Phoney Social Behaviour, Designed to Cover True Feelings

Wesley Crusher takes no shit

RONDON: 

You. I have a package for Operations. Where is it?

WESLEY: 

End of the corridor, room on your right. One oh four.

(The seven foot tall man bumps Wesley as he walks between him and Mordock)

WESLEY: 

Excuse me.

RONDON: 

You blocked my path. you Bulgallian sludge rat!

WESLEY: 

I'm sorry, it was an honest mistake. I apologise.

CHANG: Is there a problem here, gentlemen?

WESLEY: No, sir, I -

RONDON: 

How dare you! I am Rondon, you despicable Melanoid slimeworm! Liar!

WESLEY: 

Who do you think you're bullying? 

You bumped into me. It was your mistake. 

You were at fault. Do you want this to become violent?

RONDON: 

Friend. I like you.

(Rondon leaves, smiling)

MORDOCK: 

A very strange reaction.

WESLEY: 

Not really. 

When he raised his hand, I saw that it was webbed. 

The sign of a Zaldan.

CHANG: But you became hostile.

WESLEY: Zaldans are infuriated by courtesy. They view it as a form of phony social behaviour, designed to cover true feelings.

CHANG: 

Congratulations, Mister Crusher. 

You handled that particular incident very well.

MORDOCK: 

Was this incident deliberate?

CHANG: 

It's important to know how you candidates deal with other cultures, other species.

MORDOCK: 

Then it was a test.

CHANG: 

Yes. Not all tests are announced, or what they appear to be.

(Chang leaves)

MORDOCK: 

Zaldans have webbed fingers? I wouldn't have passed.