Don't feel bad Secret555, its no different here in the US.   You will meet the rudest of the Civil Aristocracy when you have a question at the IRS office or have a question about your vehicle at the DMV, or a question about local municipal property taxes.  They treat you exactly as you describe happens to you in Canada.  Its definitely the same here.  Its not a British thing its a SOCIALIST MARXIST THING that has taken us over and no one realized it until it was too late. Its the same all over Europe in the major countries like Germany and France. I was in Paris many years ago and I have to say that they are the rudest people that I have ever met, almost as bad as New York city people. Nonetheless, France is also the MOST SOCIALIST in Europe too.  The truth points to itself.  Unfortunate thing is that you will never be able to do anything about it in Canada, over here I believe that we have a chance, its called the 2nd Amendment.  Socialism has absolute control over Canadians even Conservatives.  Too bad you guys can't elect someone like Kevin O'Leary for your Prime Minister, he would clean house for you.   But that will never happen because I read somewhere that the people that live in the French speaking Province of Quebec refuse to elect someone that only speaks English, which sounds quite bigotted to me.  But that's Canada.  Nonetheless, we will never get rid of that corrupt system until there is a total major reset in all Christian nations where government bureaucratic jobs are totally eliminated.