I have a colleague, that when you tell him to do something, he goes round window shopping for opinions. Now, I'm quite senior to him, and we get on, he is lots older, very old fashioned, but if I say 'do it', it's on my head (financial) and I've checked everything. Nope, he asks others. He has done it to other folk. Unfortunately for him, the patience for this behaviour is getting very thin these days (public sector) as most of us aren't from that background.
We also have support departments that say, 'that's not in our job description' - WTF. Some right crazy shoot goes on in Universities...