Annoyance

[sereneorange]

I have been having to deal a lot lately with people (more than just the usual one or two I have) feeling and saying that they are these fabulous people that handle EVERYTHING and no one else does anything. There hasn't been a single time when I have looked at and examined the situations where the person making such a claim was correct.

I don't even say anything. There is usually nothing I could say to change the mind of these people if they are in this place to begin with, and I dislike confrontation. I usually can't think of a way to explain it to them without being insulting or ugly anyway.

So what is the deal? Are they just unable to see anyone else's contribution or are they just so bloated with self importance that they believe that no one else could POSSIBLY get anything done without them? Does anyone else deal with this?

Comments

[rubygloomrox.livejournal.com]

Those jackasses are all over. Especially where I work. It's the mission statement, I'm pretty sure.

[texasts.livejournal.com]

Yes ~ BLOATED...

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

It's a self-defense mechanism. It's the people that feel the most useless that do this.

There are times that I can't find my @$$ without my wife and Mapquest and even then it's hard. And that's when I have the hardest time asking for help because I am sometimes embarrassed.

I'm working on it.

Other than that I got nuthin'.

[meowvatar.livejournal.com]

If you're talking about the usual, "I do everything and no one else does anything!" whiners, I would suggest those people also usually arrange for their prediction to come true. Like if you actually TRIED to help, they'd sabotage you. :) I actually personally don't know anybody who does that, thank God, but I've run into several in my life.

Where that resonated with me, though (and I don't think this is quite what you were talking about) is that I often feel alone when I *know* I'm not. I mean, I have a wonderful husband, terrific in-laws and some pretty good friends, not to mention support groups. Their contributions to my life are not negligible nor unappreciated. Yet sometimes...it doesn't matter. I feel all alone.

Does any of that help?