find them first. for makers of cheap-ass free to play MMOs: this is not a good way to get more people to play.... make your MMO better instead

I'm the opposite. I have a long fuse and it takes a lot to get me angry or irritated. If I was irritated, I wouldn't show it at all. I want to be the sweet and gentle person I know I can be.

All the time.

Ironically I'm quite laid back for my AS (as opposed to NTs who to me seem to get irritated over ALL the little things). Sometimes lights make me nauseous, especially when I'm in a fast food place trying to read the darn menu. It's too much to look through and process with time being short. My biggest noise irritation is screaming kids and my biggest touch irritation is whatever makes me itchy.

I'm more the AS that gets confused at the littlest thing as opposed to irritate.

I do but then again I have been told I am an @sshole.

Yes. What seem to be everyday annoyances for most people are absolutely infuriating for me.

The tiny, insignificant things set me off into an unsubstantiated rage, and subsequent morose attitude. If I am faced with unmitigated tribulations in life, I remain rather stoic; borderline nihilistic at times. A hypothetical example:

I will be working on something, and continuously drop related object on the ground. After dropping aforementioned object approximately five times, I will attempt to pick it up again, angrily, only to have it slip out of my fingers, without completely leaving the ground, another five times. The result = , and a plethora of things (including expletives)flying through the air, and finally me walking away for a while mumbling to myself.

I could get fired from a job, get a flat tire on the way home during rush hour, get hit by a car changing said flat tire, get a $5000 life flight ride to the trauma center, be informed I was paralyzed from the waist down, and have to sell my house to pay for the extravagant medical bill. My reaction? "I can't believe what has happened. I'm sure I will learn something from this!"

It's irrational and illogical, but it is true.