As a shop steward in an adversarial relationship with management, documentation is everything. To the point that you put down the time of day and the weather condition and change ink color each time you make an entry. Because when you go to arbitration the last question you want to be asked is this entry contemporaneous. There are only two conditions to refuse an order, it is illegal, or it is unsafe. What you view as nit picking is a daily occurrence for both supervisor and shop stewards, to the point that I have had supervisors sign my entry and add their own explanation. So we have a different point of view, I am a worker and you have a management perspective, please correct if I am wrong. You will notice that I have ignored most of the entries, as you say they are nit picking, and I have paid attention to one entry that if it did happen, would be a bad thing. What I read in your writing, correct if I am wrong, you think it didn't happen or is an exaggeration. Why not find out?