Its really quite simple. Weather, runways, whatever.
If you want it, but its not a must have, its 'request'.
If you must have it for some reason, its 'require'.
Are some going to abuse that & require something that they really don't have to have? They sure are! Its just human nature.
Can you do anything about that? Not really, you can't even tell who's who.
So you have a choice. You can either get an ulcer or you can forget about it & work on what you can control.