[jroseattle]

> I've had managers give stupid orders

I'd suggest that "good faith" means turning those stupid orders into sane orders. In a case like this, help your manager -- educate them.

If your relationship is tenuous, I get this can be hard. Show your good faith and explain to your manager in clear detail why something is stupid. Manage up, as they say.

[pphysch]

Sometimes a manager will just throw something out there. "Can we get a dashboard for this (thing that has come up 0-1 times)".

Feeding into those whims is rarely good for anyone, except the manager's ego.

[lazyasciiart]

A lot of the time they don’t need education, they need reminding to think. The request to write it down achieves that.