Why. Who cares. You've been working, what, a couple years. There is no guarantee you'll be here next week let alone next year. You show up fresh out of school and expect everyone to give you respect. Respect is earned, never given. Hell the dishwasher has seen more you come an go than he cares to remember. Quit worrying about RESPECT so much and do your g%d damn job. Stop whining. You want some respect. Come in everyday and clean 2000 dishes for five years, never missing a day and never throwing a fit because some little •••• fresh out of culinary school treated you like ••••.