so i'm sitting there eating ginger snaps and lo&behold, there's my old man, arriving to pick me up. will wonders never cease.

if someone professes to be an expert, and you ask that person a question pertaining to their field of professed expertise, you would expect that person to (firstly) answer the freakin' question and #b - they would be flattered you'd asked them something on which they could proudly expound.

if this someone reacts as if you have attacked them... says things like: what did i ever do to you? why are you angry at me? well, gosh, wouldn't you be confused?

now, say that you're being disingenuous. you don't really think the person is an expert, and you're trying to expose the person as a fraud. do you think it's enough to provoke them this way - will others see this as an inappropriate reaction? or, do you need to point out all this stuff about how if people are expert, they are flattered by questions, not defensive.

is it obvious only to me?