Thing about an article like this, it might be completely fake. Made up for clicks. Nothing to it at all, just selling a narrative.<p>I'm fresh back in SF and have been indulging in a lot of restaurant dining. Luxuriating, even, the food here is really good.<p>I haven't seen any of this crap. Is it happening? <i>Yes of course</i> any journalist worth their mountain of student debt can call enough restaurants to put together a few anecdotes about bad behavior.<p>Doesn't mean we have to fall for it.
What if the people are just as terrible as they always were, but customer services staff have had a break?<p>It doesn’t take long observing most customer service operations to see poor behaviour.
I don't think it's isolated to the service industries, I think they just feel it more. I see people every time I venture out that just don't seem to remember what it means to live in a world with others. Some people seem to think masks make/made them invisible and gavr them license to be the worst versions of themselves. Others see people still wearing masks (like us) and glare angrily while making mean comments under their breath. It seems many lost their manners during this period, either because of the pandemic or the general split in our country and I don't think we'll be getting back to normal for a while.