OMG Rude Lawyer!!!

Right ready for a big whinge. I went to see a lawyer last year re visitations custody etc. Was expecting a bill from them within 2 weeks after the appointment and didnt so forgot all about it only to get a bill this year - 5 1/2 mths after the appointment!! Now I thik thats shocking to take that long and I was abit miffed so I did take wee while to pay the bill which was bad on my part and it was only for $56.
Anyway when I went into pay I asked why it took so long and the recept. told me oh sometimes we put files down and get to them when we can.
Now I thought that was very unprofessional but was abit dumbfounded at the time so didnt say anything. Anyway its been bugging me so I rang this morn and got the owner.
Introduced myself and explained the situation to which he said nothing so I said dont you think thats along time to take to send out a bill and he just said "duly notes thanks" and hung up.
Well I was abit annoyed at this so rang back and said to him you hung up on me. Well it turned into an argument with him saying it was only for $50 anyway and we gave you plenty of time to pay it which i said well i paid it in a shorter time than it took to send the bill ( i also rang them and said i would be late paying it previously).
Anyway I told him that i thought it was unprofessional and wouldnt be using their services or recommending them to which he said I dont care.
He did said it was noted after i had paid the bill so why didnt he tell me that to start off with??
All i wanted was them to know that they had made a boob and to be aware in the future. He was so condesending and dismissive to me.
I thought it was very poor service and even though my bill was only for $56 whose to say a custody battle wont start with my ex (ok maybe not lol)and they could have made alot of money off me (well legal aid anyway) but i know heaps of wealthy ppl here and wont be saying anything nice about them.
My thing is he dealt with a small problem really badly when he could have just said to me "oh we noted that yesterday and thanks for ringing to to my attention have a good day" but he he turned into a pompus selfrighous lawyer (sorry dont mean to offend anyone he just made me mad).
Now i think i am valid in my feelings - do you agree?
Also are all lawyers like this as I have had no experience with them?

Wow ! That just puts pay to some of the bad lawyer stereotypes that are out there, he deserves all the bad gossip you can give him really ! Not all lawyers are like that though, I have known one or two in the past that are absolute gems. If you need one in future, and I sincerely hope you don't, I hope they aren't as rude as that guy.

I deal with lawyers all the time, and for the odd nice one that comes along, most are rude and arogant and just awful to speak with. They all seem to think that it is my job to drop everything I am doing to service their needs. I have gotten quite angry with them in the past, and the ruder they are it seems the slower the job gets done

ohh sorry to hear you had a bad experience. two really good friends of mine are Lawyers and they are fantastic brilliant people and would never talk down. But then again they are women

Oh MArlene, that sucks! But you know why he was so rude I think? Becasue you are "just" a silly mother. Obviously you "got yourself into trouble" and now need a lawyer to sort it out. Don't you realise that he is probably so much better than you. You didn't bow down to him enough and thank him for his amazing services! And to have the cheek to suggest something was wrong with his office!

Find a nice lawyer! I'm sure there must be some around!