This made me laugh but really got me thinking

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Me and Poppa have not long gotten home from shopping. When we came to the biscuit aisle he really made me laugh out loud.

The biscuits had all been changed around and Ernest Adams had changed their packets and he was not impressed!! He had a little grizzle and I said half sarcastically "is that a problem?" and he said Yes.
All I could think was, That is SO Aspie like. So I told him, he got a bit defensive and said it was old age so threw in another thing about things being in different places and then he went quiet.

Then it got me thinking, his lack of empathy at times, his insistance at certain things like watching the news or grizling if he can't watch his favourite thing or if I do something different to him. Then on way home he asked if I wanted to go to the Sallies shop and I said " yeah right what with" lol. He thought I meant yes I did but I had to tell him I was being sarcastic. He always seems to be tapping his foot when he is sitting down and rocking his chair, he tunes out as well. Not sure about eye contact tho but will suss that out lol.

Now I am thinking am I the only NT in this house
What do you gals/guys think.
Could it be that Poppa has more than just a couple Apsie traits?????

I can only think of one word to describe that one....

SPRUNG!

Lots of men and some women, myself (NT) included, do not always welcome when the supermarket changes things around solely to make us look at more products before finding the one's we are looking for.

"Ernest Adams packets" + brand of biscuits here
"Grizzle" um complain
"Sallies shop" = thrift shop
"Suss= figure out
Could have been cutural difference but that is ok

Same thing happens to me, but I usually get it after I say it and see that people are looking at me odd (since I can understand obvious facial expressions, just not the hidden two second ones).
So is your kid diagnosed with Aspergers or are you thinking he does? Because it seems like he does, as that's what I did when I was his age (And I definitely have Aspergers)

there's nothing left to chance at the grocers. Every item on every isle is placed with a reason, as hundreds of studies are done to get people to buy more. Haven't you wondered why dairy and bread are so far apart? they switch things because they want you to search for things, so that you'll buy things you didn't see before. Also, companies pay for a certain amount, height, etc., of shelf space, and if they lose the contract, another company will elbow in...

Dang did I have too many marketing classes in school...