> I got very polite while asking him over to bail me out.

> all the Grievance Studies majors

So you're polite to those you find useful and insulting to people majoring in something you presumably disagree with? And assuming they will all be condescending to a plumber or electrician for some reason?

Perhaps you don't have to look quite so far away if you're looking to reduce the amount of condescending happening in the room you're standing in?