@maggiel In my household we like to solve problems that occur. If we refuse a simple way of solving the problem, then maybe it was never the real problem at all. A conversation about stopping a cat eating socks is not going to have a successful outcome if what we really want is to get rid of the cat. Coming up with lame reasons why we couldn't solve the problem ourselves (not engaging in what would be a normal piece of household cleaniness for most people because that would somehow be letting the pets dictate) shows we're entering into the conversation in bad faith, the other participant is on a hiding to nothing, and our real problem is unlikely to be fixed (at least until we've created such a hostile atmosphere that one party moves out).

If you have a problem with the way a colleague communicates in email, telling them you don't like the typeface they use is not going to resolve the problem.