2 INCIDENTS OFFERED TO ILLUSTRATE A PERCEPTION OF AN ATTITUDE PROB WITH ATC CTLRS.

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I REALIZED THAT COURSE/RTE WOULD BE OVER WATER FOR A LONG TIME; AND I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ASK ATC FOR A MORE FAVORABLE RTE OVER LAND. HE WAS BUSY AS THE ONE-ARMED PAPERHANGER AS HE WAS HANDLING AT LEAST 2 SECTORS AT CHS WITH A LOT OF MIL ACFT AS WELL AS THE USUAL CIVILIAN TFC. IN A COURTEOUS AND PATIENT MANNER I MADE SEVERAL CALLS RESULTING IN A COMMENT BY THE CTLR; CURT AND TERSE; THAT HE WAS BUSY AND TO STAND BY. WITH MORE THAN 2 FREQS BEING HANDLED BY 1 PERSON; ALL PARTIES ON 1 FREQ ARE NOT ABLE TO HEAR THE RADIO TFC ON OTHER FREQS. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMER; THE CTLR MIGHT NOT HANDLE IT AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS IT SHOULD BE HANDLED. WHEN THERE IS A HIGH VOLUME OF RADIO TFC; 1 CTLR SHOULD HANDLE 1 SECTOR. COURTESY; PATIENCE; RESPECT SHOULD RULE. PROVIDING THE SAFEST SVC POSSIBLE SHOULD BE THE GOAL IN IT ALL! ON DEPARTING MCO RWY 36L; I DID NOT DIAL IN XPONDER CODE. AS I TURNED OUT OF PATTERN; TWR CALLED AND TOLD ME THIS. I DIALED IN THE APPROPRIATE CODE BEFORE ANSWERING. THE CTLR WAS SOMEWHAT TERSE AND CURT IN SAYING TO ME THAT I HAD NOT ANSWERED HIM MORE QUICKLY.