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Originally Posted by CinnamonGirl
If servers worked for a flat rate, and not tips...you'd see a pretty big change in the industry, I think. Less experienced servers, who are just working for minimum wage, probably aren't going to pay as much attention to you as someone working for your tip.
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I wasn't considering a minimum wage. In Europe, serving is an lasting profession and people make a good wage doing it. Here, it is considered a pass-through job while you finish school or whatever. In some places in Europe, it is an insult to leave a tip.
The other difference is that, in Europe, dinner IS the event for the night, rather than dinner and a movie. You are supposed to be there all night. That's why Americans get so upset about service in Europe. They are so conditioning by being put through the Applebee's cattle rails that they can't just sit back and recognize that they don't have a movie in 43...42 minutes. It's okay to get comfy in your seat.