To ask when you reject someone does the other person often try and save face?

[LockdownSlimmingQueen]

I was staying in a hotel before lockdown. I was in the reception area and a man started making conversation and at the end asked me where I was going. We carried on talking and I ended up meeting him in the lounge area of the hotel for a drink. We stayed there for half an hour , he moved on somewhere else but I wanted to go the the gym as I was meeting someone the next day and wanted to make a good impression. He didn't seem to like the fact that I was leaving and rolled his eyes to other people as if to say I was daft going to the gym at this time etc. I was polite as I could, I had other commitments the next day, and I was doing nothing wrong by leaving at that time.
I've found this before that if you reject someone in some way whether it's to tell someone to mind their own business , decline a date , they often look for this kind of validation from others to try and save face. Anyone else found this,?

No, most people seem to understand when you have somewhere you need to be/politely say you don’t want to discuss something/not interested in dating etc. I can’t say I’ve ever experienced something like this.

Yes I have experienced that from men but not on such short acquaintance, you had only just met. It's usually after you've been out together or had something of a relationship. I've not known women to behave like that towards men.