Still ranting on Purim

Last night was megilla reading, of course, and one of my rare weeknight trips to shul. Lest the blog- reader think that I think (and write) only negative, I'll preface my remarks by saying that the ba'al koreh for Megillas Esther is excellent - quick without rushing, clear, and careful.
But of course, "good" is less interesting than the alternatives, some of which are "bad", "annoying", "irritating", and "what the heck is that?"
So I'll move on to my point - just for something completely different, the shul gabbai davened (as shaliach tzibbur) ma'ariv. And he's not a good ba'al tefilla (though he's a very nice guy). And he davens (for the amud) way too often. I don't know if it's a matter of ego (I actually don't believe it is; he freely admits he's tone deaf) or laziness (he can't be bothered to ask people to daven), or something else. But it is my opinion that he should not - basically ever - daven for the amud. There are enough competent ba'alei tefilla (yes, I'm one of them, but I'm perfectly satisfied to be a member of the tzibbur), both chiyuvim and not, so that he - the gabbai - should never have to daven. Even if he was a good ba'al tefilla - he'd still be davening too often.
It's sad. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.