At least it let me watch the video without logging in to anything, the reddit and facebook links in the OP article didn’t

My guess is this part

I want to know how much I have to work.

To her it might have sounded like you don’t want to work as much while she doesn’t have a choice because it’s her unit. She is already stressed enough so she doesn’t want someone complaining on top of that.

Do you remember how exactly you phrased the question? Maybe it’s not just what you said, but how you said it.