Wants the Work Done for Them

A character complains about something they want done that hasn't been done yet, but isn't willing to do the work themselves.

Often done by the Lazy Husband or the Lazy Bum, but not confined to them. The Dirty Coward will sometimes be this way about a task that takes more courage than he can muster.

Advertising

 * At first glance, this trope is inverted by ads for Scrubbing Bubbles cleaning products, with the slogan "We Work Hard So You Don't Have To". But Fridge Logic shows that the trope is played straight - it's the customers being targeted by these ads who want the work done for them, and the company knows it.

Anime and Manga

 * During the second-year summer vacation in Azumanga Daioh, the summer-house key is accidentally-on-purpose lost in tall grass. Yukari - the only person who doesn't help look for the key - complains when it hasn't been found as quickly as she wants.
 * In K-On!, Sawa-chan-sensei never makes tea, and neither does Jun when she joins the light music club in the manga. Azusa gets upset with them when they complain nobody's made tea the day that the other club members are learning about the previous year's club.
 * Momo in Girls und Panzer insists on everything being done immediately and to her satisfaction, but rarely does any of the actual work herself (outside of Girls und Panzer der Film, when she has no other option). Since she's part of an Absurdly Powerful Student Council, she never gets called on her behaviour (except indirectly when fellow student council member Yuzu complains about being the only person actually doing anything).

Newspaper Comics

 * Combining this trope and Didn't Think This Through, Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes decided he'd rather travel forward in time and get his homework from his future self than do the homework himself. His future self points out the flaw in his logic.

Web Comics

 * Eerie Cuties has Chloe - while undergoing a power rush - ordering people to do things she wants done. This page has one of those people lampshade Chloe's behavior. Nina occasionally used the Elemental Duo as minions of opportunity too, first by obliviously hijacking their own plan to the opposite purpose, and later to try summoning Chloe back… which is how they got Tia. Then Tia managed to break them up and use Cessily as a minion for a while — later she addressed Cessily's sisters as minions, but that was mostly delusional on her part, as they helped her because it obviously gave opportunities for pranks. There may be something about Cess and Laura that prompts people in need of minions to take them for granted.

Real Life

 * Anybody who has editing rights on a wiki - any wiki - and uses them to complain that the wiki doesn't have the pages they want to see instead of creating the desired pages, or who complains about a page not being balanced instead of balancing the page themselves. (Wiki Magic exists to help, not to carry the entire load. You Could Always Edit It Yourself.)