Having been a manager and made the decision to never manage anyone again if I can avoid it. Nothing is more irritating than having a direct report start bicker

Having been a manager and made the decision to never manage anyone again if I can avoid it. Nothing is more irritating than having a direct report start bickering nonstop. And by bickering I mean: Constantly turning every small discussion into an open ended micro argument. This is not “push back,” or “feedback,” or “input.” This feels like they are deliberately creating friction on every single decision to prevent productivity. It is a sort of strategy to avoid being managed and avoid doing work. It is also a nonstop questioning of your authority and it erodes your ability to manage them in a really sinister manner. Reading this story, it felt like the engineer was doing that. If you have never experienced it yourself, it is hard to stare just how irritating it is. Example: “ok, can you fill in the spreadsheet. I have to show something on Monday.” Them: “why are we using spreadsheets and not JIRA. Spreadsheets are not scalable.” Repeat this process across every single decision and it becomes completely intolerable.