Excellence- lol. That reminds me of the time when I had to get into a building in Israel and there were some Israeli boys-at-risk with a dog sitting by the stairs. When they saw me, they politely moved to the side so I could get past. When they saw that I was still standing there, one of them said, “What are you waiting for? For us to roll out a red carpet?” So I responded, “no, I’m scared of the dog. Do you mind holding it for me?”
So the boy looks at me very seriously, and asks “Do you learn Torah?” So I said, “yes.” So he said, “Don’t you know that the Midrash says that if you have no aveiros, you don’t have to be afraid of animals.” So I said, “but I have aveiros.” So he looks at me shocked, and said “chas v’shalom!”
I thought it was so sad (yet sweet in a way) that he seriously thought that most Frum people don’t have aveiros. Maybe that’s why he went off – because he had been taught that you have to be perfect if you’re Frum.
Btw, he did hold the dog for me so I was able to get into the building.