I can be an ass too

So here's what happened last night.  I zone into a random instance with my girlfriend (stonecore, of all places) and met up with three other random puggers.  I was tanking with my bf healing.  There was a rogue and paladin in the group. the thrid dps was forgotten due to what happened after we zoned in.  The first pull was always kill millhouse, CC the stoneshapers earth summoning dude that causes a lot of aoe madness and confusion.  anyway.

i marked the guy with a star and asked the rogue to sap him.  he didnt.  then i asked again and he replied with "dont tell me what to do".  and then followed by, "im just here for the jp". 

well being here for the jp, he should be able to understand that CC makes being "here for the jp" a lot easier.  but instead, i took his lead and left the dungeon.  no one was gonna tell me what to do either (namely, forcing me to play without cc).  The rogue said he could cast repentance on the mob if i wanted to. but i said i'd rather it be sapped (because it would be that i initiate combat, and not the paladin).  overall, it would be an easier pull if i had all the initial aggro anyway. 

So the third, forgotten dps left.  then i walked over to the couch where my toddler daughter was and sat there for about 15 minutes.  i came back to see that all the dps left.  my gf told me that the paladin repented the mob i wanted sapped but then got chased out of the dungeon.  she ran out with him.  once i got back, we requeued and got infinitely better dps. 

lesson:  if the tank wants you to CC something.  CC it.  you're not the tank-- you dont dictate play.  true story.

earlier in the week i had a warlock who couldnt be assed to fear anything.  and when he did it was the wrong mob.  after a while, i kicked him.  there really is no reason to be bad at cc.  what part of CC the diamond did he not understand? 

in any case, being an ass is propbably the best way to retain order in this game.  it's what happens when you play with 16 year old kids.  or 46 year olds acting like 12 year olds.  same difference.  overall the idea is the same.  sometimes you need to put your foot down to get your point across because half of these guys need to be punched in real life.