People who don't do their work irritate me

[innerSpaceman]

I try so hard not to be a control freak. But in work situations, I simply must take total control if things are to be done, done on time, and done properly.

"If you want something done right, do it yourself" has always been my motto. I hate being that way, but too often when I leave things in the hands of others, those hands are either idle or incompetent.


Of course, when you are depending on work totally outside your sphere of ability ... you are at other people's mercy. A potentially bad bad situation that I always seek to avoid.


I often wonder if I'm a "do it yourself" kinda guy because it's never done "right" by others, or if it never seems to be done "right" by others because I'm a "do it yourself" kinda guy.

I may never know which chicken came before which egg, but I wish I could rely on others more often than it seems I can.