Forgetting to do something

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Yesterday at work, the assistant boss of housekeeping showed me a copy of the sign in sheet from Thursday. He was showing me that I forgot to fill in the time sheet with when I took my two fifteen minute breaks and I forgot to sign out when I clocked out. But I did fill in my time for lunch but I did not remember forgetting to fill in the sheet. I always see myself doing it. He told me I do this about every other week and he is going to start making a copy of it every time I forget.
I am unaware of it. I guess I get so focused on my job, I do not know I am forgetting to do something. I seem to be the only one who does it because he told me everyone else fills in their times before they take a break and after. I don't know if this is an aspie thing or a human thing. It feels like I am scattered mind.

Does anyone forget to do something when their mind is focused on something else, like on their job?

I do it. It's like, if I've done it once, even when I don't do it, I remember doing it now.

Like that memory just gets copied and pasted into the day in question. I'm really bad at it, always have been.

But I do have an overall high capacity for random inane things in my mind, so I personally think it's an aspie thing.

I have this problem as well. I'll fill out my papers for work but forget to put my name or the date on them. I'll forget to clock in or out. Simple things that I do every day and it seems to slip my mind when I am focused on something else.

I also have a tenancy to do something (like clock out) and forget only moments later if I did it or not. But that's a whole different problem.

Forgetful is my middle name

I cannot leave the bath running whilst I go get something. I forget. We have had floods

I cannot leave the cooker on whilst I go fetch something. I forget. We have had smoke filled house with very loud fire alarms going off.

I don't want to remember the rest.