Anonymous wrote:He sounds like a jerk, but on the other hand, if these are just your latest 3 things and you do this kind of thing all the time, I can see where it might be really annoying to live with. Maybe you really are disorganized. If so, it's unrealistic for him to expect significant changes, but on the other hand you could put some effort into finishing one task before you start the next.

Sure, it sounds petty to complain about a pen, but if it's a pen on top of a long litany of half-completed tasks, I get where he might be coming from.