American military ATIS frequently used to take 4 or 4 cycles before it could be copied/understood - there was some macho stupidity about trying to read it as fast as possible, it seems. As with clearanes - until they were told "Speak fast = speak twice!".
Use of FIS for FIS? Whatever next...
It seems entirely sensible to me to speak to a FIS provider to obtain arrival Wx and RW/App in use. Puddlejumping spamcans rarely need any service in decent VFR, so what's the problem? In the UK, how often do your hear someone from the LeTouquet Lunch Club droning on in that 'John Major' nerd voice with their life history when you're trying to ask for an updated RPS or whatever....
Mind you, simplified 'short weather' as used by the military might speed things up a bit - "Corleone International, Blue, 240 deg at 10 kt, QNH 1020 HPa, expect vectors ILS 25" or similar?