I don't think it was mild, they more or less implied I was an asshole at work because they didn't like a single adjective I used years after the fact. Sure the

I don't think it was mild, they more or less implied I was an asshole at work because they didn't like a single adjective I used years after the fact. Sure the phrasing was gentle, but the actual statement was quite offensive, presumptuous, and prudish.