I feel like the standards some people have on the forums are ridiculous. If you drop something and someone picks it up for you, do you take it and ignore him because "it only takes a tiny bit of skill to pick something up"?

It only takes two mouse clicks to commend someone and make them feel better. That takes 0 skill or effort. It's easy for a reason.

Your commendation isn't supposed to be some sort of heavenly gift you hand out to those you deem worthy of your presence or consideration.

Bottom line for me, if they did their job well and the run went smoothly as a result, I give them a commend. If they're rude or refusing to listen to advice, I don't commend. Usually I give it to a healer who DPS'es well, since that makes the run much faster. It's thanks for not making that particular run fast and smooth. Its that simple.