aries,
I posted a link to the entire post because I am aware that it might be read differently in context, which is also why I wrote that you probably didn’t mean it that way (if you had read my entire post you would have seen that ?).
I don’t know why you assume that someone who is makpid on this halacha would only be makpid while on a date. Even there was such a case, I still fail to see why the assumption should be made that he’s doing it specifically to be rude. I would think that if someone is makpid on something while on a date which he is not careful about otherwise, it’s because he wants to put his best foot forward, which is fine. That doesn’t justify not being careful always, but neither does it qualify the fellow as a jerk.
I wonder what was edited – I hope it wasn’t too nasty. ?