Was I insubordinate or obstinate?

the latter. i think your friend is wrong in what he's saying. not literally, but i think he meant that it looked cocky, but he knows you didn't do it to show off. your boss isn't going to fire you over this, but it did take a hefty toll. the time wasted, probably 30 min, could have been used more conveniently. it really depends on how impatient your boss is. from a scale of 1 to 10: 1 being that he's so patient that it's actually causing problems, like you're skipping days of work and come back with no excuse, and you still are below the line. 5 being that he's a little overly impatient, like a few packages disappear with out a trace, and your not supposed to be watching it, and he fires you. 10, well you know, like someone drops his coffee and he's fired. it depends, but in case, start looking for another job, vaguely though. keep your hopes up, he probably won't fire you.