Not sure how to handle this

[bastets_place]

It isn't, technically, a real problem, but this is an odd situation, and one that I find worrying

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[shockwave77598]

You are a realist. You simply fix the problem so you can work on other things.

He is a drama queen. Thrashing and screaming gets him what he wants and he only cares about solving the problem after he's finished with his performance.

You can say that when he's done acting like a baby, he can do X and Y and get it fixed. But that you won't change his diaper for him. Or you can just tell him that anyone can find the information in 5 minutes on any computer and let him act for someone elses benefit by ignoring his show.

[bastets_place]

Interestingly enough, when we got together to have our conversation, he commented that he HAD Googled for the information, hadn't noticed the address listed there, and said that the information that the person on the phone had requested only confused him further.
It took him two hours at that particular office to accomplish what I did in less then ten minutes.

It just astounds me, and, odd as it is to say this, he and I are only together for the sake of our daughter. In this case, however, we are not "together" in any sense other than "I help him when his acute lack of maturity lands him in a pile of dung". When the girl hits 18, however...

[thistle_chaser]

Next time, instead of giving him the answer, give him the steps to find it? "Go to google and search for X, the information you need will be on the first page of the results." Then he can learn to do it himself.