Because; simply pointing out that something is broken when you actually want it fixed is a passive-imperative.
A passive-imperative! What a beautiful use of words. Poetic actually. It fits well when I was doing contract work at a small college. I had nothing to do with this except as witness, but I was with the Director of Facilities of the college. The Director was well educated and maintained the college brilliantly and if there was something even as small as a broken bottle on the edge of campus he knew about it and had it removed. He was that kind of guy.
A woman who was a staff member walked up to us and said "Mr. Huntington is one of our Board of Directors members and informed me there is a piece of roofing or metal misplaced on the roof of the bell tower and that it looked untidy." "Could you look into that?"
This was a passive-imperative, but with a twist. The Director knew about this issue of course. There was a storm just a day or two before that dislodged a peak flashing from the bell tower roof. The roof was at a 12 to 16" pitch, very steep, and would require a 120' lift boom to reach. Also, not knowing if the flashing could be reused, another was ordered just in case. In short, a great deal of preparation and money and timing went into such a repair. The boom would disrupt parking, the personnel had to be competent roofers, the boom rental would need to arrive at a specific time, etc. etc. And the Director knew and had accomplished all this.
That's when his eyes flashed a dullness of disappointment. Mr. Huntington thought it looked "untidy" and sent a messenger to ensure this needed repair immediately. And it was repaired immediately and efficiently but the only thing Mr. Huntington knew is that his orders were fulfilled and that this so called Director of Facilities paid little attention to detail. His imperative was fulfilled because of his sharp eye and his narcissistic self evaluation was intact.
I went on and on, didn't I. Only this. Passive imperatives, so eloquently said, are driven by pride, the one thing our God of Israel commands us to avoid.