Agreed, this punter has a very narrow view of what has happened. 99% of people would have taken his initial message as a way of saying he wasn't coming. And all the "mate" and "pal" stuff etc is just fucking weird.
As an aside, a word of advice to Honey and Nat, don't use this thread as a chance to tout (all this +1 bollocks), old admin LITERALLY set up another forum for that.