• Boxtifer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My experience is that the culture is slightly different. You know how rude it is to raise your hand to get a waiter’s attention? Generally it’s the opposite and that approach is preferred. They don’t want to bother you unless you need them and that’s fine.

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      1 year ago

      Wow I just pictured a utopia where the waiter doesn’t come and ask me how my food is 2 seconds after I put the first bite in my mouth

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        1 year ago

        It’s called ‘the vast majority of the world’.

        Japan is a great example. But it applies in most of Europe and South East Asia too in my experience.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve had this happen (once) in Ireland before where she came to us twice in about 5 mins, it’s pretty fucking annoying. Asked the girl to set a timer on her watch for 20mins and she’d feel less pressed for time serving everybody else.