Was that your first coffee of the new year? In any case I hope it was very good and that you have a great year of good things ahead of you, including great coffee of course!

As for your odd encounter, it's interesting to me. I think that, despite not having been the best approach and even having been wrong, it is important to recognize that there is a social advance in terms of the female voice, this also makes many women feel that they must be alert and defensive as in this case, but what this situation shows is that there is a willingness to be heard at last, something that until a few years ago would have been unacceptable. Perhaps her manner wasn't appropriate, but I can understand her distress.