I read a piece a while back that said people often try to fix stuff themselves because they're embarrassed to ask for help. That hits home with what @caleb895 shared about his uncle's duct tape mess. It's like they see calling you as admitting defeat, so they make things worse first. The real kicker is that they don't realize how much that hurts, way more than the cleanup. It just shows they didn't trust your know-how from the start.