I was playing in a tournament this weekend and had an issue with a TD.  For the final round of the tournament I was talking to someone outside the playing hall right before the round started when the TD came out and asked us to keep it down for the players.  Realizing that that meant that the round was starting/would be starting, I quickly rushed in to the playing hall to take my seat.  Most of the players appeared to be setting up their boards but when I sat down at mine I discovered that my opponent was absent but that he, as white, had already made his first move and started the clock. 

  This meant that I had two minutes less then I was supposed to have.  I debated informing the TD but reasoned that I might not even need the two minutes so I decided to only bother the TD about it if I was low on time and it would become an issue.  Strangely though, as the game went on I couldn't stop thinking about it.  When I reached a tough endgame with 20 minutes less then my opponent I decided to talk to the tournament director about it. 

   His response was, "You should've mentioned it at the very beginning, lesson learned."  I think I blew it out of proprotion but his dismissive response upset me.  He could've at least asked my opponent if that was true.  My question is, "Do you think that the tournament director's response was fair and/or correct?"  Is there USCF guidelines for this situation?

If you get screwed by a TD you MUST IMMEDIATELY confont them. Going along with it means that you have no problems with it. At a tourney I went to this weekend I got smacked with a 1/2 point bye for being late when I was obviously on time. Then I was left out the rotation for TWO ROUNDS!! and had to tell the guy he forgot me. I finished at 3 1/2 -1/2 and had second but was left out the awards part because NONE of my wins were recorded! Luckily an IM there helped me out and they're supposed to call me back... Yeah sure... You MUST keep track of happenings yourself because unfortunately trusting others will get you screwed....