Not much of a justification of your interesting little comment.
Other ATCs round here may or may not have the same point of view as me, but if an aircraft has a problem that I am made aware of, one of the first things that goes through my head is "Ok, what else may be wrong". How many situations that have started small transpire into something "unforseen"? I myself have had a pilot say to me "Uh, I think everything is ok......." and 5 minutes later it's turned to !!!!!. And as 250kts rightly points out, we as Air Traffic Controllers provide our service to the very best of our abilities, and when the unforseen occurs, we (like the commander of an aircraft) are held fully accountable for our actions or lack their of.
Have you also considered the fact that given even a small situation, it's far easier to stand down the services that are there for a "small maybe" rather than rally them after the fact.
Basically when I decide i need help not ATC.
And what happens if you've left something small develop into something that ATC can't help as effectively as they could have 10 minutes before. That doens't sound like good airmanship to me.
Then they might at least know what GA is talking about
And that comment just just plain insulting. Be honest and tell us the last time you spent some time in your local ATC unit.