Hello! It's a pleasure to meet you.

When I read what you wrote, my immediate thought was; "Maybe a lot of people think he's rude?" As in, maybe he's really standoffish and distant towards a lot of people, and thus, the comment of being rude is made a lot towards him. So maybe when he meets people, he always thinks that they see him as rude, since that mindset is so common? That's just what I made of it.

Have a wonderful day!