Very funny:) ok then...a simple question to weed out a simple answer...
When a boater enters a lock...WHO do you feel is "in charge". SOMEONE has to be "in charge". What if something goes wrong, and there needs to be clear quick communication, and no one knows WHO is in charge. If a volockie things THEY are in charge, and the owner of the boat feels differently, surely you agree it adds a danger to the mix which should't exist.
and yes...I do have a personal chip on my shoulder about people helping, interfering, helping without asking first, after nearly having my kids and boat hooked up on a side brick in a lock on the L&L.
As a disclaimer....I don't know the locks the OP was going through..perhaps they are very slow and you have a point, but I am talking generally
peace to all.