I am actually - we should do lunch sometime as I think you'd be a delightful dining companion. : ) We've conversed before about food and restaurants and NYC and I think we'd have a blast.
And having worked in retail and in various forms of customer service for many years and having had lot's of friends who were and are in retail or who are restaurant servers, I'm very kind to and very patient and understanding about things beyond the server's control and I am also, unless the serve (or hair stylist or barista, moving men, etc.) are very rude or extremely incompetent, I am a very generous tipper as I know how hard they work and what they often have to deal with in working with the public.
I am just saying if I go to a restaurant or any other type of business establishment, I don't want to be lectured by the staff on political matters or on who I should vote for. If I engage them in such a conversation, that's a different matter. But in that case I would expect them to be honest and not necessarily say "Vote for my boss".
Perhaps the busboys and servers at the Trump Tower restaurant are very sincere and they truly really love Trump and all he stand for and these are unsolicited and unbiased endorsements but then again,.....
Or let me put it another way.
Here in PA our current governor is a liberal RAT - Tom Wolf. Wolf was the owner and CEO of Wolf Organization Inc, according to their website - "the largest supplier of kitchen cabinets in the U.S. and a leading provider of specialty building products." So while Wolf was running for PA governor, should I have been, if I was buying kitchen cabinets, subjected to a plea to vote for Wolf by his paid employees or not have been suspicious that their motives for doing so were perhaps more related to keeping their jobs rather than expressing their sincere opinions?
No one lectured anyone. What happened is that The Donald chose to have lunch in the grill with Maureen Dowd that day. That sent people in the lobby of the Tower crazy and they lined up to have photos taken. This inspired conversation within the grill and the less expensive food court to talk to the staff who enthusiastically endorsed him and spoke about what a good boss he was. I found that extremely interesting - you will not find that kind of talk at Martha Stewart Enterprises or in the old Helmsley world of real estate or the offices of David Letterman. Also, having worked as a waitress, I enjoy talking to wait staff. This has gotten me into trouble in London where treating waiters as a human being is considered gauche and plebian.
And as someone who worked for 30 years in Manhattan, a good boss is hard to come by and I left the grill very impressed.