Pace I think you are being a tad unfair mate.
How many times do we hear complaints on here of controllers sealing off airspace.
Unfortunately this will mean that they will quite likely not be so helpful next time someone wants a transit.
Hell its the sort of thing I would do in a none airways IFR equiped single if I had a stonking tailwind.
And if this spat continues I can see a very useful thread being locked by the moderators.