A man who was very thin skinned had a job where he gave feedback to other people about their creative projects and if they didn’t like his opinions he became very resentful even punitive. He was an ordinary guy with tenure. An ordinary person in charge of the record company. An ordinary police sergeant. The way to fight people like that is to be agreeable with them, just on the surface. No point wasting energy with someone who believes the tempo between 122 and 124 is a major difference.