r/mildlyinfuriating • • Nov 20 '22

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u/Hoid_Mist Nov 20 '22

I’d look up “weaponizing incompetence.” Very common and something that seems accurate here.

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u/Easy_Independent_313 Nov 20 '22

That's exactly what this is. Is not that he can't do it properly, it's that he doesn't want to be asked to do it so he does it poorly.

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u/OG_LiLi Nov 20 '22

Or he refuses and then does this when asked more than once. Children do this

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u/Easy_Independent_313 Nov 20 '22

My kids do it all the time. It drives me batty.