http://www.jamesraposa.com/index e dot dot dot - a mostly about the Internet weblog by James Raposa en http://www.jamesraposa.com/index/2006/04/15#ceo_waiter_treatment More than a few prominent CEO's (which by the way, it's refreshing to hear some non-criminal or obscenely compensatory news about), interviewed for <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/educate/college/business/articles/20060423.htm" target="_blank">this article</a> apparently feel that your attitude towards wait/ers/resses, assistants, and others in similar positions, is a damn good indicator of your character... and I agree.<br /><br /><blockquote>"CEOs live in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon" target="_blank">Lake Wobegon</a> world where every dinner or lunch partner is above average in their <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=deference" target="_blank">deference</a>. How others treat the CEO means nothing, they say. But how others treat the waiter is like a magical window into the soul."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/educate/college/business/articles/20060423.htm" target="_blank"><i>CEOs say how you treat a waiter can predict a lot about character</i></a><br />-- USA Today - Fri, Apr 14, 2006</blockquote><br /><br />Alas... the moral of the story is...<br /><br />No one deserves your condescending attitude, at least not in front of that other important person across the table.