Maxreheat ( and to a lesser extend Magplug ) you both show very little understanding of Human factor issues. If you think striclty applying procedures is bullying then , indeed you are perhaps in the wrong job, no matter how much experience you have, or you claim to have. But perhaps also because of that experience, you think you have seen it all and can do without some of the fences.
Because the fences are there to protect you, not to bother you.
Be kind to the other side, even if he states the obvious. Basic CRM no ?
I remember reading the Flying tigers 747 crash in KL years ago,that if the controller had used FL 280 instead of 280, he might have saved lives that day.
And the controller that never ommitted the " FL" in his instructions before that accident can throw the first stone.
Chug a lug to all , on both side of the R/T fence.