Restaurant Blues

Its the start of the week again. Hope that all the mothers had a great mothers day. I went to brunch with my wife and mother in law and then in the evening went to dinner with my parents and my wife. Both meals were very good and enjoyable. I was glad we all had a good time.
When I go out to restaurants I notice a trend among a small group of people. They are inexcusably rude to servers. Now I worked in restaurants back in the 1990s and I was everything from a manager, host, cook, dishwasher and server. 90% of the people who came in were very friendly and very understanding. I believe the same today of most people. However, nothing irks me now more than somebody who constantly complains from the second they come in the door in a restaurant. The person will complain that they were sat in a booth instead of a table (or vice versa). They were sat next to a window and its too cold or too sunny or too cloudy(Seriously these are some complaints that I have heard haha!) Then the meal arrives and its never cooked to their liking.
An example for you: A friend of mine sent back chicken wings 3 times. Now it was not because they were not cooked correctly, the first time they had too much sauce, the second time it was not the right sauce and the third time it was once again the sauce. Finally I think he just wanted plain chicken wings. (I was so embarassed at this point I just wanted to leave) Then after putting the waitress and cooks through all that grief he did not feel he should leave a tip.
Why is it a small number of people go to restaurants they forget common courtesy? They feel that the waitress is their servant and that they should be at their call all the time. What happened to treating other people as you want to be treated? Unfortunately from my years as a restaurant manager some of the rudest people to waitresses and myself were people who had just attended church sunday morning. As Catholic Christians we all should remember when we get out of church especially that we should be refreshed from receiving the Eucharist and hearing the word of God, that we need to treat people as we wish to be treated.
Now, I understand that there are legitimate complaints about food not being cooked correctly. These things happen to all of us. But is it really necessary to send a meal back if there was a pickle or tomato accidentally put on the burger? (Again this has happened to me) I hate tomatoes on my burgers and I order them without it every time but 9 times out of 10 I get a tomato. So I just take the tomato off the burger. Lets think about anyone we might know that is a very picky eater. Is it really enjoyable to be out to eat with them? The last thing I want to do is be with someone who tells me how great the restaurant is and then during and after the meal complains about it.
I remember what it was like to work in a restaurant so I am usually very understanding of any problems. I think we all can work on being kinder to our fellow man and remember Jesus saying. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" Have a blessed day.