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I think it's a lot of playing for the public. I know I take more "problem players" than the other GMs I play with, and it sets me up to make a plot with only the hope that the players will be moved to action.
And as much as I complain, I signed up for this so I'm really just stomping my feet.
GMing to me is setting up dominos. When the players take action, it's like watching the dominos fall.
A lot of my public games have players who want to be there and want to play but have no character motivations. How do I set up dominos they want to knock over?
I can force the dominos (see every tavern brawl cause the party won't leave the starting tavern) but it's not fun for me and the party often runs away because it isn't their problem.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm a bad GM, and while I can say pretty confidently that I'm not bad, man is it hard when your players don't have their own goals.