tired of getting bad footage

So I've been editing stuff for this guy since around late January/early February. He seems like a good connection and a real nice guy, and the concept of what I edit for him is pretty good. The problem is his shooters are crappy. They never get close ups and they never get cut-aways. Their idea of a close up is having the lens zoomed out all the way and putting their camera real close to whatever they want a close up of. I don't know about any of you guys, but to me, thats not a close up. They also never pay attention to audio. I realize editing isn't always easy, and problems do happen during the production stage, but these guys just seem like they don't get it. It makes post production so much harder and so much more mentally exhausting than it has to be. I've only gotten one great project from this guy.

My question is: Should I move on or do editors always put up with crappy footage? Should I tell the guy this is why I want to move on or should I just say im getting too busy with school or something.

I hope you all don't think im lazy for wanting to move on, but who wants to edit bad footage project after project. This is the first time i've ever been turned off about video making.

Robert J. Grauert, Jr.