What is the most frustrating thing your partner(s) have done?

[SMEngmann]

To me the only partners who I can't stand working with tend to be the lazy ones. Typically, these are the people who, especially in lower level games, don't go through the formalities of a pregame, don't assume the proper positions on the court in the pregame and tend to schmooze with the coaches or with people at the table before the game. As a young official, to me, that shows a lack of respect for the game. The pregame formalities have a purpose and there are the few times when the officials can get burned big-time for not going through them properly. Also, partners who are lazy and don't switch when they're supposed to annoy me. Nothing worse than showing a lack of hustle, particularly when you could be being observed at any time.