UNPROFESSIONAL AND THREATENING REMARK BY CTLR REGARDING XING RESTR DISTURBS B777 CREW.

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WHILE INBOUND TO SWL VOR AT FL390; CTR CLRED US TO DSND. SINCE WE WERE SO FAR OUT FROM DEST; WE ASKED FOR AND WERE GRANTED CLRNC TO REMAIN AT FL390 FOR A WHILE LONGER. LATER; WASHINGTON CLRED US TO CROSS 50 NM S OF SWL AT FL310; WHICH I COPIED DOWN ONTO MY SIDE-BOARD AND READ BACK AS 'CROSS 50 MI S OF SNOW HILL AT FL310.' WE COMMENCED THE DSCNT USING VERT SPD REFED TO THE DSCNT RATE ON THE NAV 'DSCNT' PAGE FOR A SMOOTH DSCNT. APPROX 20 MI FROM SWL; ZDC ASKED US IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE OUR RESTR; WHICH WE WOULD HAVE EASILY MADE. WHEN HE ADVISED US THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD GIVEN US A RESTR OF 50 NM N OF SWL AT FL310; WE TOLD HIM THAT WE HAD COPIED DOWN AND READ BACK TO CROSS 50 NM S OF SWL AT FL310; THEN HE SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF 'IF YOU WANT TO PLAY GAMES; THEN I'LL PULL THE TAPE. DSND TO FL310.' WE WERE ALL APPALLED AT THIS CTLR'S LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM AND ONE-UPSMANSHIP. WE COMPLIED WITH THE CLRNC TO DSND TO FL310 AND HEARD NO MORE ABOUT THE INCIDENT FROM ANY OTHER ATC FACILITY. MY FEELING IS THAT THIS CTLR IS TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL AND MUST HAVE SOME SORT OF HIDDEN AGENDA; AND THAT HE SHOULD AT LEAST BE SPOKEN TO ABOUT HIS ATTITUDE.