"I visited Stanford for a few hours while travelling through California and even the bookshop clerk pretended I was some sort of king. Maybe she took acting classes, or denies the fact were she not employed by Stanford, many of the students wouldn't give her much more than the time of day."

You know, there are some Stanford students who work in the bookstore. I think your accusation of all Stanford students having contempt for people who work at the bookstore, especially since it was just extrapolated from the behavior of a clerk who could've been a Stanford student himself, is highly unfounded.