Waitressing rant

For the first time in almost 20 years of waiting tables I am finding myself struggling in this new southern climate. The customers like me. Today one of the girls was sick, so instead of leaving at 1:30, I stayed til 4pm. No biggie. Around 3:30 I had a massive allergy attack. I was at a table and got that dry tickle in your throat that just won't go away, which also makes your eyes run. My boss sits in front of a monitor, that has audio and video. He listens to everything. The way you speak at a table, what you say to the other staff. Nothing is sacred. I am disregarding how I personally feel about that because I like the job itself. Anyhow, boss man waits about 10 minutes of watching me choke and hack before he comes out on the floor so I can exscuse myself to go to the ladies room. Than at the end of my shift he told me that what I did was very unsanitary. WTF, I was the only one there. I always cough into my sleeve so I don't cough into my hands. As soon as he came out on the floor I did what was appropriate and swallowed a spoonful of honey and powdered my nose and washed my hands. There is something very unsettling about knowing that everything I say and do is being recorded, audio and video. I paid off the balance of my back support issue so I now have nothing hanging over my head. I am at the point where I am starting to realize that I do have a data entry certificate and have other skills. The owner told me that the staff is not allowed to talk about anything unless it is work related. In all my years I have never experienced serving in this type of environment. It is making me feel like a personal failure, yet I know I am good at what I do. The customers love me, which is the main reason I go to work. I wait on tables because I enjoy seeing pleasure in the eyes of guests as they finish a meal they find delightful. Period. So now when I go to work I will make a point of speaking to noone and just doing my job and going home. Big Brother is alive and well in the work environment and it gives me the fucking creeps.