True, I've had the odd shirty response on the odd occasion when, sitting as dummy, I've typed "claim?" on the chatline. Responses on the lines of "I'm perfectly capable of deciding for myself when to claim, thanks!"
Why are some players more 'touchy' than others, I wonder?
If I'm declarer, and my partner tells me to claim, the last thing I'll do is take umbrage. Sometimes I've held back a claim for a trick or two, because I want to ensure that it's clearer to the opponents. Sometimes I've failed to notice a claim. Sometimes my partner is wrong!
This hand cropped up. I was sitting west:
Once we reached 6NT, played by east, I was ready to compliment myself (
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But I didn't. I kept quiet and waited for the disaster.....
Partner contrived to go down, somehow. OK. You can't always blame partner. Everyone has their bad days, myself no exception. But I was sorely disappointed. No-one else bid 6NT on that hand.