My guess is that the controller thought you were issued a right turn, not a left turn. Hence, when he/she saw the turn to the left, the reaction was as though you'd been instructed to turn the other way.
I can guarantee it wasn't trolling, that's not what the service is about, and we wouldn't be in business if that was how we routinely operated.
What you can take away from the experience is that any time you're given a turn 'the long way around' (ie, more than 180 degrees), it's worth verifying the direction of the turn unless the controller specifically emphasizes it (which shows they're aware that they're instructing you to turn the long way).
If you have a situation that requires review on our side, email
ops@pilotedge.net (as shown on the Contact page on the web site) and we can look into it. The community isn't going to be able to explain the actions (which may well have been a mistake) on behalf of the controller. Since I saw it here, I'll pass it into Ops for review, but in the future, in case we miss it,
ops@pilotedge.net is a better venue to bring a situation to our attention.
I'm not saying that to hide the issue from the community, you could still share the situation and outcome of the discussion with the community.