No one is talking about "being bossed around like slaves". Don't descend into hyperbole just to score points. Saying something simply and directly is not "boss

No one is talking about "being bossed around like slaves". Don't descend into hyperbole just to score points. Saying something simply and directly is not "boss[ing someone] around like [a] slave". And if your only problem with being told what to do is the manner in which you're told, your priorities are kind of out of whack. My employer pays me to do what I do and to not do anything else. If at any point I felt like they were taking advantage of me or not respecting me enough, I'd go somewhere else. Yes, people have feelings. And I feel patronized when someone couches their demands in the language of an optional request. I feel as if it insults my intelligence. I'm an adult, I can perfectly handle the situation that in some circumstances I will be the subordinate. My ego isn't so fragile that I need to pretend that every situation there's equal power.