This one time I was in the Philippines and.......
Oh, I thought you were axing about something else.
That guy was out of line. If I was the man I was 10 years ago, I would have taken a flamethrower to his rig.
Today, probably would have laughed and said "Do you also flag down birds and dust clouds to render your displeasure? My, my Higgins, How
do you get by?"
I also want to add that I agree with your approach for cleansing yourself of that nastiness by applying liberal amounts of malted hops and barley product till delightfully fuzzy. Repeat as needed.