Reminds me of a story where a Saudi crew told Riyadh ATC that they had TCAS traffic, controller told them, no traffic, this was repeated a few times until the crew actually saw the military traffic pass them.
An argument started between the pilot and ATC which ended with the pilot getting called a "son of a b****h"..... Things went very quiet until the crew landed, the pilot then had the ATC arrested for insulting his mother. This turned into a huge saga involving highest level officials, in the end, the ATC had to offer an apology for the insult.
Nothing about the lack of professionalism, but dont ever insult someones mother
Mutt.