[Okay, Pete could forgive a lack of knowledge of social cues. Uncle Gen had raised him right, though, and he knew not to give service workers grief. So, being the fine upstanding citizen he was, he'd figured it was time to intervene here.]

Hey, buddy? Yeah, I can't say I know where you came from before all this, but these guys don't really deserve you taking your issue out on them. They get enough of that from the people who already lived here.