Help me understand the Seattle mindset on this

There’s a bar in Seattle that I’ve been to 30+ times, and it’s always the same bartender, and I almost always sit at the bar, yet this bartender never acknowledges that they know me. I’m not saying I need them to be my best friend and ask how my day was. But it starts feeling awkward when you’ve met someone 30 times and they still act like you’re a complete stranger.

Usually I’ll try to smile and say something like “Hey, how ya been” in an effort to break the ice a little bit but this bartender never reciprocates, and continues acting like they’ve never seen me before. They still even ask “what’s the name on the tab?” every time too.

As someone who has lived anywhere else in the world besides Seattle, this is completely weird behavior. I also believe in any service industry you should make at least some attempt to be cordial with the clientele…

I would like to hear what the Seattlite perspective is on why this is normal or okay, because this isn’t the only example of this happening to me here and it’s exclusive to Seattle. Literally everywhere else, if I go to the same place multiple times they will start to acknowledge that I’m a familiar face at least with a subtle gesture to communicate it.