Not necessarily. It depends on culture (local or otherwise). A senior needs to carefully instill an understanding of when a suggestion is optional; for some sen

Not necessarily. It depends on culture (local or otherwise). A senior needs to carefully instill an understanding of when a suggestion is optional; for some seniors, this may be "never". I personally prefer when direct instructions are mandatory but anything framed as a suggestion allows personal discretion (and requires willingness to defend having not followed the suggestion).