I have to agree. Of course the requests in this sketch were obviously silly and not doable when taken literally. But my experience is, that the requestor of a new feature often has big problems communicating that request. It could be that the requestor describes something, which sounds almost as silly and contradictional as those seven lines, the actual request is something different, which actually makes sense. But just is completely badly communicated.
It is important to rule out miscommunications. Contradictions often are not obvious to the requestor. It also helps to understand, which of the contradicting requirements can be dropped to resolve the problem. Sometimes the problem is just a small feature which made it to the requirements, because no one considered it a problem.
That doesn't mean, I haven't gotten requests which were as silly as in the sketch and had discussions along the lines shown :) And of course, I never hesitate to speak up about actual issues.
It is important to rule out miscommunications. Contradictions often are not obvious to the requestor. It also helps to understand, which of the contradicting requirements can be dropped to resolve the problem. Sometimes the problem is just a small feature which made it to the requirements, because no one considered it a problem.
That doesn't mean, I haven't gotten requests which were as silly as in the sketch and had discussions along the lines shown :) And of course, I never hesitate to speak up about actual issues.