In the event of a Golden Girls reboot, I nominate Nana Visitor for Dorothy Zbornak:
DS9 s3e7 “Civil Defense”
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“Of course I will get the Manager for you, can you please tell me why you need to speak to them?”
Kira: “I just wanna talk to them.” continues to adjust disrupter settings
Or my favorite response when they tell me to have a nice day.
“Don’t you goddamn dare tell me what to do!”
Simple rephrase has helped me a lot in this area. From the CS side at least: I hope you have a nice day. That way I convey my intent without placing any requirements on the recipient.