Unfortunately, a lot of people do treat wait staff as "below" them. No more here in the villages as anywhere else. I've personally seen it and have been out when someone in my party treated them with disrespect. A lot of us worked in the service industry and experienced it for ourselves. I think that if those who would never dream of treating a wait staff as a "servant" go out of their way to treat everyone with the utmost respect.....to make up for those who feel they are better.
As for the waitress who made the remark....she was probably frustrated with her job as a whole...havin a bad day. She doesnt represent all in her profession, just as we don't all represent a few jerks who treat wait staff with disrespect.
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