The ATC that "counselled" me was a tired union hack with a chip on his shoulder that only a Scots Union man could carry, rather funny really , this sort of cruddy interchange just fosters the gulf in understanding between GAAP controllers and the pilot fraternity.
Does absolutely nothing for aviation safety or concordance.
Sad stuff from someone who slavishly follows a "rule" book no matter what, I would be alarmed if I got the same guy in the middle of an emergency or uncertainty situation, have to wait for him to read the book to find out what to do.
It always amuses me to come home from U.S. where controller to operating crew is a friendly helpful environment to Australian GAAP which is confrontational, lacks performance understanding and is not a comfortable environment.