I agree with you and I believe that the offended realize that the person asking is somewhat of a noob so they tempered their response a little versus what is normally done.

If it is really that much of an annoyance, perhaps the master thread could be modified to include such threads that would answer the lion's share of these trip questions when they arise. Of course, the title would have to be edited so that a new person could see that that thread invites them to check there before "wasting" the time of others with an already-answered question. That's my opinion, anyway.