A Clean, Well-Lighted Place- Response

What is one event, character, or plot element that is similar to a modern text/film? Explain.When the young waiter began to judge the old man over his looks "an old man is a nasty thing" this makes me think that the the youthful waiter is very naive and worried but won't show it, the relationship between the old man and the ignorant waiter is very similar to the proverb of Moses because Moses is an old man with a lot of wisdom but the pharaoh didn't respect him because of his age he thought that Moses was stupid, didn't know what he was talking about, the pharaoh got bad karma due to that. Sort of like the old man and the waiter but not entirely