In my lodge EAs are not expected to do anything but listen learn and socialize. Younger MMs are serving the food, cleaning the tables and pouring some wine, vodka and coffee. Food we order from catering service and the also clean up and wash diches afterwards.
My last meeting our younger MMs who where suposed to handle the service had to leave so me and another EA "had" to do it and everyone where really sorry for that. I was glad I could help.
Edit: And what comes to the primary subject.
My om and dad where pretty sceptical about me joining freemasonry. My dad tends to think masons are elitistic group of upper class people who are politically manipulating the sociaety. I told him that obviously they are not ebcause I was accepted.
My mom did some "recearch" and found out that masons are either satanistic of jewish or other religious group who practisse occultism and are a cult like group. I tried to expain her better.
Now both of them are pretty cool about me being a mason when they found out I'm still free but also now accepted man and I havent been brainwashed into a goat riding satanist.