Do you get blamed a lot for things you havent done?

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I get blamed pretty much all the time even though i try to be helpful it counts for nothing.

I can totally relate to everything shared thus far in this topic....I'm new to the forums and I firmly believe myself to have Aspergers, though I haven't received a formal diagnosis. Going back to the main topic, though, I was laid off from my first real job a couple weeks ago and I wouldn't doubt that my symptoms had something to do with it. On several occasions I was reprimanded for screwing up on a particular assignment or failing to record a document in our computer system. On most occasions, however, the problem revolved around one particular secretary who worked there. She was very lazy and goofed off a lot, but she got along well with several of the people who worked there. It took a bit for me to pick up on it, but I realized she was using me as her scapegoat, so whenever she screwed up one of her work assignments, she'd try as hard as possible to blame it on me.

I realize I made an easy target....I didn't have a strong repore with many of the people there, and even those I get along with I didn't relate to as well as I'd like, since the bottom line is, I just don't understand other people, specifically NTs. I'm basically clueless as to the "right" way to get along with others...sure, I can go through the motions, such as greeting someone, asking how they are, how they're doing, etc. but it always comes across as forced and awkward. This leads to a very forced relationship with most people, and in this position my work required me to associate with everyone else and assist with their projects. Whenever I was assigned something to do, I would complete it to the best of my abilities but several times I misinterpreted their instructions, though no one seemed willing to tell me how I did this. I wonder if that attitude was directed at me more for my lack of proper social skills than for my actual work performance. Of course, that's not a question they would ever answer, and I'm not intuitive enough to figure out whether that's the case.

Anyway, this particular assistant was also laid off at the beginning of the year so things got much better. I was never spoken to about my work performance again until the day I was let go, and their office manual REQUIRES at least one verbal warning and two written warnings before they terminate someone's employment, so obviously they didn't even follow their own protocol. Because of all this, I'm convinced that I was let go because I didn't "click" with others as well as they'd like which, to me, is a poor reason for letting someone go from a job.

This position is the main instance in which I can point out these things happening, but throughout my life I can recall similar circumstances here and there, where I was singled out and could never figure out why. It really disappoints me that people can be so shallow and superficial, since I'm always polite, I always showed up on time, never complained when I was given an assignment, etc, but I guess that's just how the real world works.

I have had this happen, mostly among my family. I've come to realize, after lots of research and a little counseling, that I grew up with a bunch of folks with borderline and/or sociopathic tendencies. Go figure.

I've now learned that people with impaired social function (me!) are fun targets for folks with these personality issues. That may be what yall are experiencing here.

I don't have a lot of luck at work when I work directly with others (though I hate being alone!) because I do not look the other way at the two faced backbiting that others seem to just revel in. It pisses me off and the first time someone does it to me I stop interacting with that person as much as possible. I observe others continue to interact with these same folks even though they are also betrayed by them, it does not make sense to me and I can't play that game.

In school, I was the class scape goat even if there was no actual evidence against me. I remember we were told to never touch the "electric box" and I saw it was open one day. I told my teacher and she took away my recess becuase she thought I had opened it. My third grade teacher who got like a phycopathic pleasure from belitting me in frount of everyone was worse though. If something was out of place, missing or broken....Jessie did it. If anything went wrong all fingers were pointed at me and whenever a suspect was needed I was always chosen. I was esentially the teacher's whipping girl.