Adventures on the train

First of all, yesterday showed me again, that the exact same words "Can we close this window? It's getting cold back there." will have me either close the window - even if I'm close to suffocating myself - or pitching a fit and opening it again - even if I'm close to freezing myself.
The only difference?
In the first case they are an actual question. An completely rhetoric question of course, because when someone is informing me politely that something I'm doing is making him feel uncomfortable, how can I continue doing it - as long as it's a reasonable request? I don't actively try to be impolite.
The second case? Saying these words (in what I still insist is was an aggressive way) *while at the same time closing the window in question*. Excuse me? Don't just assume I'll do what you want, even if, like I said, there's nearly no way I could refuse the request.
It'll make one Ridicully angry. And an angry Ridicully is stubborn. So an angry Ridicully will open the window again. Not as far as before, because I actually understand why you wanted it closed, but just *because I don't appreciate being walked over and will revert in five-year-old mode if you try*.

Hmmm. I'm using the asterikses again. Have to stop that.

( The second incident shows even more of my irrational behaviour. )