Yeah, that was part of the longer conversation. I just wanted to put a check on his attitude a bit. Basically, if you are nice I’m nice. Or if you want to be a jerk I can make you look silly about it.
Reminds me of the time I was a kid and Dad and I went fishing.
Game warden trolled by in a john boat and asked if I had a fishing license. I said yes and showed him mine.
Trolled over to Dad, sitting on his tackle box, and asked if he had a fishing license.
Dad said "Yep" and just sat there watching his pole.
After several minutes, the game warden left.
I asked Dad why he didn't show the guy his fishing license.
Dad said "He didn't ask to see it, he asked if I had one."
(There's a deeper story to this, involving the state of Indiana and WWII veterans.)