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Aspergers Drop-in Centres

I was surprised by especially the manager/support worker and another support worker at the aspie drop-in recently. Especially the manager as I have knew him since 2009.
It was during the Saturday drop in, a couple of days ago. I was playing pool with the manager and the other support worker entered the pool room, then another service user. The other service user began talking and the manager said to the other support worker, "I can't concentrate" and the manager and the other support worker then began to laugh. I don't know for certain, but if those two support workers were trying to mock me and the other service user that would obviously be bad and out of order.
 
Sometimes some service users will nose into my business at the drop-in but I don't say anything so I don't cause a scene, maybe some genuinely don't realise. It could be confidential paperwork or a confidential email.
 
I was stressed yesterday, while I was using a pc, to my right the guy kept staring at me and while I was talking to a friend he was saying under his breath shut-up. I was about to lose my patience and say something, but two things stopped me, if I had people wouldn't understand and the guy's mother passed away fairly recently. But if he stares at someone outside of the aspie drop-in centre some people would maybe punch him for that.
 
I was in a library earlier today and I had to leave someone is using a computer near me snobbing, wiping their nose and clearing the throat with a cold, I had to leave I don't stay around people who are out when its not essential with a cold, that is SELFISH
 
Someone said they went to the last Christmas day meal in the Aspergers drop in centre I attend. Not the one just past but the one before that. I am confused why that was allowed as I was told it's for service users who don't have anywhere else to go. For example if your parents sadly passed away and you have no siblings and your not in touch with cousins aunts or uncles
 
Aspergers_Aspie said:
Although I have benefited from help support and advice from an Aspergers drop-in centre and the service is free and I have access to one where I live. I still think that some service users more than others can have more opportunities to relax or have some time for themselves. Some service users are not asked to engage in games and chats for roughly 5 hours at a time. With being asked to play games and chat even while they say they eating and agreeing to when they are finished composing and sending an important email. Especially stressful I think if more than one persons are there watching closely and listening to your reply, or more than one person speaking to you at once. I don't mind conversing some of the time or playing games some of the time.
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I disagree that autistic people should be pressured into socialising.
We have a zoom thing here, you can attend if you want.
There is also an "in person" social hub of positivity (SHOP) that is part of a 25 year old organisation for the arts, the SHOP is only nearly 2 years old, and I hope it stays.
It's for anyone, artists, musicians, singers, writers, NT people who want to hang out, autistics, disable etc, child and adult alike.
I think there are four autistics that I know of who go, me being one of them.
It's a god-send place, no one pressures you into talking, and group talk is not my strong point, I tend to struggle to get a word in, and have not mastered the "Don't-get-talked-over" art, so I often do things alone in there.
You're not pressured to interact, and yet, at the same time, it's nice when I do.
I like it because if anyone accidentally offends another, they tend to be told and the issue resolved on the spot, whereas with normal NT socialising, people hold grudges and won't tell you what you did wrong, or exclude/ignore you.
 
There is a service user who repeatedly places his backpack on the coat hook rail. Leaving no space for people's coats. This really annoys me but I haven't told the staff
 
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