PA28 PLT AND ATCT LCL CTLR DISAGREED ON WHAT THE TERM' CLRED FOR THE OPTION' MEANT.

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ON DEC/XA/01 AT APPROX XA45; I CALLED DANBURY TWR AND RPTED 7 MI NE INBOUND AND THAT I WOULD LIKE THE 'OPTION.' THE OPTION IS COMMONLY USED TO REQUEST TOUCH-AND-GO LNDGS OR FULL STOP. I WAS ASKED TO RPT A 2 MI R BASE FOR RWY 26. AT THE PROPER LOCATION; I RPTED A 2 MI R BASE AND WAS CLRED TO LAND. AT TOUCHDOWN; I EXERCISED THE 'OPTION' AND EXECUTED A TOUCH-AND-GO. AS I LIFTED OFF AND INITIATED A CLB; I RECEIVED A HARSH CALL FROM THE TWR; 'WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS?' I ADVISED I WOULD LIKE THE OPTION. THE TWR REPLIED WITH A HARSH 'YOU MUST INFORM US OF THAT BEFORE; YOU WERE CLRED TO LAND.' I REPLIED 'I REQUESTED THE OPTION ON INITIAL CALL UP.' ANOTHER HARSH REPLY 'THIS IS A RPTABLE OFFENSE.' I ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR RESPONSE AND ANOTHER HARSH RESPONSE CAME; 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DIDN'T YOU HEAR YOUR CLRNC?' AT THIS POINT I HAD TURNED TO DOWNWIND. I RPTED THAT I RECEIVED NO FURTHER CLRNC AND WAS DOWNWIND FOR TOUCH-AND-GO. AGAIN A HARSH REPLY; 'SO YOU JUST TOOK IT UPON YOURSELF TO TURN TO DOWNWIND?' BY THIS POINT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE WRONG THINGS OUT OF ANGER; BUT REPLIED THAT 'I REQUEST A DOWNWIND DEP.' ATC REPLIED 'DOWNWIND DEP APPROVED; FREQ CHANGE APPROVED WHEN CLR OF CLASS D.' AT THIS POINT I LEFT THE AREA VERY AGGRAVATED WITH HOW I WAS TREATED BY THE DXR TWR. I REALIZE THAT WHEN I WAS CLRED TO LAND INSTEAD OF CLRED FOR THE OPTION I SHOULD HAVE QUESTIONED IT; AND I CERTAINLY WILL IN THE FUTURE. THIS WHOLE ISSUE WAS PURELY INADVERTENT ON MY PART. AS FOR THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT I WAS DOING GOES; I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO FLY THE AIRPLANE. THEY ISSUED NO FURTHER CLRNCS AFTER MY TOUCH-AND-GO. THERE WERE NO SAFETY ISSUES; VISUAL SEPARATION WAS MAINTAINED; AND AT NO TIME WAS THERE A HAZARD TO ACFT IN THE AIR OR ON THE GND BY MY FLYING. THE ISSUE I AM CONCERNED WITH IS THE SAFETY ISSUE CAUSED BY ATC! THEIR BANTERING AND SCOLDING OF ME ON THE TWR FREQ WITH 1 OTHER PLANE IN THE PATTERN AND 1 APCHING WAS UNCALLED FOR; NOT NECESSARY AND DISRUPTED RADIO COMS IN THE TFC AREA. WAS THIS ENOUGH FOR ME TO FILL OUT THIS FORM? MAYBE; BUT IT IS THE FACT THAT I HAVE HEARD DXR TWR JUMP DOWN THE THROAT OF OTHER PLTS ON 2 PREVIOUS TRIPS TO DXR THAT HAVE MOTIVATED ME TO FILE THIS FORM. I BELIEVE THAT 2 THINGS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ENCOUNTER. FIRST; ATC EITHER FORGOT; DID NOT HEAR; OR IGNORED MY REQUEST FOR 'THE OPTION.' SECOND; THE TERM 'THE OPTION' IS UNCLR AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM OUR VOCABULARY. IF A PLT WANTS TOUCH-AND-GOES -- SAY SO; IF ATC CLRS AN ACTIVITY -- SAY SO. IN CLOSING; I MUST SAY THAT MY EXPERIENCE WITH ATC AT DXR IN THE LAST 4 WKS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A STAFF PROB THAT MUST BE INVESTIGATED.