I'm not questioning him, I'm questioning you. It's your scenario.

Ok. He's a new controller and he's nervous. He dropped his pencil
behind the console after wondering if he accidentally may have let
somebody cross the FAC outside the LOM, and he won't issue the clearance
until he knows it's ok. As he reaches down to pick up the pencil he hit
his head just as his boss came in. He really wants to be a lot less
polite to you, but he limits himself to telling you to wait a moment
(while he gets his **** together).

It's my scenario, you can't say "it wouldn't happen" as a response.

In any case, it doesn't matter -why- it happens this way this time - as
the pilot you deal with it or get sent to the back of the line (which
may be the smartest thing to do at this point).

There's traffic following me. I'm not turning around.

There's always traffic following you. In this case EGF456 is also
cleared for the approach, but he may well be at 2500 feet coming from
the west, or 9000 feet coming from the North. You don't know. He may
well not be "following" you.

Jose
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