I have never forgotten how mad I was years ago when as an EU lawyer, I told a CEO client in a general meeting of the requirements of competition law to his proposed transaction and he poo-poohed it as irrelevant, calling me darling at the same time. 5 minutes, the male partner I worked with said the same thing and he accepted it. I enjoyed a lot of schadenfreude when his deal was delayed for some considerable time because he didn't follow our advice about collecting information early.
I have never forgotten how mad I was years ago when as an EU lawyer, I told a CEO client in a general meeting of the requirements of competition law to his proposed transaction and he poo-poohed it as irrelevant, calling me darling at the same time. 5 minutes, the male partner I worked with said the same thing and he accepted it. I enjoyed a lot of schadenfreude when his deal was delayed for some considerable time because he didn't follow our advice about collecting information early.
Infuriating. Happy you got your share of schadenfreude. It’s often the best freude there is. In Dutch we say: Leedvermaak is het beste vermaak.