> If you want to call having people dig holes and fill them back in "work," okay, fine.

Well, it is work, but it's not what I want people to do. Why on earth would you assume that that is what I want?

Whatever happened to giving the benefit of the doubt, and perhaps showing some curiosity as to what the other person really intends?

I have explained that a bit in response to another comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5936103