Why is customer service in Europe so terrible? This really stood out to me when I visited Europe as an American. The following video is very much true:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsyouRyUWXo
>>60874839
because you are american,
>>60874921
This
>>60874921
Explain yourself, Pierre.
I went to a few fairly nice restaurants, and I swear you get more attentive service from a teenager at a random McDonald's in the USA.
>>60875086
I've heard American servers can be quite pushy, trying to get you to leave as soon as possible. Sounds annoying to me, if true.
How much service do you need at McDonald's by the way, I can't imagine a restaurant doing less that taking your order and giving you the food. It happens that they forget to give the bill and you wait forever and have to go ask for it, but it's not the standard.
>>60874839
No tipping culture. The waiter gets paid the same if you're served or not, so why should he care?
>>60874839
We're not into facade die-hard optimism and fake kindness is that's what you mean.
>>60875452
People generally don't need to be bribed to do their job. I think I saw some research showing tipping causes worse service, but don't take my word for it.
>>60875452
This.
>>60875452
>Japan
>unlike Europe, literally no tipping at all
>best customer service in the world
Riiiight...
>>60875461
>fake kindness
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>>60875691
That's Japan, though. They have honor. You don't.
>>60875691
Japanese very well mannered, unlike western pig dog
American friendliness in service jobs is so obviously fake it makes most Europeans uncomfortable. Europeans prefer their servers act like humans and not programmable machines.
>>60875707
I'm sure you are right and that plastered grin they are forced to have through hell and high tide is sincere.
That being said i live in france and service is overall pretty nice, so no idea what OP is on about.
From what i can tell amerifats just love to complain about anything. They think the customer service should be everyone sucking your dick just the way you like it with smiles, kind words and consideration for it to be 'good'.
You don't go to a restaurant for kindness or for the waiter to make you feel special, you go to fucking eat. I wouldn't mind it even if a robot with zero emotion was the one serving me. Amerifats just can't live without people making them feel like speshul snowflakes.
>>60875765
that flag talking about honor
>>60875912
>plastered grin they are forced to have through hell and high tide is sincere
Obviously tourist traps like NYC don't count. Midwestern friendliness is sincere, but you fuckers mock us for being flyover states with nothing to see or do.
Okay, that last part is accurate. Still, we're glad to see you assholes. Accept it.
>>60875847
This.
I don't want to be greeted with some creepy smile that doesn't extend to their eyes, and fake enthusiasm only serving to make me feel guilty if I leave their store with nothing.
I just want to get my stuff, just like the guy in the sketch, which is pretty funny by the way.
Europe could do with the waiter calling buttons you have in Japanese restaurants though. Here you have to wait far too long for your waiter to go to your table by himself, while in Japan you just press the button, and if there's no button you scream "SUMIMASEN" at them.
Must be terrible to work as a waiter in Japan though.
>>60875951
I didn't say we had any, just that the nips still do.
>>60875364
American service is awful if you're not used to it. I dunno about them trying to get rid of you, but they will constantly hover "just to check everything is OK" -- that's the main difference I find between restaurant service in Europe and the US, here the waiter is to attentively bring you food/drinks but basically like a servant "not to be heard" whereas over there your "server" is like part of the dining experience.. And the friendliness seems insincere when you consider they are fishing for tips.
I fucking hate American customer service. It makes me feel slightly nauseous.
>>60876085
Mocking flyover states is a typical north-american thing to do. Nobody in france will shit on a nice landscape.
And to be honest smiling to customers is really bog fucking standard everywhere if you except shitty places but maybe it is less of a rule her than in the US.
