mbyron, I understand your point, and do not disagree with it, except to emphasize that I am NOT one who desires to give anything back to such an individual. I might have been like that in my younger days, but as I got older, I take the approach that it's just not worth it. I prefer not to waste my time or energy doing that. IF I even say anything, I try to do so in a rather subdued, subtle--perhaps mildy sarcastic--manner; but that's only in rare situations, like this one at the White Hen.
Believe me, I know full well about our society being a litigious one. It's also filled with nutjobs of whom we have no idea how they'd react.