It doesn't matter what
level of
theatre you work in, what the director wants is what goes on
stage no matter how much of a PITA it is to make it happen. One thing you should learn in this industry is that there is almost never a time when you can answer a request from a director or designer with "no" or "it can't be done" until all possible ways to make the idea work have been explored. On the first request you have to at least try to make it happen, sometimes you can't do it (for reasons like time, budgets, physical location, space,
etc.) but if you just said "no" outright it doesn't make you look good.
I certainly have worked with directors and designers who have made seemingly unreasonable requests, but it is our job as technicians to do everything in our
power to realize their visions. So, even if the
effect is too small for any audience member to see (like spinning the hands of a 2" diameter clock to the right time for each scene that sits on a mantle that is impossible to see from the audience) you have to at least try to make it work (we tried to the
point of driving our SM to tears). Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but you have to try.