All of the Above: Intellectual snob/nice person

I had gone to some galleries in Chelsea and decided on my way back that it would be nice to go up to the High Line for a while and read my book. So that's what I did, and just as I had settled onto a nice shady bench facing the Hudson, this guy sat down next to me. And even though I was reading, ... And when he did--when he told me our age difference didn't matter and it was clear that the lack of intellectual connection between us didn't matter to him either--I felt bad. ...