Nothing Pollyanna about it. Really happened. Places I got regularly the staff likes me. I tip well. I’m friendly. If the staff at places you go aren’t that way maybe you should ask yourself what the common denominator is.
I go to a restaurant maybe once per year usually after being made to feel obligated.
Once one is aware of what actually goes on in the back of the house at most of these slop joints, ya have a tendency to avoid them like the plague.
But feel free and chow down. No problem.