Bob C wrote:
Carry a small tape recorder with
you. I've found these two practices quickly knock
the wind out of most overzealous bureaucrats.

I like this!

Be polite,
but if the tower continues to give you trouble, ask
them to put a supervisor on the radio.

No! You get his telephone number and call him. A busy airport has no
radio bandwidth for this kind of transaction - and is standard
procedure. If you spend any time at a busy field you see some pilot
really screw up and the next thing you'll hear is the tower issueing a
telephone number for the pilot to call after landing.

Tony V.
http://home.comcast.net/~verhulst/SOARING