Well, that is incredibly rude!
I will say that, as a university professor myself, I can attest to the fact that most profs are severely lacking in social skills (not me of course! ;))and many come from privileged backgrounds with very little real world experience (although this is slightly less true than in previous eras). I had one prof in grad school who had attended that private university from kindergarten (they have a lab school) through PhD, then worked there his entire career and was close to retirement. The ultimate ivory tower experience. Seriously.
