Did you know that when ATC give you weird instructions, you can actually discover what it has in mind.
Click the menu: Developer –> Toggle Air Traffic Paths. Now, to see what ATC has in mind, bring up the map view window [M] and you’ll see a green line representing the track that ATC wants you to follow.
This “map confirmation” of ATC intentions goes a long way toward re-assuring us that ATC has not forgotten all about us.