AIO for feeling irritated that someone took credit for a project they barely helped with?
My child is in a small production at a local performing arts center, and I volunteered to help with props, painting, backgrounds, etc. Originally, one woman was supposed to be in charge of the whole project. There were only a few of us actually helping though, basically three moms and eventually some of our husbands too.
The thing is… she was only there the first day.
To be fair, she did have some family stuff going on, so I completely understand needing to step away. But because she was the person originally in charge, and then couldn’t be there, I ended up having to kind of take over organizing everything so the project would actually get done. The rest of us spent four very long days coordinating, painting, building props, solving problems as they came up, and making sure everything got finished in time.
Then yesterday, after we had already completed everything, she came in and immediately started kind of barking orders and critiquing things. She kept saying things like “I couldn’t have done this without you guys,” which I know is technically appreciative, but it rubbed me the wrong way because… she didn’t really do anything besides show up at the beginning and end.
I feel guilty for being annoyed because I know she had personal things happening, and I’m not expecting praise or recognition. But something about someone stepping back during all the hard work, then returning in “director mode” at the finish line after other people had to step up and manage everything, really bothered me.
Am I overreacting?