Lets see now, your 32.  Well when I was your age I was living in Wichita Falls, Texas, Lawton Ok, Norman, Ok also spent some time in Arizona.  That would be about 30 years ago and I got to say, I had pretty much the same attitude you do right now.  The gentlemen I hung around with were, shall we say, a bunch of run-amok, barbarian lookin, fire pissin, hell raisers that the nobody bothered with.  Hell the Chief of Police of a little town once said on TV, if you don't bother them, they won't bother you.  Now I'm not saying I'm a tough guy because I got nothing to prove to anybody.  I don't need to call out people on the internet, all I know is I'm not afraid of a azz beating because it has happened to me a couple of times in my life.  I can say this though, those that have kick started my anger have had dramatic life style changes.  So if ya ever come up to Washington give a post first and we'll have a drink or two.  Then if ya want, take your best shot.

If the inspector did that in front of a group of welders, he was not being professional. If he said that to you one on one and no one overheard what was said, that just may be his way of telling you the test is over. My stock term is "Today is not your day". I use a voice that only the welder can hear.
I had one welder that started throwing things and a couple of the welders I had tested many times over the years started laughing at him and was taunting him with the "Today is not your day" very loudly.
This really got the welder hot. I do not interfere with welder games but it came close to a war. By the time it was over the whole testing line knew the welder had failed and they thought the way he was reacting to it was funny.
The first time I ever tested welders the chief I was working under told me to look out the first three welders on the test line on their tacks. Just look at the tacks and tell the welder they were busted. Turn around and walk off. I had been welding for several years and had made and busted my fair share of test, but this was new on me. The chief was 25 years my senior and had pipelined and inspected all over the world. But to him, at that time, that was how he "Got the little darlin's minds right".
But there are still those out there like that. If this is the first one you have ran into in say 8-10 years of experience you are very lucky. They used to run in spreads like that.
In another 10 years when your back hurts, your knees give out and you are wearing a 2.75 cheater to keep up with the kids, that sucky inspector job will no look so bad. And when you have to tap a welder on the shoulder and tell him "Hand, today is not your day" maybe you will do it with dignity.

Thanks.