hi, i used to have a 'subordinate' whom is like that.. worst of all.. when i tendered.. the mgr actually asked her to take over my position.. had a hard time handing over as she's really slow.. ie.. do other things than to come take over from u. imagine i had a mth to hand over, at the end.. i still gotta go back on sunday which is oredi over my notice to hand over to her. she is a local, 40+ yrs old. but being older than me doesn't give the excuse of being less efficient. I believe alot of ppl at this age is still very fast moving. My case is abit similiar to u.. she knows she gotta do it.. but like act blur.. so at the end i can't wait n do it myself. its a beri bad mgmt way.. n she will show me 'blackface' if i push her to finish the things i want. or when explaining to her. cos i believe once u understand the concept, anything that u face, u will know how to handle it. if i were to juz give her the answer to this prob.. next time when she met the similiar prob.. she won't be able to solve.