When I read the first half of your post I first had to laugh because I thought it was ridiculously insulting and simplifying. However, reading the part about th

When I read the first half of your post I first had to laugh because I thought it was ridiculously insulting and simplifying. However, reading the part about the waiter, I quickly realized that I made the exact same experiences on my Corfu vacation years ago. The best thing was this: Our hotel had free coffe till 4pm. We ordered coffee at 3:59 or something like that. The waitress starts making coffee, but stops all the sudden. Sais "it's 4pm, no more coffee" and pures the coffee powder back into the container. We were just speechless.