Rose-tinted glasses?

Sometimes I wonder if I've got a skewed view of the world (other times I'm quite sure that I have... :).

Over the weekend...

• I failed to get served at a busy bar in Bristol (we gave up and went elsewhere after a couple of minutes) - I viewed it as one of those things that happens when you've got three barstaff and twenty jostling customers, the alternate opinion is that "our custom wasn't wanted"
• We went for a meal at a rather nice restaurant, and the waiter said something along the lines of "you don't want starters, then?". I took the question at face value, the alternate opinion is that we were being 'tutted at'.
• Another meal, another restaurant. We were served - and empty plates were taken away - very swiftly. I thought this was a good thing. The alternate opinion was that they were trying to get rid of us as swiftly as possible.

So am I really a hopelessly deluded optimist? I don't know. I don't think so, though...