**was certainly not going to fill out this silly form.**
Sounds like pride to me....
***I finished the count, went to the bulleting board and took my name off the counting roster.***
Good call.
I was once a deacon at a large church and we had three people counting and signing off on the offerings. We also signed off on the bank statements when they came in indicating that we agreed with how much was deposited. We had a copy on file of the deposit slip and compared it with the statements.
It took me a while to figure this out but some people view communication as an infringement on their autonomy. They also tend to find the concept of cooperation to be an intolerable restriction of their control. I said to someone, "I don't care that much about [this or that detail] but I DO want us all to be on the same page." He angrily retorted, "You want to control EVerything!" I was nonplussed.
My dad, who was CEO of a largeish corporation was also senior Warden at his church for one term. His take was that for some people an administrative role at their church was the only chance they would ever have to run something and they were by heaven going to run it -- into the ground if necessary, just as long as they were running it.