"Nasir" wrote in message .com...

I had done a stop and go during my long x-country and while departing out of
the class D, I requested permission to change frequency. I was rather
bluntly told that I dont need permission. I think in the back of my mind,
that little exchange was still in the back of my mind and maybe I partly
felt unncessary to bother the controller with my taxi request.

Ah! The solution here is remember something one of my first CFIs
told me.

There is no room for three people in the cockpit of a two-person
plane. Keep the controller OUT of the cockpit. If you get your
butt chewed out by a controller, it doesn't necessarily mean you
have done a thing wrong. You could have; or the controller could
have; or, the controller could be having a bad day and taking it
out on you.

Keep the controller out of your head and out of your plane and
move on. On the ground, assess the situation and figure out
what happened and how to do better in future, but don't let the
fear of being chewed out change your behavior.

Cheers,
Sydney