"What on earth are you blabbering about?" Attlee's uncle clearly didn't buy this story, with the relatives and friends around him adding fuel to the fire.
"You're a low-ranked nobody, so I don't blame you for not knowing about booking the entire restaurant. But if you don't call your manager over today, don't blame us for not being polite!"
"That's right, call your manager! He needs to apologize to us personally!"
"What kind of attitude is that? You're just a waiter, yet you act so high and mighty. Who do you think you are, bossing us around?"
One of them even blew smoke in the waiter's face, giving him a contemptuous look.
"I'm sorry, sir, smoking is not permitted here," the waiter maintained his composure. "Mr. Harris did not book the entire restaurant. If you don't believe me, you can ask him. We have important guests today, and the manager is personally serving them in the private room and can't come over. We hope you can understand."