I am a 22 years old carpenter. I specialize in high end cabinetry installation. In every job I do, I try to be as perfectionist as possible despite knowing it might make the job take longer to be finished. I value my professional image and reputation more than money. If I’m working with somebody and they calk a corner and it looks ugly, I politely request them to fix it. If I install handles and knobs, I make their positions accurate to the last 1/32”. If I’m working in a narrow space with fancy cabinets and etc around me, I want to protect the surrounding space before starting to work. Whenever I see a scratch or a dent my eyes hurt, so I am as careful as possible when moving cabinets and materials at the worksite; like, I walk slower to make sure I don’t hit a corner or something on accident. When I screw cabinets together, I align all my screws with symmetry in mind. I keep a lot of little things like that in mind. To me, stuff like all of should be common sense, but I know it ain’t. Most people want to finish as soon as possible and dip to get their money. Nothing wrong with that actually. I acknowledge I might be dropping a stone on my foot by aiming for perfection (which I know doesn’t exist, nothing is ever perfect). An older family member of mine keeps saying that it sucks to work with me because of the way I am. He keeps going on and on about how horrible it is. Specially when we work together and I address problems like “Don’t you think this is a little off? Let’s fix it together.” Or when I say “be careful” when he is not being careful and accidentally scratch something or does something wrong. Don’t forget I work in high end expensive stuff.

Am I in the wrong? Is it that terrible to work with people like me? Been feeling bad about myself recently because of that.