Heard the following exchange recently at Melbourne:
Aircraft: "Qantas 787 could you pass on to the Tower we are ready."
ATC: "You are big boys now, do it yourself"
The QF aircraft was taking the whole calling ready first thing to new levels of ridiculous but the ATC response was childish. This is the same controller who will jump down the microphone and berate you for any small infraction but doesn't want to acknowledge his (and it is a he) own mistakes such as giving taxi instructions using the wrong flight number.
