It never ceases to amaze me how personally some of the guys around here take ATC instructions.
Who f*&king cares what your number is in the sequence? It's the one thing you're not accountable for. Enjoy it.
You're paid to fly, ATC's paid to tell you where to fly and someone else pays for gas and overtime.
It's either down to some serious god-complex issues, or some guys' life at home is way more fascinating than the cockpit chit-chat would let you imagine...