I never heard any of them complain about other people singing out of tune or playing an instrument out of tune. It seemed to me like they were able to effortlessly accommodate out-of-tune sounds.
There seem to me to be different degrees of perfect pitch. Some people who have it can identify individual notes by ear alone, and can always sing in tune with no "gliss" into the note from silence. Others can identify every note in a chord, or even every note in a cacophony (as when you just slam your hands randomly down on a piano keyboard).
One of those with whom I was a close friend once demonstrated to me how she could hear and identify every pitch I uttered while I was talking. I would just say a conversational phrase, like "I'm looking out the window," and she would play every note of my utterance on the piano. That was uncanny.
The other close friend who had P-P had, in addition, the talent of being able to sight-read even quite complex musical scores for piano (jazz, classical music, show tunes), playing them nearly perfectly the first time through, both hands, just as written. He could also instantly translate anything he sight-read into any key he wished, without any noticeable hesitation.
Those two, the ones I knew well, seemed to me at times to be almost super-human. Their musical talents were so far beyond mine as to make me feel truly like a lesser order of human. Either of them could effortlessly leave my most concerted struggles in the dust.
Knowing them was a big part of the reason why I decided not to pursue music as a career; once upon a time, I was quite devoted to music.
Perfect pitch is a great advantage, but many very successful musicians don’t have it. Developing good relative pitch can make for a successful time in music, and most players you think of as great don’t have perfect pitch.
I have good relative pitch, but I’m lousy at reading notation. I used to be a session player, and would learn commercial jingles in the studio by ear quickly enough to get by in the studio with reading notation, which I can work out slowly if needed. I am a bass player which helps as I don’t deal in polyphony much.
MGD is not ambidextrous, but "multi-dextrous". He writes and golfs right handed, but does most other things left handed. He also has relative pitch, which for him, causes a bit of pain when listening to groups where some are out of tune.
Thankfully, our one daughter who is a musician (a very fine tubist), is now in college and her Wind Ensemble is spectacular. He's enjoying her concerts immensely.
I had a door bell with one note off and had to replace the whole thing because the thing just drove me crazy.
I think some people either with relative, like myself, or perfect pitch are able to accommodate off key music better than others.
BTW - my husband who has neither, loves the music of a certain singer, who regularly sings off key, thinks I'm being petty for not also liking her music.
Personally, I play the stereo. A man’s got to know his limitations.