I agree. I think both men were just as rude as each other in the initial scenario, but I think that House definitely started it. I've said this in another thread today already, but I'll say it again: I love the character, but I would hate it if House were my doctor. He can be really, really horrible sometimes. Fair enough, occasionally he isn't, but patients don't usually get to see his introspective moments (which generally happen around as few people as possible). He may know more than the patient--and more than most doctors, apparently!--but that doesn't give him the right to treat people like crap.