what i hate abount work ahh.

commission based I take it? One of the things I've always hated about working spiff and flat rate shops is this time of the year until around tax return time is you're starving. Feast or famine. Best to bank the money up front from when the times get lean and average it all out. Wife hates when I do that.
As to what else you're saying, there's a lot of people out there who do things just to get the attention of being the good guy. Not to say all are like this, but the ones who do something for others, then scream at the top of their lungs "look what I did" aren't out to help others, just out to get the rush of people pattin' 'em on the back. When someone else points out what you've done, that's recognition.